diff --git a/assets/images/tetrisattack/main-menu.png b/assets/images/tetrisattack/main-menu.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ff7b8d
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diff --git a/data/civilization-rules.json b/data/civilization-rules.json
index 30c9c56..1e8bad5 100644
--- a/data/civilization-rules.json
+++ b/data/civilization-rules.json
@@ -296,6 +296,39 @@
     "Starfall", "Tidewater", "Underhill", "Violetgate", "Wheatfield", "Wolfden", "Yarrow", "Zenith"
   ],
 
+  "_diplomacyRequestsReadme": [
+    "AI-initiated diplomacy. maxPerTurn caps how many audiences the player is asked for in",
+    "one turn; perLeaderGap is the minimum turns between any two requests from the same",
+    "leader; each kind additionally has its own cooldown so a leader cannot repeat the same",
+    "ask. Refusals add refuseFrustration (0-100, decays frustrationDecay/turn); frustration",
+    "drags the leader's attitude baseline down by frustrationAttitudeWeight per point, which",
+    "feeds the normal war logic. At frustrationDemandThreshold the leader starts demanding",
+    "gold/tech as compensation; at frustrationBreakThreshold it renounces treaties."
+  ],
+  "diplomacyRequests": {
+    "maxPerTurn": 1,
+    "perLeaderGap": 10,
+    "goodStandingAttitude": 25,
+    "giftAttitude": 70,
+    "giftCooldown": 30,
+    "lapseTurns": 3,
+    "frustrationDecay": 0.5,
+    "frustrationDemandThreshold": 30,
+    "frustrationBreakThreshold": 50,
+    "frustrationAttitudeWeight": 0.5,
+    "kinds": [
+      { "id": "joinWar", "cooldown": 25, "refuseFrustration": 25, "refuseAttitude": -12, "acceptAttitude": 30, "acceptFrustration": -40 },
+      { "id": "breakTreaty", "cooldown": 20, "refuseFrustration": 15, "refuseAttitude": -6, "acceptAttitude": 18, "acceptFrustration": -25 },
+      { "id": "borderUltimatum", "cooldown": 18, "refuseFrustration": 15, "refuseAttitude": -10, "acceptAttitude": 10, "acceptFrustration": -20 },
+      { "id": "demandGold", "cooldown": 20, "refuseFrustration": 20, "refuseAttitude": -15, "acceptAttitude": 15, "acceptFrustration": -100 },
+      { "id": "demandTech", "cooldown": 20, "refuseFrustration": 20, "refuseAttitude": -15, "acceptAttitude": 15, "acceptFrustration": -100 },
+      { "id": "techTrade", "cooldown": 12, "refuseFrustration": 0, "refuseAttitude": -2, "acceptAttitude": 5, "acceptFrustration": 0 },
+      { "id": "ceasefire", "cooldown": 12, "refuseFrustration": 0, "refuseAttitude": -3, "acceptAttitude": 0, "acceptFrustration": 0 },
+      { "id": "peace", "cooldown": 12, "refuseFrustration": 4, "refuseAttitude": -3, "acceptAttitude": 0, "acceptFrustration": 0 },
+      { "id": "alliance", "cooldown": 15, "refuseFrustration": 6, "refuseAttitude": -3, "acceptAttitude": 0, "acceptFrustration": 0 }
+    ]
+  },
+
   "yearCurve": [
     { "until": -1000, "step": 50 },
     { "until": 1, "step": 25 },
diff --git a/src/data/assetManifest.js b/src/data/assetManifest.js
index 0d2630d..e598d44 100644
--- a/src/data/assetManifest.js
+++ b/src/data/assetManifest.js
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ export const MANIFEST = {
   tetrisattack: [
     { type: 'json', key: 'tetrisattack', path: 'data/tetrisattack.json' },
     { type: 'json', key: 'tetrisattack-puzzles', path: 'data/tetrisattack-puzzles.json' },
+    image('tetrisattack-menu-bg', 'assets/images/tetrisattack/main-menu.png'),
     (scene) => sheetsFrom(scene, 'tetrisattack-artwork', ['panelSheet', 'characterSheet']),
     // Stage Clear backgrounds (background-{hero}-r{stage}.png, 6 friends × 5
     // stages) and character voice clips (assets/fx/tetrisattack/{hero}-*.mp3)
diff --git a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationAI.js b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationAI.js
index 8f78284..c52e05c 100644
--- a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationAI.js
+++ b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationAI.js
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 //
 // runAITurn(rules, state, civIdx) plays one civ's whole turn: strategy pick,
 // diplomacy, research, city builds, then unit orders. respondToProposal
-// answers human (or other-AI) diplomacy. AI-initiated proposals toward the
-// human are queued on state.events as { type: 'aiProposal', keep: true } for
-// the scene to present at the start of the human turn.
+// answers human (or other-AI) diplomacy. AI-initiated approaches toward the
+// human (treaty proposals, favours, demands) are queued on
+// state.pendingRequests for the scene to present as an audience at the start
+// of the human turn — see CivilizationDiplomacy.js.
 
 import {
   rand, randInt, cheb, tileIndex, inBounds, terrainAt, cityAt, unitsAt,
@@ -12,10 +13,14 @@ import {
   availableBuildings, canFoundCity, foundCity, setBuild, buyCost, buyBuild,
   tryMove, disembark, findPath, startWork, canWork, canEstablishRoute,
   establishTradeRoute, resolveAttack, attackerStrength, defenderStrength,
-  pickDefender, launchSpaceship, canPropose, applyTreaty, declareWar,
+  pickDefender, launchSpaceship, canPropose, declareWar,
   exchangeTechs, civPower, cityYields, buildCost,
   setResearch, startRevolution,
 } from './CivilizationLogic.js';
+import {
+  considerRequest, considerGift, makeTreatyRequest, resolveRequest, aiWouldAccept,
+  escalateFrustration, checkPledges, pickFairTrade, setCooldown,
+} from './CivilizationDiplomacy.js';
 import { siteQuality } from './CivilizationWorldGen.js';
 
 const MAX_UNIT_STEPS = 40; // per unit per turn, guards against loops
@@ -78,10 +83,15 @@ export function computeStrategy(rules, state, civIdx) {
 
 function doDiplomacy(rules, state, civIdx, strategy) {
   const civ = state.civs[civIdx];
+  checkPledges(rules, state, civIdx);
   for (const other of state.civs) {
     if (other.id === civIdx || !other.alive) continue;
+    if (civ.relations[other.id] === 'nocontact') continue;
+    // A leader worn down by refused requests tears up its treaties first; if
+    // the grudge keeps climbing, the hostility checks below finish the job.
+    // This can change the relation, so read it afterwards.
+    escalateFrustration(rules, state, civIdx, other.id);
     const rel = civ.relations[other.id];
-    if (rel === 'nocontact') continue;
     const attitude = civ.attitude[other.id] ?? 0;
     const powerRatio = strategy.myPower / Math.max(1, civPower(rules, state, other.id));
 
@@ -115,29 +125,51 @@ function doDiplomacy(rules, state, civIdx, strategy) {
       && sharedEnemy(state, civIdx, other.id)) {
       proposeOrQueue(rules, state, civIdx, other.id, 'alliance');
     }
-    // Fair tech trades with non-hostile AIs (human trades happen in their UI).
+    // Fair tech trades with non-hostile AIs. The human gets asked instead, via
+    // a techTrade request below, so the offer goes through the audience UI.
     if (!other.human && attitude > 0 && rand(state) < 0.25) {
       tryFairExchange(rules, state, civIdx, other.id);
     }
+    // Leader-initiated approaches: favours, ultimatums, demands, gifts.
+    if (considerGift(rules, state, civIdx, other.id)) continue;
+    const req = considerRequest(rules, state, civIdx, other.id, strategy);
+    if (req) issueRequest(rules, state, req);
   }
 }
 
+// Routes a request at its recipient: the human sees it as an audience at the
+// start of their turn, another AI answers it on the spot. Cooldowns are set
+// when the request is ISSUED (inside resolveRequest for AI targets, here for
+// human ones) so an unanswered request can't be re-asked next turn.
+function issueRequest(rules, state, req) {
+  if (state.civs[req.to].human) {
+    state.pendingRequests ??= [];
+    // One audience is drained per human turn; a hard cap stops a crowded world
+    // from queueing up a backlog the player can never work through.
+    if (state.pendingRequests.length >= 4) return;
+    if (state.pendingRequests.some((p) => p.from === req.from && p.kind === req.kind)) return;
+    setCooldown(rules, state, req.from, req.to, req.kind);
+    state.pendingRequests.push(req);
+    return;
+  }
+  // Treaty kinds keep their existing AI answer; the rest use aiWouldAccept.
+  const TREATY = ['ceasefire', 'peace', 'alliance'];
+  const accepted = TREATY.includes(req.kind)
+    ? respondToProposal(rules, state, req.to, req.from, req.kind)
+    : aiWouldAccept(rules, state, req);
+  resolveRequest(rules, state, req, accepted);
+}
+
 function sharedEnemy(state, a, b) {
   return state.civs.some((c) => c.alive && c.id !== a && c.id !== b
     && state.civs[a].relations[c.id] === 'war' && state.civs[b].relations[c.id] === 'war');
 }
 
+// Treaty proposals go through the same request pipeline as favours and demands
+// so they share the audience UI, the cooldowns and the per-leader gap.
 function proposeOrQueue(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, kind) {
-  const target = state.civs[toIdx];
-  if (target.human) {
-    if (!state.events.some((e) => e.type === 'aiProposal' && e.from === fromIdx && e.kind === kind)) {
-      state.events.push({ type: 'aiProposal', from: fromIdx, to: toIdx, kind, keep: true });
-    }
-    return;
-  }
-  if (respondToProposal(rules, state, toIdx, fromIdx, kind)) {
-    applyTreaty(state, fromIdx, toIdx, kind);
-  }
+  const req = makeTreatyRequest(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, kind);
+  if (req) issueRequest(rules, state, req);
 }
 
 export function respondToProposal(rules, state, aiIdx, fromIdx, kind, payload = {}) {
@@ -168,18 +200,8 @@ export function respondToProposal(rules, state, aiIdx, fromIdx, kind, payload =
 }
 
 function tryFairExchange(rules, state, a, b) {
-  const civA = state.civs[a];
-  const civB = state.civs[b];
-  const aOffers = Object.keys(civA.known).filter((t) => !civB.known[t]);
-  const bOffers = Object.keys(civB.known).filter((t) => !civA.known[t]);
-  if (!aOffers.length || !bOffers.length) return;
-  aOffers.sort((x, y) => (rules.techRank[x] ?? 0) - (rules.techRank[y] ?? 0));
-  bOffers.sort((x, y) => (rules.techRank[x] ?? 0) - (rules.techRank[y] ?? 0));
-  const give = aOffers[0];
-  const get = bOffers[0];
-  if (Math.abs((rules.techRank[give] ?? 0) - (rules.techRank[get] ?? 0)) <= 1) {
-    exchangeTechs(rules, state, a, b, give, get);
-  }
+  const trade = pickFairTrade(rules, state, a, b);
+  if (trade) exchangeTechs(rules, state, a, b, trade.giveId, trade.getId);
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationChat.js b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationChat.js
index 1b94565..4eafe99 100644
--- a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationChat.js
+++ b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationChat.js
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@
 //   {you}  — the player's leader name (the person being spoken to)
 //   {me}   — the opponent leader's name
 //   {gold} — gold amount, {tech}/{give}/{get} — technology names.
+// AI-initiated requests add:
+//   {target} — the third civ a request is about (join-my-war, break-your-treaty)
+//   {city}   — the city a border ultimatum is about.
 // Resolved text (not templates) is what gets stored in state.chatLog.
 
