retainers

Since last year's patch that re-worked the thresholds for amenity bonuses, I've been finding that amenity has become more and more of a non-factor in my games. In recent games that I've been playing with Babylon, Byzantium, and now Vietnam, I've been noticing that a lot of my cities are holding...

I recently completed a game (Immortal/Japanese/Island Plates) w/ a domination victory, and toward the end of the game I had 25+ cities. Amenities were a challenge: most of my cities were "Displeased." So I elected to use the Retainers card (military), available under the Civil Service civic...