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France asked for peace and offered me Orleans. I accepted, with the intention of selling it for cash. So I chose to raze it. On the next turn, the game asked me to select production for Orleans. But before I did so, I sold Orleans to the Inca. Except, now the game is demanding I select...

Situation: I'm at war with Egypt. It's my turn and I'm launching this turn's round of attacks. I gang up on an Egyptian Longswordsman and kill it. As soon as the longswordsman dies, the city-state of Yerevan declares war on me. I've never had that happen before in over a thousand hours of play...

Playing a cooperative Hot Seat game with a friend: Emperor, Continents, Standard/Random everything else My friend is playing as the Shoshone and has Alexander pinning him into a peninsula on the continent; I'm on the other side in one of the worst starting positions I've ever seen: a jungle...

I've been playing a large pangea map where I'm way out in the West. For some reason (probably because I'm winning), every civ on the East coast took a dislike to me and started denouncing me. Once my reputation was shot, I decided to live up to their expectations. With miles and miles...

I typically don't play scenarios, but I figured I'd give the Ancient Wonders a shot. At prince level, it didn't prove challenging - it was clear I'd build all 9 wonders - but I decided to play it out. On turn 179, the Great Library should have been completed and the game over, but turn 179 never...

I'm sure it's something obvious, but I couldn't find it. I know various civs have sworn to protect a nearby city-state throughout the game and I'd like to know which ones are going to have a problem with me before I launch my attack. Thanks, HB

I honestly have no freaking clue how points are awarded in Civ 5. Back in Civ 4, it wouldn't be unusual to post some ridiculously high numbers, but in Civ 5, I hadn't posted a better score since my very first game on Level 2 back when the game was released in September 2010. That 4500 or so had...

Ok, here's the situation: The world is in a state of near total war on a Standard map, 7 civs retain their capital. All city-states are aligned with one of three civs - me, Arabia, or India. Arabia has enough city-states to win diplomatically and the UN clock is on. It's an archipelago map...

Playing a game on Emperor level as Rome... Persia, which is at the antipode of the planet from me, is having a tough time. Russia sacked Pasagardae before most civs had settled a 3rd city and Greece has been beseiging them for much of the game. Interested in preventing either of those civs...

I had a perfectly pleasant game going yesterday - a world at peace - when one of my friends, Germany, betrayed me and denounced me. Now all of a sudden the rest of the world suspects me, because why would a friend denounce me if I hadn't done something terrible? And yet, when I look at the...

Certainly not the first to think these thoughts, but couldn't find a thread that discussed it: Resources The thread on uranium got me thinking about this - why should I be able to nuke with abandon and instantly get back my uranium once I detonate the bomb? Once it blows, it ought to be...

Naming his capital city after himself? What an egomaniac. ;)

I haven't seen a Giant Death Robot since the very first game I played - a Chieftan level match just to learn the mechanics. And the only reason I saw one was because I dragged out the game. It was amusing to see city states gifting them. I'm not sure I've even popped the tech required to...

Ok...playing as Player 2, I found that my Deal History Screen showed that all of my active and closed deals were with...myself. I had to click on each one to determine who the deal was really with as the details of the deal appear on the right side of the screen. Also, seeing a recurring (and...

I know it's common for city states to ask for an established civ to destroy a rival city state for them, but it's far less common to see two city states engaged in centuries long armed conflict. It's probably even less common for both city states to be allied to the same civilization - mine! But...

Playing yesterday, I found myself surrounded by many civs that wanted to take my head off. I could really use a declaration of friendship from a civ my neighbors admired - a fellow hot seater. But there's no way to do that. The only diplomacy available between Hot Seat players is the trade menu...

I founded a city next to Mt. Fuji so I could work it for culture. At some point during the game, it stopped producing it. All it gives me now is 2 gold per turn. Unfortunately, I wasn't micromanaging and didn't take note of when the culture disappeared. I suspect it happened at one of the save...

The situation: I'm playing as Hiawatha on Level 6. This is only my second game at Level 6, the first conceded to a runaway Roman empire worthy of a Caesar. A quirk of the map gives me an excellent starting position: the city of Belgrade occupies a chokepoint to my West, keeping Egypt and Arabia...

A buddy of mine were excited to finally play some Hot Seat games and we're in the middle of our first match right now. We've been encountering some weird things. Issue #1: If I make a proposal to him, I am prevented from communicating with any of the other AIs until he makes a decision and...