 export function pickLine(pool, vars = {}) {
+  // An empty/missing pool yields an empty line rather than throwing — a
+  // conversation with a gap in it beats a crashed diplomacy screen.
+  if (!pool?.length) return '';
   const t = pool[Math.floor(Math.random() * pool.length)];
   return t.replace(/\{(\w+)\}/g, (_, k) => (vars[k] !== undefined ? vars[k] : `{${k}}`));
 }
@@ -194,3 +200,202 @@ export const REPLIES = {
     'My people will put {tech} to good use. Thank you.',
   ],
 };
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// AI-initiated diplomacy (see CivilizationDiplomacy.js). REQUESTS is what the
+// leader says when they summon the player; REQUEST_REPLIES is how they take
+// the answer. Keys match the request kind ids.
+
+export const REQUESTS = {
+  joinWar: [
+    'I did not come for pleasantries, {you}. {target} makes war on me, and I am calling in the friendship between us. Draw your sword alongside mine.',
+    'Hear me, {you}: my soldiers bleed against {target} while you enjoy the quiet. Friends do not watch from the hillside. Declare war on {target}.',
+    'The war with {target} goes hard, {you}. I ask you now, plainly — join me against them, and let history record who stood by me.',
+  ],
+  breakTreaty: [
+    '{target} is my enemy, {you}, and yet you sit at their table. Renounce your treaty with them. I will not ask twice politely.',
+    'It galls me to see your banners beside {target}\'s, {you}. Break with them. A friend of my enemy is a stone in my shoe.',
+    'You call me friend while treating with {target}? Choose, {you}. Tear up that treaty.',
+  ],
+  borderUltimatum: [
+    'Your soldiers are camped within sight of {city}, {you}. My people do not sleep well. Withdraw them.',
+    'Explain the army at the gates of {city}, {you} — or better, remove it. I would rather not guess at your intentions.',
+    'There is a word for troops massed on a neighbour\'s border, {you}, and it is not friendship. Pull them back from {city}.',
+  ],
+  demandGold: [
+    'I have asked you for much and received nothing, {you}. So let us be simple: {gold} gold, and the slate is clean.',
+    'My patience has a price now, {you}. {gold} gold from your treasury, and I will forget how often you have refused me.',
+    'You have spent my goodwill freely. Restock it — {gold} gold, and we need not speak of grievances again.',
+  ],
+  demandTech: [
+    'Words have failed between us, {you}. Give my scholars {tech} and I will consider the debt paid.',
+    'You have refused me too often to refuse me lightly again. Hand over {tech}, and my temper cools.',
+    'One thing will settle this, {you}: the secrets of {tech}. Give them freely, or I will find another way to be compensated.',
+  ],
+  techTrade: [
+    'A proposal, {you} — my {give} for your {get}. Knowledge kept in one place rots.',
+    'My scholars covet your {get}, and yours would surely welcome {give}. Shall we trade, {you}?',
+    'An even bargain, {you}: {give} for {get}. Say yes and both our peoples wake up wiser.',
+  ],
+  ceasefire: [
+    'Enough, {you}. This war has cost us both more than it can ever return. I propose a cease-fire.',
+    'I will say it first, since one of us must: let the guns fall silent. A cease-fire, {you}.',
+    'My generals will call me weak for this, {you}. Let us stop the killing — agree to a cease-fire.',
+  ],
+  peace: [
+    'The silence between our armies has held, {you}. Let us make it permanent — a formal peace.',
+    'I have come to offer peace, {you}. Not a pause, not a truce. Peace.',
+    'Our peoples have bled enough for one generation, {you}. Sign a peace treaty with me.',
+  ],
+  alliance: [
+    'We have common enemies and no quarrel with each other, {you}. That is rarer than gold. Let us make it an alliance.',
+    'I would rather have you at my side than merely out of my way, {you}. An alliance — what say you?',
+    'Peace is well enough, {you}, but an alliance would make us both untouchable. Join banners with me.',
+  ],
+};
+
+export const REQUEST_REPLIES = {
+  joinWar: {
+    accept: [
+      'Then we march together! {target} will learn what it costs to make an enemy of us both.',
+      'You are a true friend, {you}. My generals will drink your health tonight.',
+      'Good. Let {target} count their enemies again, and despair.',
+    ],
+    refuse: [
+      'So. You will watch me bleed and call it neutrality. I will remember this, {you}.',
+      'No? Then do not call yourself my friend again. I have noted your answer.',
+      'Very well. Enjoy your peace, {you} — I will enjoy remembering who bought it.',
+    ],
+  },
+  breakTreaty: {
+    accept: [
+      'Good. {target} will feel the loss, and I will feel the gain. You have chosen well.',
+      'Then it is settled. I am glad you know who your friends are, {you}.',
+      'Wise. Let {target} stand alone and think on their conduct.',
+    ],
+    refuse: [
+      'You keep faith with {target} over me. That tells me everything, {you}.',
+      'Refused. Then I shall count you among their friends, and treat you accordingly.',
+      'As you wish. But do not expect me to forget where your loyalties lie.',
+    ],
+  },
+  borderUltimatum: {
+    accept: [
+      'Then see that they move, {you}. I will be watching the fields outside {city}.',
+      'Your word, given plainly. Keep it and we remain friends.',
+      'Good. My people will sleep easier — provided those banners are gone.',
+    ],
+    refuse: [
+      'You refuse even this? Then your army outside {city} is an answer in itself.',
+      'Noted, {you}. When the horns sound, do not pretend surprise.',
+      'So the soldiers stay. Very well. I know what that means.',
+    ],
+  },
+  demandGold: {
+    accept: [
+      'Heavy, but honest. The debt is settled, {you} — see that it does not grow again.',
+      'Gold speaks where your promises did not. Very well. We begin afresh.',
+      'Accepted. My treasury is fuller and my temper cooler. Do not test it twice.',
+    ],
+    refuse: [
+      'Nothing, then. Not even coin. You have run out of ways to disappoint me, {you}.',
+      'You refuse even to pay for your refusals. Then I shall take satisfaction elsewhere.',
+      'So be it. But grievances left unpaid have a way of collecting interest.',
+    ],
+  },
+  demandTech: {
+    accept: [
+      'My scholars have {tech} and my anger has cooled. Consider us square, {you}.',
+      'Knowledge for grievance — a fair exchange. The matter is closed.',
+      'Accepted. You have bought back some of my patience, {you}.',
+    ],
+    refuse: [
+      'You hoard {tech} and my goodwill both. Neither will last forever, {you}.',
+      'Refused again. There is a limit, and you are past it.',
+      'Then keep your secrets. I will find my own compensation in time.',
+    ],
+  },
+  techTrade: {
+    accept: [
+      'Done. Our scholars will meet before the week is out.',
+      'A fair trade honestly made — the rarest thing in this world.',
+      'Agreed, {you}. May we both profit from it.',
+    ],
+    refuse: [
+      'A pity. Knowledge left idle helps no one.',
+      'As you wish. The offer stands, should you reconsider.',
+      'No? Then my scholars will manage without yours.',
+    ],
+  },
+  ceasefire: {
+    accept: [
+      'Then it is done. Let the guns cool, {you}.',
+      'Good. My people will bless us both for this.',
+      'Agreed. The killing stops today.',
+    ],
+    refuse: [
+      'You would rather keep fighting. Then fight, {you}.',
+      'Refused. I offered you an open hand and you spat in it.',
+      'So the war goes on. On your head be it.',
+    ],
+  },
+  peace: {
+    accept: [
+      'Peace, then, and let it outlast us both.',
+      'It is signed. Our peoples may finally rest.',
+      'Good. I did not want to spend my reign at war with you, {you}.',
+    ],
+    refuse: [
+      'You refuse peace itself. That is a rare kind of stubbornness, {you}.',
+      'Then we remain as we are — wary, armed, and waiting.',
+      'Refused. I will not offer again soon.',
+    ],
+  },
+  alliance: {
+    accept: [
+      'Allies! Let our enemies lose sleep tonight.',
+      'Then it is sworn. Your enemies are mine, {you}.',
+      'Excellent. Together we shall shape the age.',
+    ],
+    refuse: [
+      'You will take my peace but not my hand. Noted, {you}.',
+      'A shame. I do not extend that offer often.',
+      'Refused. Then we remain neighbours, and nothing more.',
+    ],
+  },
+};
+
+// The player's side of an audience. Deliberately generic — these have to read
+// naturally after any of the requests above.
+export const REQUEST_ANSWERS = {
+  accept: [
+    'Very well, {me}. It shall be done.',
+    'You have my word on it. Consider the matter settled.',
+    'Agreed. I will see to it personally.',
+  ],
+  refuse: [
+    'No, {me}. I will not do this.',
+    'You ask too much. My answer is no.',
+    'I must refuse. My own people come first.',
+  ],
+};
+
+// A leader whose grudge has finally boiled over and torn up the treaty.
+export const RENOUNCE = [
+  'I have asked, and asked, and been refused. Our treaty is worth nothing — so let it be nothing. It is ended, {you}.',
+  'You have taken my friendship for granted once too often, {you}. Consider our agreement void.',
+  'No more. Whatever we signed, {you}, I renounce it here and now.',
+];
+
+// Unprompted gifts from a leader who genuinely likes the player.
+export const GIFT_GOLD = [
+  'Take this, {you} — {gold} gold from my own treasury. No conditions, no debt. Friendship should be paid forward.',
+  'My caravans carry {gold} gold to your capital, {you}. Call it a gift between friends.',
+  'You have been a good neighbour, {you}. Accept {gold} gold, and think well of me.',
+];
+
+export const GIFT_TECH = [
+  'My scholars are on their way to you with the secrets of {tech}, {you}. Freely given.',
+  'Knowledge hoarded is knowledge wasted. Take {tech}, {you}, with my compliments.',
+  'I have sent you {tech}, {you}. A gift — I ask nothing for it.',
+];
diff --git a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationDiplomacy.js b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationDiplomacy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbe0dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationDiplomacy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,491 @@
+// Civilization — AI-initiated diplomacy. Headless (no Phaser), shared by the
+// AI controller and the scene.
+//
+// Rival leaders don't just answer the player any more: they come asking for
+// favours ("join my war against X"), making demands, offering trades and
+// sending gifts. Two mechanisms keep that from becoming noise or a doormat
+// simulator:
+//
+//   cooldowns   — per (leader, target, kind), plus a per-leader gap, so nobody
+//                 asks for the same thing twice in a row. Set when the request
+//                 is ISSUED, not when it's answered, so an ignored request
+//                 can't spam either.
+//   frustration — a 0-100 grudge (CivilizationLogic bumpFrustration) raised by
+//                 refusals. It decays each turn and drags the leader's attitude
+//                 baseline down while it lasts, so a player who keeps saying no
+//                 slides toward war through the ORDINARY hostility path in
+//                 CivilizationAI.doDiplomacy. Past frustrationDemandThreshold
+//                 the leader starts demanding gold/tech as compensation; past
+//                 frustrationBreakThreshold it renounces its treaties.
+//
+// All tuning lives in data/civilization-rules.json `diplomacyRequests`
+// (compiled to rules.diplomacy + rules.requestKinds).
+//
+// A request is plain data: { kind, from, to, target?, cityId?, gold?, techId?,
+// giveId?, getId?, turn }. Requests aimed at the human are parked on
+// state.pendingRequests for the scene to present; AI-to-AI ones resolve
+// immediately through the same resolveRequest(), so the two paths can never
+// drift apart.
+
+import {
+  rand, cheb, civUnits, civCities, cityById, canPropose, applyTreaty, declareWar,
+  cancelTreaty, giftGold, giftTech, exchangeTechs, payTribute,
+  bumpAttitude, bumpFrustration, frustrationOf, civPower,
+} from './CivilizationLogic.js';
+
+export const REQUEST_KINDS = [
+  'joinWar', 'breakTreaty', 'borderUltimatum', 'demandGold', 'demandTech',
+  'techTrade', 'ceasefire', 'peace', 'alliance',
+];
+
+// Kinds the leader proposes on its own initiative, in tiers of urgency (the
+// treaty kinds are still decided by doDiplomacy's existing attitude/power
+// logic and merely routed through this pipeline). A leader only gets one
+// approach every perLeaderGap turns, so tiers matter: without them a filler
+// tech trade regularly burns the slot a leader needed for a call to arms, and
+// by the time they can speak again the warm feelings that qualified them have
+// drifted back to baseline.
+const INITIATIVE_TIERS = [
+  ['joinWar', 'borderUltimatum'],
+  ['breakTreaty'],
+  ['techTrade'], // filler — dropped once there's an open grievance, see below
+];
+
+const DEFAULT_KIND = {
+  cooldown: 20, refuseFrustration: 10, refuseAttitude: -5, acceptAttitude: 10, acceptFrustration: -20,
+};
+
+const BORDER_RANGE = 3; // matches updateAttitudes' border-friction radius
+const BORDER_MIN_UNITS = 2;
+const PLEDGE_TURNS = 8;
+
+function kindCfg(rules, kind) { return rules.requestKinds?.[kind] ?? DEFAULT_KIND; }
+function tuning(rules) { return rules.diplomacy ?? {}; }
+function pickOne(state, arr) { return arr[Math.floor(rand(state) * arr.length)]; }
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Cooldown bookkeeping (defensive everywhere — saves predate these fields)
+
+export function cooldownReady(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, kind) {
+  const until = state.civs[fromIdx].requestCooldown?.[toIdx]?.[kind] ?? -Infinity;
+  return state.turn >= until;
+}
+
+export function setCooldown(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, kind) {
+  const civ = state.civs[fromIdx];
+  civ.requestCooldown ??= {};
+  (civ.requestCooldown[toIdx] ??= {})[kind] = state.turn + kindCfg(rules, kind).cooldown;
+  civ.lastRequestTurn ??= {};
+  civ.lastRequestTurn[toIdx] = state.turn;
+}
+
+function leaderReady(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx) {
+  const last = state.civs[fromIdx].lastRequestTurn?.[toIdx];
+  if (last === undefined) return true;
+  return state.turn - last >= (tuning(rules).perLeaderGap ?? 10);
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Request generation
+
+// Returns a request `fromIdx` wants to make of `toIdx` this turn, or null.
+// Cheap early bails first: this runs for every rival on every AI turn.
+export function considerRequest(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, strategy = {}) {
+  const civ = state.civs[fromIdx];
+  const other = state.civs[toIdx];
+  if (!civ.alive || !other.alive) return null;
+  const rel = civ.relations[toIdx];
+  if (rel === 'nocontact' || rel === 'war') return null;
+  if (!leaderReady(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx)) return null;
+
+  const grudge = frustrationOf(state, fromIdx, toIdx);
+  const attitude = civ.attitude[toIdx] ?? 0;
+
+  // A significantly frustrated leader stops asking favours and starts asking
+  // for compensation.
+  if (grudge >= (tuning(rules).frustrationDemandThreshold ?? 45)) {
+    const demands = [makeDemandGold(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx),
+      makeDemandTech(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx)]
+      .filter((r) => r && cooldownReady(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, r.kind));
+    return demands.length ? pickOne(state, demands) : null;
+  }
+
+  // Ordinary initiative. aiAggression scales how pushy the world is, so
+  // Chieftain leaders pester noticeably less than Emperor ones.
+  if (rand(state) > 0.35 * (strategy.aggression ?? 0.5) + 0.15) return null;
+
+  const builders = {
+    joinWar: makeJoinWar,
+    breakTreaty: makeBreakTreaty,
+    borderUltimatum: makeBorderUltimatum,
+    techTrade: makeTechTrade,
+  };
+  // With a grievance already open, the leader presses the matter instead of
+  // making small talk. Without this a friendly tech-swap offer keeps winning
+  // the one slot they get every perLeaderGap turns, and the grudge decays away
+  // between asks — refusing everything would never escalate to anything.
+  const tiers = grudge > 0 ? INITIATIVE_TIERS.slice(0, -1) : INITIATIVE_TIERS;
+  for (const tier of tiers) {
+    const options = [];
+    for (const kind of tier) {
+      if (!cooldownReady(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, kind)) continue;
+      const req = builders[kind](rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, attitude);
+      if (req) options.push(req);
+    }
+    if (options.length) return pickOne(state, options);
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function baseRequest(kind, fromIdx, toIdx, state, extra = {}) {
+  return { kind, from: fromIdx, to: toIdx, turn: state.turn, ...extra };
+}
+
+// "You are my friend and I am at war — join me." Needs a real treaty and warm
+// feelings; the target must know the third party and not already be fighting.
+function makeJoinWar(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, attitude) {
+  const civ = state.civs[fromIdx];
+  const other = state.civs[toIdx];
+  if (civ.relations[toIdx] !== 'peace' && civ.relations[toIdx] !== 'alliance') return null;
+  if (attitude < (tuning(rules).goodStandingAttitude ?? 25)) return null;
+  const targets = state.civs.filter((c) => c.alive && c.id !== fromIdx && c.id !== toIdx
+    && civ.relations[c.id] === 'war'
+    && other.relations[c.id] !== 'nocontact' && other.relations[c.id] !== 'war');
+  if (!targets.length) return null;
+  return baseRequest('joinWar', fromIdx, toIdx, state, { target: pickOne(state, targets).id });
+}
+
+// The softer version: stop consorting with my enemy.
+function makeBreakTreaty(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, attitude) {
+  const civ = state.civs[fromIdx];
