stupid question time

[Ferigno]

Is it possible to raze a city after the initial takeover? Essentially, is it possible to say, "you know what? I really don't like Boston. I think I'll burn it down, even though I've had it for a while."

 

[DaveGold]

Yes, except for capitals.

 

[Ferigno]

how? Where is the option?

 

[Ahriman]

You can't raze cities that you have built. You can only raze a city that you have captured, and (I think) that does not yet have a courthouse.

You have to annex the city, and then go into the city screen and there is a "Raze city" button just above where "Buy tile" button.

You can't raze capitals or city states.

 

[Ferigno]

oh weird. So I can't raze puppet states. That's probably where I fell apart. Only annexed cities that aren't a capital. Thanks.

 

[Ahriman]

So I can't raze puppet states.

You *can* raze puppet states because you can annex a puppet at any time.

Click on the puppet, annex it, then raze it.

 

[eric_]

You can't raze cities that you have built. You can only raze a city that you have captured, and (I think) that does not yet have a courthouse.

IIRC, you can still raze even after you build a courthouse.

 

[Ahriman]

IIRC, you can still raze even after you build a courthouse.

Thanks. I wasn't sure, I have never wanted to raze a city once I built a courthouse (if I wanted to raze it, I would have done so a long time ago).

 

[eric_]

YW, but please note the "IIRC"...it was late when I was playing the game where I checked this issue. I'm almost positive the option was still there post-Courthouse, but I was looking for curiosity, not to use it (as noted, why build the courthouse if razing was still a consideration), so I don't have the firmness of memory that a burned city w/courthouse would've instilled.

 

[Ferigno]

Stupid Question number 2: Can I change my policies mid stream; ie, can I "respec" my policies by wiping the board clean and reapplying my policies as I see fit (theoretically moving things out of piety and into rationalism). If so, how?

 

[Ahriman]

Can I change my policies mid stream; ie, can I "respec" my policies by wiping the board clean and reapplying my policies as I see fit (theoretically moving things out of piety and into rationalism).

No. Once you purchase a policy, you have that forever.
This is good design, since it makes you think more carefully about your purchases and do more long term planning. It also makse a tradeoff between the weaker earlier policies, which you have for longer, vs the more powerful later policies, which you won't enjoy as long.

You can adopt rationalism if you have piety, but you enter anarchy briefly, and lose access to all your investments in piety.

Note however that you don't have to purchase a policy as soon as you can, you can just right click the Purchase Policy notification and then keep going.