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If a counter proposal is made, it is a nice way of saying “no to your proposal. Here is my proposal”. The other person in the negotiation must reply confirming their assent or rejection of the new proposal. If they don’t there is no agreement, just an unfinished negotiation. You are within your rights to attack, there was no NAP.

If I may, in my very limited MP experience, I would like to say that I am rather surprised at how this issue is generally handled. I had expected a lot more rough and tumble real politic and have found instead a real focus on honour. I am undecided about this. It means that I must always play it straight or I will never be able to make a deal in another game. It takes the potential of betrayal and back stabbing out of things. The game of Diplomacy turns on this very issue and I am not convinced that efforts to remove that element from Dominions are all positive. It is nice to know you have an ally you can count on, but it does take some of the tension and gamble out of the game.