+  const other = state.civs[toIdx];
+  if (attitude < Math.round((tuning(rules).goodStandingAttitude ?? 25) / 2)) return null;
+  const targets = state.civs.filter((c) => c.alive && c.id !== fromIdx && c.id !== toIdx
+    && (civ.relations[c.id] === 'war' || (civ.attitude[c.id] ?? 0) <= -25)
+    && (other.relations[c.id] === 'peace' || other.relations[c.id] === 'alliance'));
+  if (!targets.length) return null;
+  return baseRequest('breakTreaty', fromIdx, toIdx, state, { target: pickOne(state, targets).id });
+}
+
+// "Your soldiers are camped outside my walls." Same predicate updateAttitudes
+// uses for border friction, so the ultimatum always matches what the leader is
+// actually annoyed about.
+function makeBorderUltimatum(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx) {
+  const massed = massedNear(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx);
+  if (!massed) return null;
+  return baseRequest('borderUltimatum', fromIdx, toIdx, state,
+    { cityId: massed.id, cityName: massed.name });
+}
+
+// The city of `ownerIdx` with the most of `intruderIdx`'s combat units nearby,
+// or null if nobody is massing.
+function massedNear(rules, state, ownerIdx, intruderIdx) {
+  const intruders = civUnits(state, intruderIdx)
+    .filter((u) => !rules.units[u.type].flags.includes('noncombat'));
+  if (intruders.length < BORDER_MIN_UNITS) return null;
+  let best = null;
+  let bestCount = BORDER_MIN_UNITS - 1;
+  for (const city of civCities(state, ownerIdx)) {
+    const count = intruders.filter((u) => cheb(city.x, city.y, u.x, u.y) <= BORDER_RANGE).length;
+    if (count > bestCount) { best = city; bestCount = count; }
+  }
+  return best;
+}
+
+function makeTechTrade(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, attitude) {
+  if (attitude <= 0) return null;
+  const trade = pickFairTrade(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx);
+  if (!trade) return null;
+  return baseRequest('techTrade', fromIdx, toIdx, state, trade);
+}
+
+// The cheapest tech each side can offer the other, when they're within one
+// rank of each other. Shared with CivilizationAI's AI-to-AI trading.
+export function pickFairTrade(rules, state, a, b) {
+  const civA = state.civs[a];
+  const civB = state.civs[b];
+  const aOffers = Object.keys(civA.known).filter((t) => !civB.known[t]);
+  const bOffers = Object.keys(civB.known).filter((t) => !civA.known[t]);
+  if (!aOffers.length || !bOffers.length) return null;
+  aOffers.sort((x, y) => (rules.techRank[x] ?? 0) - (rules.techRank[y] ?? 0));
+  bOffers.sort((x, y) => (rules.techRank[x] ?? 0) - (rules.techRank[y] ?? 0));
+  const giveId = aOffers[0];
+  const getId = bOffers[0];
+  if (Math.abs((rules.techRank[giveId] ?? 0) - (rules.techRank[getId] ?? 0)) > 1) return null;
+  return { giveId, getId };
+}
+
+// Compensation demands. Scaled to what the other side can actually pay, so a
+// broke player isn't handed an impossible ultimatum.
+function makeDemandGold(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx) {
+  const purse = state.civs[toIdx].gold;
+  const gold = Math.min(400, Math.round(purse * 0.25));
+  if (gold < 25) return null;
+  return baseRequest('demandGold', fromIdx, toIdx, state, { gold });
+}
+
+function makeDemandTech(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx) {
+  const civ = state.civs[fromIdx];
+  const wanted = Object.keys(state.civs[toIdx].known).filter((t) => !civ.known[t]);
+  if (!wanted.length) return null;
+  wanted.sort((x, y) => (rules.techRank[x] ?? 0) - (rules.techRank[y] ?? 0));
+  return baseRequest('demandTech', fromIdx, toIdx, state, { techId: wanted[0] });
+}
+
+// Treaty proposals reuse the request pipeline so they get the same audience UI
+// and the same cooldowns. doDiplomacy still decides WHEN to propose.
+export function makeTreatyRequest(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, kind) {
+  if (!canPropose(state, fromIdx, toIdx, kind)) return null;
+  if (!cooldownReady(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, kind)) return null;
+  return baseRequest(kind, fromIdx, toIdx, state);
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Validation & resolution
+
+// Re-checked right before the request is shown: the world moved on while the
+// rest of the AI round played out (the war ended, the civ died, the tech was
+// researched anyway, the treasury emptied).
+export function requestValid(rules, state, req) {
+  if (!req) return false;
+  const from = state.civs[req.from];
+  const to = state.civs[req.to];
+  if (!from?.alive || !to?.alive) return false;
+  const rel = from.relations[req.to];
+  if (rel === 'nocontact') return false;
+  const target = req.target !== undefined ? state.civs[req.target] : null;
+  switch (req.kind) {
+    case 'joinWar':
+      return !!target?.alive && from.relations[req.target] === 'war'
+        && to.relations[req.target] !== 'war' && to.relations[req.target] !== 'nocontact';
+    case 'breakTreaty':
+      return !!target?.alive
+        && (to.relations[req.target] === 'peace' || to.relations[req.target] === 'alliance');
+    case 'borderUltimatum':
+      return !!cityById(state, req.cityId) && rel !== 'war';
+    case 'demandGold':
+      return to.gold >= req.gold;
+    case 'demandTech':
+      return !!to.known[req.techId] && !from.known[req.techId];
+    case 'techTrade':
+      return !!from.known[req.giveId] && !to.known[req.giveId]
+        && !!to.known[req.getId] && !from.known[req.getId];
+    default:
+      return canPropose(state, req.from, req.to, req.kind);
+  }
+}
+
+// Applies a request's outcome. `weight` scales the emotional consequences —
+// 0.5 for a request the player let lapse without answering, since ignoring is
+// milder than refusing to their face. Returns true if the mechanical effect
+// actually landed.
+export function resolveRequest(rules, state, req, accepted, weight = 1) {
+  const cfg = kindCfg(rules, req.kind);
+  const { from, to } = req;
+  setCooldown(rules, state, from, to, req.kind);
+
+  let applied = true;
+  if (accepted) {
+    switch (req.kind) {
+      case 'joinWar': {
+        // Deliberately the ordinary declareWar: answering a call to arms
+        // against someone you had a treaty with still scars your reputation
+        // in front of the whole world. The one exception is the leader who
+        // asked for it — declareWar sours every onlooker on a sneak attack,
+        // and it would be perverse for the requester to be appalled by the
+        // favour they just demanded, so undo their share of that penalty.
+        applied = declareWar(rules, state, to, req.target);
+        const decl = state.events[state.events.length - 1];
+        if (applied && decl?.type === 'war' && decl.sneak) bumpAttitude(state, from, to, 20);
+        break;
+      }
+      case 'breakTreaty':
+        applied = cancelTreaty(state, to, req.target);
+        break;
+      case 'borderUltimatum': {
+        // Nothing can force the units to move, so accepting records a promise
+        // that is checked when it expires (see checkPledges).
+        const civ = state.civs[from];
+        civ.pledges ??= {};
+        civ.pledges[to] = { kind: 'withdraw', cityId: req.cityId, untilTurn: state.turn + PLEDGE_TURNS };
+        break;
+      }
+      case 'demandGold':
+        applied = payTribute(state, to, from, req.gold) > 0;
+        break;
+      case 'demandTech':
+        applied = giftTech(rules, state, to, from, req.techId);
+        break;
+      case 'techTrade':
+        applied = exchangeTechs(rules, state, from, to, req.giveId, req.getId);
+        break;
+      default:
+        applied = applyTreaty(state, from, to, req.kind);
+        break;
+    }
+    if (applied) {
+      bumpAttitude(state, from, to, cfg.acceptAttitude);
+      bumpFrustration(state, from, to, cfg.acceptFrustration);
+    }
+  } else {
+    bumpAttitude(state, from, to, Math.round(cfg.refuseAttitude * weight));
+    bumpFrustration(state, from, to, Math.round(cfg.refuseFrustration * weight));
+  }
+  state.events.push({
+    type: 'requestResolved', from, to, kind: req.kind, accepted: accepted && applied,
+    target: req.target, gold: req.gold, techId: req.techId, keep: true,
+  });
+  return applied;
+}
+
+// How an AI-controlled recipient answers. Mirrors respondToProposal's shape so
+// AI civs can drag each other into wars.
+export function aiWouldAccept(rules, state, req) {
+  const civ = state.civs[req.to];
+  const attitude = civ.attitude[req.from] ?? 0;
+  const powerRatio = civPower(rules, state, req.to) / Math.max(1, civPower(rules, state, req.from));
+  switch (req.kind) {
+    case 'joinWar': {
+      // Only for a friend, and only against someone you can afford to fight.
+      const targetPower = civPower(rules, state, req.target);
+      const canAfford = civPower(rules, state, req.to) > targetPower * 0.8;
+      return attitude > 45 && canAfford && (civ.attitude[req.target] ?? 0) < 20;
+    }
+    case 'breakTreaty':
+      return attitude > 35 && attitude > (civ.attitude[req.target] ?? 0) + 20;
+    case 'borderUltimatum':
+      return powerRatio < 1.2 || attitude > 20;
+    case 'demandGold':
+    case 'demandTech':
+      // Give in to someone stronger, or to a friend worth keeping.
+      return powerRatio < 0.8 || attitude > 40;
+    case 'techTrade':
+      return attitude > -10;
+    default:
+      return false; // treaty kinds go through respondToProposal
+  }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Frustration escalation & follow-through
+
+// Called once per rival per AI turn, before the war checks in doDiplomacy. A
+// leader past breaking point tears up whatever treaty it has; if the grudge
+// climbs back with no treaty left to break, ordinary hostility takes it to war.
+export function escalateFrustration(rules, state, fromIdx, towardIdx) {
+  const civ = state.civs[fromIdx];
+  if (frustrationOf(state, fromIdx, towardIdx) < (tuning(rules).frustrationBreakThreshold ?? 70)) return false;
+  const rel = civ.relations[towardIdx];
+  if (rel !== 'peace' && rel !== 'alliance' && rel !== 'ceasefire') return false;
+  if (!cancelTreaty(state, fromIdx, towardIdx)) return false;
+  // Tearing up the treaty is itself satisfaction: vent back to half the demand
+  // threshold. That drops the attitude drag sharply and puts the leader below
+  // the compensation-demand line again, so a player who immediately makes
+  // amends (a gift, a tech) has a real chance to pull back from war.
+  civ.frustration ??= {};
+  civ.frustration[towardIdx] = (tuning(rules).frustrationDemandThreshold ?? 45) / 2;
+  state.events.push({ type: 'treatyRenounced', from: fromIdx, to: towardIdx, was: rel, keep: true });
+  return true;
+}
+
+// Border-ultimatum promises come due. Units still parked outside the city when
+// the pledge expires costs double what refusing outright would have.
+export function checkPledges(rules, state, civIdx) {
+  const civ = state.civs[civIdx];
+  const pledges = civ.pledges;
+  if (!pledges) return;
+  for (const key of Object.keys(pledges)) {
+    const pledge = pledges[key];
+    if (!pledge || state.turn < pledge.untilTurn) continue;
+    const otherIdx = Number(key);
+    delete pledges[key];
+    const city = cityById(state, pledge.cityId);
+    if (!city || city.civ !== civIdx) continue;
+    const cfg = kindCfg(rules, 'borderUltimatum');
+    const stillThere = civUnits(state, otherIdx).some((u) => !rules.units[u.type].flags.includes('noncombat')
+      && cheb(city.x, city.y, u.x, u.y) <= BORDER_RANGE);
+    if (stillThere) {
+      bumpAttitude(state, civIdx, otherIdx, cfg.refuseAttitude * 2);
+      bumpFrustration(state, civIdx, otherIdx, cfg.refuseFrustration * 2);
+      state.events.push({ type: 'pledgeBroken', from: civIdx, to: otherIdx, cityName: city.name, keep: true });
+    } else {
+      bumpAttitude(state, civIdx, otherIdx, 10);
+      state.events.push({ type: 'pledgeKept', from: civIdx, to: otherIdx, cityName: city.name, keep: true });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Unprompted gifts — no accept/refuse, just a leader who genuinely likes you.
+
+export function considerGift(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx) {
+  const civ = state.civs[fromIdx];
+  const attitude = civ.attitude[toIdx] ?? 0;
+  const t = tuning(rules);
+  if (attitude < (t.giftAttitude ?? 70)) return false;
+  const rel = civ.relations[toIdx];
+  if (rel !== 'peace' && rel !== 'alliance') return false;
+  const until = civ.requestCooldown?.[toIdx]?.gift ?? -Infinity;
+  if (state.turn < until) return false;
+
+  // Techs first — a gift the recipient can't buy is worth more than coin.
+  const spare = Object.keys(civ.known).filter((tech) => !state.civs[toIdx].known[tech]);
+  let gift = null;
+  if (spare.length && rand(state) < 0.5) {
+    const techId = pickOne(state, spare);
+    if (giftTech(rules, state, fromIdx, toIdx, techId)) gift = { techId };
+  }
+  if (!gift && civ.gold >= 150) {
+    const gold = 50 + Math.floor(rand(state) * 3) * 25;
+    if (giftGold(state, fromIdx, toIdx, gold)) gift = { gold };
+  }
+  if (!gift) return false;
+
+  civ.requestCooldown ??= {};
+  (civ.requestCooldown[toIdx] ??= {}).gift = state.turn + (t.giftCooldown ?? 30);
+  state.events.push({ type: 'aiGift', from: fromIdx, to: toIdx, ...gift, keep: true });
+  return true;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// UI support
+
+// One-line warning about what accepting actually costs, shown under the
+// ACCEPT/REFUSE buttons. Empty string when there's no hidden sting.
+export function requestConsequence(rules, state, req) {
+  const to = state.civs[req.to];
+  switch (req.kind) {
+    case 'joinWar': {
+      const rel = to.relations[req.target];
+      const name = state.civs[req.target].name;
+      if (rel === 'peace' || rel === 'alliance') {
+        return `Accepting breaks your ${rel} with ${name} — a sneak attack that will scar your reputation.`;
+      }
+      return `Accepting declares war on ${name}.`;
+    }
+    case 'breakTreaty':
+      return `Accepting renounces your treaty with ${state.civs[req.target].name}, who will not forget it.`;
+    case 'borderUltimatum':
+      return `Accepting promises to pull your units back from ${req.cityName} within ${PLEDGE_TURNS} turns.`;
+    case 'demandGold':
+      return `Accepting pays ${req.gold} gold from your treasury of ${to.gold}.`;
+    case 'demandTech':
+      return `Accepting hands over ${rules.techs[req.techId].name}.`;
+    case 'techTrade':
+      return `You give ${rules.techs[req.giveId].name} and receive ${rules.techs[req.getId].name}.`;
+    default:
+      return '';
+  }
+}
+
+// Template variables for the chat pools in CivilizationChat.js.
+export function requestVars(rules, state, req) {
+  return {
+    target: req.target !== undefined ? state.civs[req.target].name : '',
+    city: req.cityName ?? '',
+    gold: req.gold ?? 0,
+    tech: req.techId ? rules.techs[req.techId].name : '',
+    give: req.giveId ? rules.techs[req.giveId].name : '',
+    get: req.getId ? rules.techs[req.getId].name : '',
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationGame.js b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationGame.js
index 4e2839c..6ad9e02 100644
--- a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationGame.js
+++ b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationGame.js
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import { enqueue as enqueueSpeech } from '../../ui/SpeechQueue.js';
 import { compileRules, turnToYear, formatYear } from './CivilizationRules.js';
 import * as Logic from './CivilizationLogic.js';
 import { runAITurn, respondToProposal } from './CivilizationAI.js';
+import { requestValid, resolveRequest } from './CivilizationDiplomacy.js';
+import { RENOUNCE, GIFT_GOLD, GIFT_TECH, pickLine } from './CivilizationChat.js';
 import { CivilizationMapView } from './CivilizationMapView.js';
 import { openCityScreen } from './CivilizationCityScreen.js';
 import {
@@ -1260,7 +1262,7 @@ export default class CivilizationGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     } else if (needsPick) {
       this.openTech();
     }
-    this.presentAIProposals();
+    this.presentAIRequests();
     this.announceCityAttacks();
     this.announceEvents();
     this.view.refresh();
@@ -1441,6 +1443,21 @@ export default class CivilizationGame extends Phaser.Scene {
         this.announceStatus(`${this.state.civs[e.civ].name} has been destroyed`);
       } else if (e.type === 'spaceshipLaunched') {
         this.announceStatus(`${this.state.civs[e.civ].name} launched a spaceship!`);
+      } else if (e.type === 'treatyRenounced' && e.to === human) {
+        // A grudge that finally boiled over (CivilizationDiplomacy.js).
+        this.leaderSays(e.from, pickLine(RENOUNCE, this.chatVars(e.from)));
+        this.announceStatus(`${this.state.civs[e.from].name} has renounced your ${e.was === 'ceasefire' ? 'cease-fire' : e.was}!`,
+          () => this.openDiplomacy({ focusCivId: e.from }));
+      } else if (e.type === 'pledgeBroken' && e.to === human) {
+        this.announceStatus(`${this.state.civs[e.from].name} accuses you of breaking your word over ${e.cityName}.`);
+      } else if (e.type === 'aiGift' && e.to === human) {
+        const giver = this.state.civs[e.from].name;
+        const vars = { ...this.chatVars(e.from), gold: e.gold, tech: e.techId ? this.rules.techs[e.techId].name : '' };
+        this.leaderSays(e.from, pickLine(e.techId ? GIFT_TECH : GIFT_GOLD, vars));
+        this.announceStatus(e.techId
+          ? `${giver} sends you the secrets of ${this.rules.techs[e.techId].name} as a gift!`
+          : `${giver} sends you a gift of ${e.gold} gold!`,
+        () => this.openDiplomacy({ focusCivId: e.from }));
       } else if (e.type === 'contact' && (e.a === human || e.b === human)) {
         const other = e.a === human ? e.b : e.a;
         this.announceStatus(`You have made contact with ${this.state.civs[other].name}`,
@@ -1488,22 +1505,55 @@ export default class CivilizationGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     }
   }
 
