Trading Capitol Cities

[Ceri0n]

I was playing a game of CIV with a friend and I took a city that hed been trying to get for a while and wanted to trade it to him, however the city isnt appearing when I try to trade - is there something I need to do or can you not trade conquered cities?

[SamBC]

Had the city been ceded to you?

[Ceri0n]

Originally posted by SamBC:

Had the city been ceded to you?

Yes

[blkbutterfly]

IDK if you can trade capitals. A capital can be ceded to you from the civ to whom it belongs.

[Martin]

You can't trade capitals it's a pain in the rear.. you can't even give original capitals BACK to the original Civ.. that's how stupid it is.

[The Spanish Inquisition]

Aren't you trying to win? or are you guys just messing around with no objective.

[Martin]

Sometimes I find I have a city I don't really want anymore.. and you can't get rid of it once you decide to keep it. With exception of original capitals, you can give any other city to any civ.

So you can give cities to other civs to reduce amenity issues then take them back later.. although the ai usually just burns them. It is kinda stupid that you have to keep capitals.. you should be able to give them back, let the ai build up again so you can tear them down again. Instead you can end up with a city in the middle of nowhere that isn't productive.. and sucking on your amenities.. you can still starve it down tho, so it isn't a massive issue.

Also you might not want to keep it.. usually I cede capitals back to the ai just take them and cut their pop in half, then give them back. But sometimes I forget to return them on peace and I'm then lumbered with it.