


So I paid India, Arabia and Siam to Declare war on America. It took ages for me to beat Suleiman and in that time America had made Friends with India, Arabia and Siam. I declared war on America and Suleiman as soon as I met them at the beginning of the game. To get around this, I've been trying to sow the seeds of discord, e.g. In the end most other Civs are Hostile/Guarded. Then the other Civs will start Denouncing you. Then they will go around making Declarations of Friendship with as many other Civs as they can. Is everything fine? No! First they will Denounce you. You even sign a peace treaty whereby they give you a couple thousand gold and Furs. Instead you leave them a little runt of a village on some lonely tundra. However, the big problem is this: you go to war, you demolish them, you don't commit genocide (because that will get you accused of warmongering by everybody). Nobody will accuse you of warmongering, like they do later. You can Declare War freely if you pay everyone else to declare war on him/her first.ĭeclaring war, on an map filled with islands, at the beginning of the game as soon as make first contact with other Civilizations is OK. However the very act of Declaring Friendship nearly always results in getting just about everyone else displeased, precisely what we are trying to avoid. You may be able to go to war without diplomatic penalty by signing a Defensive Pact with a friend, and then paying the leader that you want to go to war with, to Declare War on your friend. As you know, going to war can be very beneficial but also: Hostile/Guarded Civilizations are next to impossible to trade with.

I've been playing on Prince level and I would like to suggest some principles that may help you to go to war without getting everyone else displeased.