-  presentAIProposals() {
+  // Appends a line to a leader's conversation log (state.chatLog, the same
+  // history the diplomacy screen types out) for things they "say" outside that
+  // screen — renounced treaties, unsolicited gifts. Plain data, so it rides
+  // along in the save like the rest of the log.
+  leaderSays(civId, text) {
+    this.state.chatLog ??= {};
+    const hist = (this.state.chatLog[civId] ??= []);
+    hist.push({ who: 'o', text });
+    if (hist.length > 50) hist.splice(0, hist.length - 50);
+  }
+
+  chatVars(civId) {
+    return { you: this.state.civs[this.state.humanIndex].name, me: this.state.civs[civId].name };
+  }
+
+  // One AI-initiated audience per turn (rules.diplomacy.maxPerTurn): a popup
+  // announcing who wants to see you, then the diplomacy screen focused on them
+  // with ACCEPT/REFUSE in place of the usual actions. Requests the player
+  // closes without answering stay queued and come back next turn; after
+  // lapseTurns of that they resolve as a half-weight refusal, so ignoring a
+  // leader is milder than refusing to their face but not free.
+  presentAIRequests() {
     const human = this.state.humanIndex;
-    const proposals = this.state.events.filter((e) => e.type === 'aiProposal' && e.to === human);
-    this.state.events = this.state.events.filter((e) => !(e.type === 'aiProposal' && e.to === human));
-    const next = () => {
-      const p = proposals.shift();
-      if (!p) { this.showNextStatus(); return; }
-      if (!Logic.canPropose(this.state, p.from, human, p.kind)) { next(); return; }
-      const from = this.state.civs[p.from];
-      this.confirmDialog(
-        `${from.name} proposes a ${p.kind === 'ceasefire' ? 'cease-fire' : p.kind}. Accept?`,
-        () => { Logic.applyTreaty(this.state, p.from, human, p.kind); this.refreshHud(); next(); },
-        () => next(),
-      );
-    };
-    next();
+    const tuning = this.rules.diplomacy ?? {};
+    const queue = this.state.pendingRequests ?? [];
+    // Drop requests the world has invalidated, and lapse the stale ones.
+    this.state.pendingRequests = queue.filter((req) => {
+      if (!requestValid(this.rules, this.state, req)) return false;
+      if (this.state.turn - req.turn >= (tuning.lapseTurns ?? 3)) {
+        resolveRequest(this.rules, this.state, req, false, 0.5);
+        return false;
+      }
+      return true;
+    });
+
+    // announceStatus owns the queue (and kicks it when nothing else is open),
+    // so there is nothing to resume here when no request is due.
+    const max = tuning.maxPerTurn ?? 1;
+    for (const req of this.state.pendingRequests.slice(0, max)) {
+      const from = this.state.civs[req.from];
+      this.announceStatus(`${from.name} requests an audience`, () => this.openDiplomacy({
+        focusCivId: req.from,
+        request: req,
+        onResolved: (resolved) => {
+          this.state.pendingRequests = this.state.pendingRequests.filter((p) => p !== resolved);
+          this.refreshHud();
+        },
+      }));
+    }
   }
 
