Peace-only games: have you tried it?

[Glinka]

Just curious. I'm going to give it a shot, if only to see how the different leader and civ qualities stack up against one another in such a situation. I may also enjoy simply thumbing my nose at Isabella.

 

[3 EMS]

Good luck with your efforts. I try to be peacefull but find it hard at Noble level. Maybe Ive just fallen into a rut. I seem to have my best success by founding 4 or 5 good cities and then building up to conquer a neighbor. I try to time this with discovering CoL.

With the XP though, I am eager to try all the new leader traits.

Good luck and have fun.

 

[FastWorker]

I have done this many times on Noble level. Seems to me that the most important way to maintain peace is by making sure you have a solid army to prevent temptation by non-peaceseeking civs.

 

[Jet]

I don't think I have tried it seriously. Might be more interesting with a high ratio of map size to civs, and raging barbs. Or, a super-small ratio, for easier culture warfare. I wonder if you get We Demand Military Protection with that setting?

 

[NKVD]

I think the first 2 didnt understand what you meant. So i Guess it will be a game without any military units...it might be interesting but i'll guess you'll won.

I know I would always do with the cultural victory. no need to bother for units and the CPU will never won a cultural win...

 

[BenniusCaesar]

I think it would be impossible wouldn't it?

Even if you are being peaceful, if you start "winning" the competing civs will declare war on you.

 

[weltenbrand]

Impossible? Look at this report from Kylearan:

Nonviolent Gandhi
Game Parameters

* Difficulty: Monarch, normal speed
* Map: Pangea, standard size, no barbarians
* Leader: Gandhi of India
* Opponents: 6 (Catherine, Victoria, Cyrus, Washington, Peter, Mansa Musa)
* Victory conditions: All enabled
* Variant rules: I'm not allowed to build any military units!

http://www.compoundeye.net/civ/nonviolent/index.html

 

[Grabnar]

I tried peace only but found as you go up in difficulty level other civs will usually find a reason to draw you into war. I always like it when they declare war on me though....gives me an excuse you destroy them.

 

[jimbob27]

I think the OP meant he was going to try a game with the "always peace" option turned on in the custom game menu. Then the AI can't declare war.

 

[NKVD]

I think the OP meant he was going to try a game with the "always peace" option turned on in the custom game menu. Then the AI can't declare war.

I thought this too at first but look at his link http://www.compoundeye.net/civ/nonviolent/index.html

umbelivable...
it's really a peaceful win with war enabled

 

[leftisthominid]

I actually do peace games from time to time