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| I created my own quasi-Afghanistan by Zodiacal Dust Cloud 09/27/2010, 3:16pm PDT | ||||
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| In the Medieval Era, the continent was me (Babylon), Arabia, and Montezuma. I befriended a nearby city state, Copenhagen, who had gold hooked up which gave me a useful happiness bump. They then declared war on both Arabia and Montezuma, resulting in years of constant, low-grade battles.
Not wanting Copenhagen to get knocked out of the picture, I secretly gifted them a few units, which seemed to even things out into a stalemate. Arabia and Montezuma switched tactics, and pillaged the shit out of their territory, including the gold producing hills. Copenhagen foolishly tried to fix that, and their worker was captured instantly. I even went in and fixed it, but that only lasted a couple years before it was re-pillaged. Which was now the difference between happiness and unhappiness for my empire. I finally turned to diplomacy. Arabia and Montezuma both pointed their finger at Copenhagen, and when I talked to my old friend, he claimed he had declared 'permanent' war. I didn't even know they could do that! So, no peace forever. And while it was cool having my closest powers sacrificing a unit every few turns, the unhappiness drag sucked and I now had a neighbor's property perpetually spewing thick black smoke. That was about the time I realized I'd have to take out Copenhagen personally, meaning I'd be fighting the same units I'd given to them years before, and pissing off all the other city-states. Worked out a lot better than the real life counterpart though; turned them into a puppet, cleaned the joint up, and everyone else went home. |
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