   toastHut(hut) {
@@ -1584,7 +1634,7 @@ export default class CivilizationGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     });
   }
 
-  openDiplomacy({ focusCivId = null, playIntro = false } = {}) {
+  openDiplomacy({ focusCivId = null, playIntro = false, request = null, onResolved = null } = {}) {
     if (this.modalOpen) return;
     this.modalOpen = true;
     openDiplomacyScreen(this, this.rules, this.state, this.opponentsData, respondToProposal, () => {
@@ -1592,7 +1642,7 @@ export default class CivilizationGame extends Phaser.Scene {
       this.view.refresh();
       this.refreshHud();
       this.showNextStatus();
-    }, focusCivId, playIntro);
+    }, { focusCivId, playIntro, request, onResolved });
   }
 
   openSpaceship() {
diff --git a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationLogic.js b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationLogic.js
index 3190311..c268f57 100644
--- a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationLogic.js
+++ b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationLogic.js
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ export function createGame(rules, opts) {
     explored: [],
     over: null,
     events: [],
+    // AI-initiated diplomacy aimed at the human, kept out of `events` so it
+    // survives the event-log trim in beginCivTurn and can stay pending across
+    // turns until answered (see CivilizationDiplomacy.js).
+    pendingRequests: [],
   };
 
   const nameOrder = shuffledIndexes(state, rules.cityNames.length);
@@ -111,6 +115,17 @@ export function createGame(rules, opts) {
       futureCount: 0,
       relations,
       attitude,
+      // AI-initiated diplomacy bookkeeping, all keyed by the other civ's id.
+      // frustration (0-100) is grudge built up by refused requests; it decays
+      // each turn and drags `attitude` down while it lasts. requestCooldown is
+      // {otherId: {kind: turnAvailableAgain}}, lastRequestTurn throttles a
+      // single leader, pledges holds promises the other civ made (e.g. to
+      // withdraw units). Consumers must tolerate these being absent — old
+      // saves predate them.
+      frustration: {},
+      requestCooldown: {},
+      lastRequestTurn: {},
+      pledges: {},
       reputation: 0,
       spaceship: { structural: 0, component: 0, module: 0, launched: false, arrivalTurn: 0 },
       nameCursor: i, // stride through the shared shuffled name pool
@@ -1530,6 +1545,21 @@ export function bumpAttitude(state, ofCiv, towardCiv, delta) {
 }
 function clampAttitude(v) { return Math.max(-100, Math.min(100, v)); }
 
