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I have never really had a diplomatic/cultural victory, so I decided to give it a go. I was playing as France, and was on a medium sized continent with England, England in the north, myself in the south. We each controlled roughly half of the island, and were pacing each other with technological advances. To our east, was Rome and Egypt - both larger, but not by very much, and each were somewhat more advanced for a time. The Iroqois and Aztecs shared a large continent off by itself.
I had been making a point of not being aggressive and tried to avoid getting into a war. I routinely gave away gifts to the other civilizations, and was a very agreeable fellow. However, around 1300, England began sending troops to our border, and then demanded an outrageous sum of money, technology, and a world map to boot. I rejected it, and England immediately declared war. They took a city initially, but I was able to hold off the invasion and ended up capturing 2 cities, in addition to liberating one. After this, I signed a peace treaty with the English, and things went back to normal. Until Rome and Egypt did the same thing.
Is it possible to play the game and win, without having to have A.) a large civilization and B.) a strong military?
I had been making a point of not being aggressive and tried to avoid getting into a war. I routinely gave away gifts to the other civilizations, and was a very agreeable fellow. However, around 1300, England began sending troops to our border, and then demanded an outrageous sum of money, technology, and a world map to boot. I rejected it, and England immediately declared war. They took a city initially, but I was able to hold off the invasion and ended up capturing 2 cities, in addition to liberating one. After this, I signed a peace treaty with the English, and things went back to normal. Until Rome and Egypt did the same thing.
Is it possible to play the game and win, without having to have A.) a large civilization and B.) a strong military?
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