[quantum_mechani]

CUnknown said:
But, if you want to say "Hey, I think Ermor is researching to Tartarians, we should gang up on him."

Wait, is that okay?

See, I don't think that is okay, either.

Maybe just as long as all military plans are off limits, including yours. Like, is saying "Just thought you might want to know, Ermor is probably researching like crazy. I think he wants Tartarians, he'll probably get them in 5-10 turns." that okay? Thing is... if the person you are talking to knows you are attacking them currently, then that is almost an attempt at military coordination, imo.

But who would such tartarian scare tactics work on? If it's an evil race with them, evil races would probably not be too worried, while good races are probably already committed to fighting them. And vica versa if a good race had tartarians. And if the other neutral race had them... well as you say, them winning would be very difficult, it would be rather obvious if the game was going that way. The same argument pretty much applies to any military strength or weakness a neutral race could tip people off too. The only way I can really see a neutral race getting in trouble is mentioning plans to attack a specific player or province, which should be easy to avoid.