+// Frustration: a grudge counter (0-100) separate from attitude, raised when
+// `ofCiv`'s requests are refused. It decays every turn (updateAttitudes) and
+// pulls attitude down while it lasts, so a leader you keep brushing off slides
+// toward war through the ordinary hostility path rather than a special case.
+export function frustrationOf(state, ofCiv, towardCiv) {
+  return state.civs[ofCiv].frustration?.[towardCiv] ?? 0;
+}
+
+export function bumpFrustration(state, ofCiv, towardCiv, delta) {
+  const civ = state.civs[ofCiv];
+  civ.frustration ??= {};
+  civ.frustration[towardCiv] = Math.max(0, Math.min(100, (civ.frustration[towardCiv] ?? 0) + delta));
+  return civ.frustration[towardCiv];
+}
+
 export function civPower(rules, state, civIdx) {
   let power = 0;
   for (const u of civUnits(state, civIdx)) {
@@ -1566,6 +1596,10 @@ export function updateAttitudes(rules, state, civIdx) {
     if (civ.relations[other.id] === 'war') baseline -= 40;
     if (civ.relations[other.id] === 'alliance') baseline += 30;
     baseline += Math.max(-50, other.reputation / 2);
+    // Refused requests sour the baseline for as long as the grudge lasts, and
+    // the grudge itself fades a little every turn.
+    const grudge = bumpFrustration(state, civIdx, other.id, -(rules.diplomacy?.frustrationDecay ?? 2));
+    baseline -= Math.round(grudge * (rules.diplomacy?.frustrationAttitudeWeight ?? 0.5));
     baseline = clampAttitude(baseline);
     const cur = civ.attitude[other.id] ?? 0;
     civ.attitude[other.id] = clampAttitude(cur + Math.sign(baseline - cur) * Math.min(3, Math.abs(baseline - cur)));
diff --git a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationRules.js b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationRules.js
index 7691eea..da1e0b0 100644
--- a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationRules.js
+++ b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationRules.js
@@ -102,6 +102,38 @@ export function compileRules(json) {
   }
   if (errors.length) throw new Error(`civilization-rules invalid: ${errors.join('; ')}`);
 
+  // --- AI-initiated diplomacy tuning. Every scalar has a default so a rules
+  // file written before this block still compiles; when the block IS present
+  // its numbers are validated, since a typo here silently disables requests.
+  const diploJson = json.diplomacyRequests ?? {};
+  const diplomacy = {
+    maxPerTurn: diploJson.maxPerTurn ?? 1,
+    perLeaderGap: diploJson.perLeaderGap ?? 10,
+    goodStandingAttitude: diploJson.goodStandingAttitude ?? 25,
+    giftAttitude: diploJson.giftAttitude ?? 70,
+    giftCooldown: diploJson.giftCooldown ?? 30,
+    lapseTurns: diploJson.lapseTurns ?? 3,
+    frustrationDecay: diploJson.frustrationDecay ?? 2,
+    frustrationDemandThreshold: diploJson.frustrationDemandThreshold ?? 45,
+    frustrationBreakThreshold: diploJson.frustrationBreakThreshold ?? 70,
+    frustrationAttitudeWeight: diploJson.frustrationAttitudeWeight ?? 0.5,
+  };
+  for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(diplomacy)) {
+    need(typeof v === 'number' && v >= 0, `diplomacyRequests ${k} must be a non-negative number`);
+  }
+  need(diplomacy.frustrationBreakThreshold > diplomacy.frustrationDemandThreshold,
+    'diplomacyRequests frustrationBreakThreshold must exceed frustrationDemandThreshold');
+  const requestKinds = byId(diploJson.kinds ?? [], 'diplomacyRequests kind');
+  for (const k of diploJson.kinds ?? []) {
+    for (const f of ['cooldown', 'refuseFrustration', 'refuseAttitude', 'acceptAttitude', 'acceptFrustration']) {
+      need(typeof k[f] === 'number', `diplomacyRequests kind ${k.id} bad ${f}`);
+    }
+    need(k.cooldown > 0, `diplomacyRequests kind ${k.id} needs a positive cooldown`);
+    need(k.refuseFrustration >= 0, `diplomacyRequests kind ${k.id} refuseFrustration must be >= 0`);
+    need(k.acceptFrustration <= 0, `diplomacyRequests kind ${k.id} acceptFrustration must be <= 0`);
+  }
+  if (errors.length) throw new Error(`civilization-rules invalid: ${errors.join('; ')}`);
+
   // --- derived: what each tech unlocks (for UI hovers and the "every tech
   // matters" verify check)
   const gates = {};
@@ -133,6 +165,8 @@ export function compileRules(json) {
     civTraitList: json.civTraits,
     improvementList: json.improvements ?? [],
     worldSizeList: json.worldSizes ?? [],
+    diplomacy,
+    requestKinds,
     techRank: rank,
     techGates: gates,
     specialsByTerrain,
diff --git a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationScreens.js b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationScreens.js
index 8055e98..ff4c4ed 100644
--- a/src/games/civilization/CivilizationScreens.js
+++ b/src/games/civilization/CivilizationScreens.js
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import { createOpponentPortrait } from '../../ui/Portrait.js';
 import { Tooltip } from '../../ui/Tooltip.js';
 import * as Logic from './CivilizationLogic.js';
 import { describeTechTooltip, GOVERNMENT_TEXT } from './CivilizationTooltips.js';
-import { OPENERS, PLAYER_LINES, REPLIES, pickLine } from './CivilizationChat.js';
+import {
+  OPENERS, PLAYER_LINES, REPLIES, REQUESTS, REQUEST_REPLIES, REQUEST_ANSWERS, pickLine,
+} from './CivilizationChat.js';
+import { requestConsequence, requestVars, resolveRequest } from './CivilizationDiplomacy.js';
 
 const FONT = '"Julius Sans One"';
 const ERAS = ['ancient', 'medieval', 'industrial', 'modern'];
@@ -116,9 +119,15 @@ export function openTechScreen(scene, rules, state, onClose) {
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Diplomacy
 
+// opts: { focusCivId, playIntro, request, onResolved }. `request` is an
+// AI-initiated request (CivilizationDiplomacy.js) the player is being asked to
+// answer — it replaces the action buttons with ACCEPT/REFUSE for that leader
+// until answered, and onResolved(request, accepted) fires once they do.
 export function openDiplomacyScreen(scene, rules, state, opponentsData, respondToProposal, onClose,
-  focusCivId = null, playIntroOnFocus = false) {
+  { focusCivId = null, playIntro: playIntroOnFocus = false, request = null, onResolved = null } = {}) {
   const human = state.humanIndex;
+  let pending = request; // cleared once answered, so the panel returns to normal
+  let requestSpoken = false; // the demand is typed into the log exactly once
   const civ = state.civs[human];
   let portrait = null;
   let portraitCivId = null;
@@ -271,6 +280,7 @@ export function openDiplomacyScreen(scene, rules, state, opponentsData, respondT
   // addChatText measures the full string first, so the message's slot height
   // is reserved before the reveal starts — no reflow while typing.
   function pushChat(who, text) {
+    if (!text) return; // pickLine returns '' for a missing pool — no empty bubbles
     const hist = historyFor(selected.id);
     hist.push({ who, text });
     if (hist.length > 50) hist.splice(0, hist.length - 50);
@@ -339,6 +349,16 @@ export function openDiplomacyScreen(scene, rules, state, opponentsData, respondT
     }
     const vars = { you: civ.name, me: other.name };
 
+    // The leader states their business once, the first time this screen draws
+    // them — drawDetail re-runs on every button press, so guard with a flag.
+    const asking = pending && pending.from === other.id;
+    if (asking && !requestSpoken) {
+      requestSpoken = true;
+      pushChat('o', pickLine(REQUESTS[pending.kind] ?? [], { ...vars, ...requestVars(rules, state, pending) }));
+      // Demands come from a leader who has already run out of patience.
+      if (pending.kind === 'demandGold' || pending.kind === 'demandTech') portrait?.playEmotion('upset');
+    }
+
     const moodWord = { upset: 'is furious with you', idle: 'is indifferent', happy: 'is friendly' }[mood];
     detail.add(scene.add.text(cx, top + 330,
       `${other.name} of the ${other.name}ites ${moodWord}.\nStatus: ${relLabel(rel)}`, {
@@ -351,6 +371,35 @@ export function openDiplomacyScreen(scene, rules, state, opponentsData, respondT
         fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '18px', color: COLORS.mutedHex,
       }).setOrigin(0.5, 0));
 
+    // An outstanding request takes over the action area until answered: the
+    // player owes this leader a yes or a no before ordinary business resumes.
+    if (asking) {
+      const hint = requestConsequence(rules, state, pending);
+      if (hint) {
+        detail.add(scene.add.text(cx, top + 452, hint, {
+          fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '17px', color: COLORS.goldHex, align: 'center',
+          wordWrap: { width: 700 }, lineSpacing: 4,
+        }).setOrigin(0.5, 0));
+      }
+      const answer = (accepted) => {
+        const req = pending;
+        pending = null;
+        pushChat('p', pickLine(REQUEST_ANSWERS[accepted ? 'accept' : 'refuse'], vars));
+        resolveRequest(rules, state, req, accepted);
+        pushChat('o', pickLine(REQUEST_REPLIES[req.kind]?.[accepted ? 'accept' : 'refuse'] ?? [],
+          { ...vars, ...requestVars(rules, state, req) }));
+        portrait?.playEmotion(accepted ? 'happy' : 'upset');
+        onResolved?.(req, accepted);
+        drawDetail();
+      };
+      // Below the hint, which wraps to up to three lines.
+      detail.add(new Button(scene, cx - 170, top + 560, 'ACCEPT', () => answer(true),
+        { width: 300, height: 56, fontSize: 20 }));
+      detail.add(new Button(scene, cx + 170, top + 560, 'REFUSE', () => answer(false),
+        { width: 300, height: 56, fontSize: 20, variant: 'ghost' }));
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Action buttons.
     const actions = [];
     if (rel === 'war') actions.push(['PROPOSE CEASE-FIRE', () => propose('ceasefire')]);
diff --git a/src/games/tetrisattack/TetrisAttackScreens.js b/src/games/tetrisattack/TetrisAttackScreens.js
index 33e4c2c..dc45080 100644
--- a/src/games/tetrisattack/TetrisAttackScreens.js
+++ b/src/games/tetrisattack/TetrisAttackScreens.js
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ function dim(scene, alpha = 0.72) {
   return r;
 }
 
