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Thanks for the replies everyone. I'll make a few more overtures to Attila more as a test than anything. I don't expect him to acquiesce. I asked here because I wasn't sure if his reluctance was because it just never happens or if the reluctance was because I had already taken Attila's Court....

As background, I've stepped up to Immortal difficulty and am playing an Archipelago map as England. Things are going reasonably well, but I lost control of the diplomacy early. So not only has Arts funding been passed, I've been at war almost constantly after spawning between the Aztecs...

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Yes - the capitals thing is why I asked if he ever had to press "Next Turn"... If he did that then he's lost fair and square and there's another capital he didn't own. If he got the defeat screen immediately on capture it's because there are two victory conditions satisfied and he's lost...

There's actually three types of vision. This falls into the "line of sight" rules. The three categories are: "Fog" - Places you have never seen. So you don't know what is there. "Darkened" - Places you have seen previously but cannot see now. "Light" - Places you can currently see...

That sounds odd... Did you ever press "next turn" - because I thought a Domination Victory happened as soon as you took the capital. My only thought is that the cultural victory is the only victory that actually crosses two different civs turns - which might make the turn based coding...

I've never noticed any but that's mainly because I play late at night after the little one's in bed. So I can't have the sound up high to hear that closely. And these forums always get a lot more views than responses.

Welcome to Tobruk Defeat a German Tank in a desert tile with an infantry unit and pillage a German desert tile on the same turn...

You'll get the spices eventually.... Even if they're not in the 3-ring. But yes, I agree that the mistake is placing New York a little too far North.

I'd assume which building it was in would function as that. Some buildings won't be destroyed, like the Wonders, but some can be, like the Museum and, I assume, the palace? So you would lose a great work in a museum if the museum was destroyed, but you wouldn't lose the great works in a...

I'm no expert, but I do know there is some kind of success rate applied to an interception. Not all interceptions are successful. I'm not sure if a "failed interception" shows as not even trying or, as you've seen, you get all the animation but no damage!

The other possibility is war interfering with the other half of your trade deals. If you're trading one spare lux for another spare lux and the other civ loses access to their luxury your deal gets cancelled without telling you about it (there is a little thing at the side, but it's easy to...

The warmonger penalty is related to how many cities the civ has. Taking the Capital likely wasn't the problem since there is nothing special about Capitals in the warmonger score to my knowledge (from other civs, the civ who's capital you took gets annoyed). But if you systematically...

Hard to know exactly what's happened here. I think a few different diplomacy mis-steps might have snowballed and cost you. From this line "Took his capital, he still would not have peace even through me eliminating him." it seems to suggest you actually eliminated another Civ from...