I'm playing my first multiplayer game of SA, with some friends. I've *just* realised that I can't just bully whoever is a convenient target, because then they'll all realise they can gang up on me.
I need an ally. Hm. I've just tricked Andromalius (north) into weakening a place of power so I could capture it (who then sent an insult), I've just sent an extortion demand to Astaroth (east) so I can vendetta his weakened legion, and Beelzebub (west) seems weak and has already insulted me once while I was busy with Andromalius. I could cancel my turn before it goes through and try to forge an alliance with Astaroth, only that player and Beelzebub's are a couple, so that wouldn't work.
Hm. Maybe Belial? They're on the other side of my neighbours from me. I could offer to distract them so that Belial can come in and take a place of power himself... Maybe him and Mammon, since Mammon is using Chains of Avarice on him maybe they'll stay non-hostile to each other.
This politics stuff is more fun than I thought it would be, and I'm not even doing it right.