+// Title art behind the front-end screens (assets/images/tetrisattack/main-menu.png,
+// declared in data/assetManifest.js). Falls back to the plain dim if it's absent.
+// The veil on top is light — just enough for the menu text to stay readable.
+function menuBackdrop(scene, veilAlpha = 0.35) {
+  if (!scene.textures.exists('tetrisattack-menu-bg')) return dim(scene, 0.9);
+  const img = scene.add.image(GAME_WIDTH / 2, GAME_HEIGHT / 2, 'tetrisattack-menu-bg')
+    .setDisplaySize(GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT).setDepth(OVL - 1);
+  scene.overlayObjs.push(img);
+  return dim(scene, veilAlpha);
+}
+
 function textButton(scene, x, y, label, action, opts = {}) {
   const w = opts.width ?? 300, h = opts.height ?? 66;
   const bg = scene.add.rectangle(x, y, w, h, 0x243458, 1).setStrokeStyle(3, 0x5a7cbf).setDepth(OVL_UI);
@@ -41,16 +52,10 @@ function textButton(scene, x, y, label, action, opts = {}) {
 // ── Mode menu ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 export function showMenu(scene) {
   scene.clearOverlay();
-  dim(scene, 0.9);
+  // The title art carries the name — no lettering drawn over it.
+  menuBackdrop(scene, 0.28);
   const cx = GAME_WIDTH / 2;
 
-  scene.overlayObjs.push(scene.add.text(cx, 150, 'TETRIS ATTACK', {
-    fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '96px', color: '#ffe66e', stroke: '#3a2a00', strokeThickness: 8,
-  }).setOrigin(0.5).setDepth(OVL_UI));
-  scene.overlayObjs.push(scene.add.text(cx, 240, 'Panel de Pon — 1 Player', {
-    fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '32px', color: '#7de6ff',
-  }).setOrigin(0.5).setDepth(OVL_UI));
-
   const modes = [
     { key: 'endless', name: scene.config?.endless?.name ?? 'Endless', desc: scene.config?.endless?.description ?? '', action: () => scene.startEndless() },
     { key: 'stageclear', name: scene.config?.stageClear?.name ?? 'Stage Clear', desc: scene.config?.stageClear?.description ?? '', action: () => scene.startStageClear() },
@@ -124,7 +129,7 @@ export function showPuzzleSelect(scene) {
 export function showStageSelect(scene) {
   scene.clearOverlay();
   scene.teardownGameplay();
-  dim(scene, 0.92);
+  menuBackdrop(scene, 0.62);
   const cx = GAME_WIDTH / 2;
   const rounds = scene.rounds;
   const perRound = scene.stagesPerRound;
diff --git a/tools/verifyCivilization.js b/tools/verifyCivilization.js
index 53a00f9..031495e 100644
--- a/tools/verifyCivilization.js
+++ b/tools/verifyCivilization.js
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import { compileRules, techCost, turnToYear } from '../src/games/civilization/Ci
 import { generateWorld, siteQuality, shieldGrassAt } from '../src/games/civilization/CivilizationWorldGen.js';
 import * as Logic from '../src/games/civilization/CivilizationLogic.js';
 import * as AI from '../src/games/civilization/CivilizationAI.js';
+import * as Diplo from '../src/games/civilization/CivilizationDiplomacy.js';
+import * as Chat from '../src/games/civilization/CivilizationChat.js';
 
