I am really not a stabber by nature, but won't waste time trying to overcome appearances

Seriously though I somehow managed to reach agreement with both Boeotia and Argos (whatever it's called) and then thought heck where do I go? Then Arcolia offers the alliance against Boeotia so ... the good Sarge was not happy, which was OK, but I didn't realize that the MVP deal was somehow contingent upon Boeotia. That leads me to think that perhaps they were planning to divvy me up in the long run anyway.

 

Then there is Laconia who had the arrangement with his neighbor and didn't really budge on it as he seemed singlarly focused on destroying Arcolia. That said and this relates to Mike's point about home centers there came the point when I was about to lose my last one, Athens, and Greg didn't view that as a problem, but I did. So Laconia is a persuasive guy and never stops which no doubt is a major factor in his success. Hence I cut the deal to switch sides again. That worked pretty well actually.

 

Finally Boeotia came back to his home and gained a center from me -- notice there was no attempt to take him out at then end. It seemed only just.