 const QUICK = process.argv.includes('--quick');
 const root = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..');
@@ -1263,6 +1265,456 @@ if (RULES) {
     && Logic.attitudeMood(60) === 'happy');
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+section('6b. AI-initiated diplomacy');
+
+// Note: makeFlatState/mkCiv deliberately DON'T carry frustration,
+// requestCooldown, lastRequestTurn, pledges or pendingRequests — they're
+// shaped like a save written before this feature existed, so every check below
+// doubles as an old-save compatibility test.
+if (RULES) {
+  // considerRequest rolls a random gate and picks among eligible kinds, so
+  // sample it repeatedly with the throttles cleared to see what a setup can
+  // actually produce.
+  const collect = (st, from, to, attempts = 200) => {
+    const kinds = new Set();
+    for (let i = 0; i < attempts; i += 1) {
+      st.civs[from].lastRequestTurn = {};
+      st.civs[from].requestCooldown = {};
+      const req = Diplo.considerRequest(RULES, st, from, to);
+      if (req) kinds.add(req.kind);
+    }
+    return kinds;
+  };
+
+  // --- join-my-war eligibility
+  {
+    const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 3 });
+    setWar(st, 1, 2);
+    st.civs[1].relations[0] = 'peace';
+    st.civs[0].relations[1] = 'peace';
+    st.civs[1].attitude[0] = 40;
+    check('joinWar offered to a friendly treaty partner', collect(st, 1, 0).has('joinWar'));
+
+    st.civs[1].attitude[0] = 10; // below goodStandingAttitude
+    check('joinWar withheld from a lukewarm partner', !collect(st, 1, 0).has('joinWar'));
+
+    st.civs[1].attitude[0] = 40;
+    st.civs[1].relations[0] = 'contact';
+    st.civs[0].relations[1] = 'contact';
+    check('joinWar needs a treaty, not mere contact', !collect(st, 1, 0).has('joinWar'));
+
+    st.civs[1].relations[0] = 'peace';
+    st.civs[0].relations[1] = 'peace';
+    setWar(st, 0, 2); // already fighting the proposed target
+    check('joinWar withheld when you already fight the target', !collect(st, 1, 0).has('joinWar'));
+
+    st.civs[0].relations[2] = 'nocontact';
+    st.civs[2].relations[0] = 'nocontact';
+    check('joinWar withheld against a civ you have never met', !collect(st, 1, 0).has('joinWar'));
+  }
+
+  // --- accepting a call to arms
+  {
+    const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 3 });
+    setWar(st, 1, 2);
+    Logic.applyTreaty(st, 0, 1, 'peace');
+    Logic.applyTreaty(st, 0, 2, 'peace');
+    const rep = st.civs[0].reputation;
+    const req = { kind: 'joinWar', from: 1, to: 0, target: 2, turn: st.turn };
+    check('joinWar accepted declares war', Diplo.resolveRequest(RULES, st, req, true)
+      && st.civs[0].relations[2] === 'war');
+    check('breaking a treaty to answer a call to arms still scars reputation',
+      st.civs[0].reputation < rep);
+    check('answering the call earns real goodwill', st.civs[1].attitude[0] >= 30);
+  }
+
+  // --- refusal builds frustration, which decays and drags attitude down
+  {
+    const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 3 });
+    setWar(st, 1, 2);
+    Logic.applyTreaty(st, 0, 1, 'peace');
+    const cfg = RULES.requestKinds.joinWar;
+    const attBefore = st.civs[1].attitude[0];
+    const req = { kind: 'joinWar', from: 1, to: 0, target: 2, turn: st.turn };
+    Diplo.resolveRequest(RULES, st, req, false);
+    check('refusal builds frustration', Logic.frustrationOf(st, 1, 0) === cfg.refuseFrustration);
+    check('refusal costs attitude', st.civs[1].attitude[0] === attBefore + cfg.refuseAttitude);
+
+    check('an ignored request costs half of a refusal', (() => {
+      const st2 = makeFlatState({ civs: 3 });
+      Diplo.resolveRequest(RULES, st2, { kind: 'joinWar', from: 1, to: 0, target: 2, turn: 1 }, false, 0.5);
+      return Logic.frustrationOf(st2, 1, 0) === Math.round(cfg.refuseFrustration * 0.5);
+    })());
+
+    const before = Logic.frustrationOf(st, 1, 0);
+    Logic.updateAttitudes(RULES, st, 1);
+    check('frustration decays each turn',
+      Logic.frustrationOf(st, 1, 0) === before - RULES.diplomacy.frustrationDecay);
+
+    // Sustained frustration should pull attitude well below zero on its own.
+    st.civs[1].frustration[0] = 80;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 30; i += 1) {
+      st.civs[1].frustration[0] = 80; // hold it there against the decay
+      Logic.updateAttitudes(RULES, st, 1);
+    }
+    check('frustration drags attitude toward hostility', st.civs[1].attitude[0] <= -30,
+      `${st.civs[1].attitude[0]}`);
+  }
+
+  // --- cooldowns and the per-leader gap
+  {
+    const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 3 });
+    setWar(st, 1, 2);
+    Logic.applyTreaty(st, 0, 1, 'peace');
+    st.civs[1].attitude[0] = 60;
+    Diplo.resolveRequest(RULES, st, { kind: 'joinWar', from: 1, to: 0, target: 2, turn: st.turn }, false);
+    check('kind is on cooldown right after asking',
+      !Diplo.cooldownReady(RULES, st, 1, 0, 'joinWar'));
+    check('same kind not re-offered while on cooldown', (() => {
+      for (let i = 0; i < 200; i += 1) {
+        st.civs[1].lastRequestTurn = {}; // clear only the per-leader gap
+        const req = Diplo.considerRequest(RULES, st, 1, 0);
+        if (req && req.kind === 'joinWar') return false;
+      }
+      return true;
+    })());
+    check('a different leader is unaffected by the cooldown',
+      Diplo.cooldownReady(RULES, st, 2, 0, 'joinWar'));
+    st.turn += RULES.requestKinds.joinWar.cooldown;
+    check('cooldown expires on schedule', Diplo.cooldownReady(RULES, st, 1, 0, 'joinWar'));
+
+    // The per-leader gap throttles a leader across ALL kinds.
+    st.civs[1].lastRequestTurn = { 0: st.turn };
+    let asked = false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 200; i += 1) if (Diplo.considerRequest(RULES, st, 1, 0)) asked = true;
+    check('per-leader gap silences a leader who just spoke', !asked);
+    st.turn += RULES.diplomacy.perLeaderGap;
+    check('leader speaks again once the gap has passed', (() => {
+      for (let i = 0; i < 200; i += 1) {
+        st.civs[1].requestCooldown = {};
+        if (Diplo.considerRequest(RULES, st, 1, 0)) return true;
+      }
+      return false;
+    })());
+  }
+
+  // --- frustrated leaders switch from favours to compensation demands
+  {
+    const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 3 });
+    setWar(st, 1, 2);
+    Logic.applyTreaty(st, 0, 1, 'peace');
+    st.civs[1].attitude[0] = 60;
+    st.civs[0].gold = 400;
+    st.civs[0].known.alphabet = true;
+    st.civs[1].frustration = { 0: RULES.diplomacy.frustrationDemandThreshold };
+    const kinds = collect(st, 1, 0);
+    check('a frustrated leader only demands compensation',
+      kinds.size > 0 && [...kinds].every((k) => k === 'demandGold' || k === 'demandTech'),
+      [...kinds].join(','));
+
+    const goldReq = { kind: 'demandGold', from: 1, to: 0, gold: 100, turn: st.turn };
+    const purse = st.civs[0].gold;
+    Diplo.resolveRequest(RULES, st, goldReq, true);
+    check('paying a demand moves the gold', st.civs[0].gold === purse - 100
+      && st.civs[1].gold === 200);
+    check('paying a demand clears the grudge', Logic.frustrationOf(st, 1, 0) === 0);
+
+    st.civs[1].frustration[0] = 50;
+    Diplo.resolveRequest(RULES, st, { kind: 'demandTech', from: 1, to: 0, techId: 'alphabet', turn: st.turn }, true);
+    check('handing over a demanded tech transfers it', st.civs[1].known.alphabet === true);
+  }
+
+  // --- escalation: renounce the treaty, then let ordinary hostility take over
+  {
+    const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 2 });
+    Logic.applyTreaty(st, 0, 1, 'peace');
+    st.civs[1].frustration = { 0: RULES.diplomacy.frustrationBreakThreshold };
+    check('breaking point renounces the treaty', Diplo.escalateFrustration(RULES, st, 1, 0)
+      && st.civs[1].relations[0] === 'contact');
+    check('renouncing is announced', st.events.some((e) => e.type === 'treatyRenounced' && e.from === 1));
+    check('renouncing vents some frustration',
+      Logic.frustrationOf(st, 1, 0) < RULES.diplomacy.frustrationBreakThreshold);
+    st.civs[1].frustration[0] = 100;
+    check('nothing left to renounce', !Diplo.escalateFrustration(RULES, st, 1, 0));
+    check('below the threshold nothing breaks', (() => {
+      const st2 = makeFlatState({ civs: 2 });
+      Logic.applyTreaty(st2, 0, 1, 'peace');
+      st2.civs[1].frustration = { 0: RULES.diplomacy.frustrationBreakThreshold - 1 };
+      return !Diplo.escalateFrustration(RULES, st2, 1, 0) && st2.civs[1].relations[0] === 'peace';
+    })());
+  }
+
+  // --- break-your-treaty-with-X. No war between 1 and 2 here, just loathing:
+  // that keeps joinWar (a higher-urgency tier) out of the way AND exercises
+  // the "hostile but not yet fighting" branch.
+  {
+    const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 3 });
+    Logic.applyTreaty(st, 0, 1, 'peace');
+    Logic.applyTreaty(st, 0, 2, 'peace');
+    st.civs[1].attitude[0] = 40;
+    st.civs[1].attitude[2] = -50;
+    check('breakTreaty offered against a rival you are friendly with',
+      collect(st, 1, 0).has('breakTreaty'));
+    check('accepting breaks the treaty with the third party',
+      Diplo.resolveRequest(RULES, st, { kind: 'breakTreaty', from: 1, to: 0, target: 2, turn: st.turn }, true)
+      && st.civs[0].relations[2] === 'contact');
+    check('breakTreaty needs a treaty to break',
+      !collect(st, 1, 0).has('breakTreaty'));
+  }
+
+  // --- border ultimatum and the promise it creates
+  {
+    const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 2 });
+    const city = Logic.foundCity(RULES, st, Logic.spawnUnit(RULES, st, 1, 'settlers', 8, 8, null));
+    Logic.spawnUnit(RULES, st, 0, 'warriors', 9, 8, null);
+    check('one unit nearby is not an ultimatum', !collect(st, 1, 0).has('borderUltimatum'));
+    Logic.spawnUnit(RULES, st, 0, 'warriors', 10, 9, null);
+    check('massed units draw an ultimatum', collect(st, 1, 0).has('borderUltimatum'));
+    check('settlers alone do not count', (() => {
+      const st2 = makeFlatState({ civs: 2 });
+      Logic.foundCity(RULES, st2, Logic.spawnUnit(RULES, st2, 1, 'settlers', 8, 8, null));
+      Logic.spawnUnit(RULES, st2, 0, 'settlers', 9, 8, null);
+      Logic.spawnUnit(RULES, st2, 0, 'settlers', 10, 9, null);
+      return !collect(st2, 1, 0).has('borderUltimatum');
+    })());
+
+    const req = { kind: 'borderUltimatum', from: 1, to: 0, cityId: city.id, cityName: city.name, turn: st.turn };
+    Diplo.resolveRequest(RULES, st, req, true);
+    check('accepting records a promise', !!st.civs[1].pledges[0]);
+    Diplo.checkPledges(RULES, st, 1);
+    check('the promise is not judged before it comes due', !!st.civs[1].pledges[0]);
+
+    st.turn += 20;
+    const cfg = RULES.requestKinds.borderUltimatum;
+    Diplo.checkPledges(RULES, st, 1);
+    check('a broken promise costs double a refusal',
+      Logic.frustrationOf(st, 1, 0) === cfg.refuseFrustration * 2);
+    check('a broken promise is announced', st.events.some((e) => e.type === 'pledgeBroken'));
+
+    // Keeping it: units gone by the time the pledge expires.
+    const st2 = makeFlatState({ civs: 2 });
+    const city2 = Logic.foundCity(RULES, st2, Logic.spawnUnit(RULES, st2, 1, 'settlers', 8, 8, null));
+    Diplo.resolveRequest(RULES, st2, {
+      kind: 'borderUltimatum', from: 1, to: 0, cityId: city2.id, cityName: city2.name, turn: st2.turn,
+    }, true);
+    st2.turn += 20;
+    const att = st2.civs[1].attitude[0];
+    Diplo.checkPledges(RULES, st2, 1);
+    check('a kept promise is rewarded', st2.civs[1].attitude[0] > att
+      && st2.events.some((e) => e.type === 'pledgeKept'));
+    check('the promise is cleared either way', !st2.civs[1].pledges[0]);
+  }
+
+  // --- tech trades and unprompted gifts
+  {
+    const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 2 });
+    st.civs[0].known.pottery = true;
+    st.civs[1].known.alphabet = true;
+    st.civs[1].attitude[0] = 20;
+    check('techTrade offered when both sides have something', collect(st, 1, 0).has('techTrade'));
+    check('techTrade swaps both ways', Diplo.resolveRequest(RULES, st, {
+      kind: 'techTrade', from: 1, to: 0, giveId: 'alphabet', getId: 'pottery', turn: st.turn,
+    }, true) && st.civs[0].known.alphabet === true && st.civs[1].known.pottery === true);
+
+    const stG = makeFlatState({ civs: 2 });
+    Logic.applyTreaty(stG, 0, 1, 'peace');
+    stG.civs[1].attitude[0] = 90;
+    stG.civs[1].gold = 300;
+    stG.civs[1].known.alphabet = true;
+    check('a devoted leader sends an unprompted gift', Diplo.considerGift(RULES, stG, 1, 0)
+      && stG.events.some((e) => e.type === 'aiGift' && e.to === 0));
+    check('gifts have their own long cooldown', !Diplo.considerGift(RULES, stG, 1, 0));
+    check('an indifferent leader sends nothing', (() => {
+      const st2 = makeFlatState({ civs: 2 });
+      Logic.applyTreaty(st2, 0, 1, 'peace');
+      st2.civs[1].attitude[0] = 20;
+      st2.civs[1].gold = 300;
+      return !Diplo.considerGift(RULES, st2, 1, 0);
+    })());
+  }
+
+  // --- staleness: the world moves on between the AI round and the audience
+  {
+    const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 3 });
+    setWar(st, 1, 2);
+    Logic.applyTreaty(st, 0, 1, 'peace');
+    const req = { kind: 'joinWar', from: 1, to: 0, target: 2, turn: st.turn };
+    check('a live request validates', Diplo.requestValid(RULES, st, req));
+    st.civs[2].alive = false;
+    check('a request against a dead civ is dropped', !Diplo.requestValid(RULES, st, req));
+
+    st.civs[0].gold = 30;
+    check('a demand you can no longer afford is dropped',
+      !Diplo.requestValid(RULES, st, { kind: 'demandGold', from: 1, to: 0, gold: 100, turn: st.turn }));
+    st.civs[0].known.alphabet = true;
+    st.civs[1].known.alphabet = true;
+    check('a demand for a tech they now have is dropped',
+      !Diplo.requestValid(RULES, st, { kind: 'demandTech', from: 1, to: 0, techId: 'alphabet', turn: st.turn }));
+  }
+
+  // --- data integrity: every kind is tunable and has something to say
+  {
+    let complete = true;
+    let missing = '';
+    for (const kind of Diplo.REQUEST_KINDS) {
+      const ok = !!RULES.requestKinds[kind]
+        && Array.isArray(Chat.REQUESTS[kind]) && Chat.REQUESTS[kind].length >= 2
+        && Chat.REQUEST_REPLIES[kind]?.accept?.length >= 2
+        && Chat.REQUEST_REPLIES[kind]?.refuse?.length >= 2;
+      if (!ok) { complete = false; missing += `${kind} `; }
+    }
+    check('every request kind has rules + chat lines', complete, missing);
+    check('request lines fill every token they use', (() => {
+      const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 3 });
+      const reqs = [
+        { kind: 'joinWar', from: 1, to: 0, target: 2 },
+        { kind: 'breakTreaty', from: 1, to: 0, target: 2 },
+        { kind: 'borderUltimatum', from: 1, to: 0, cityName: 'Testopolis' },
+        { kind: 'demandGold', from: 1, to: 0, gold: 100 },
+        { kind: 'demandTech', from: 1, to: 0, techId: 'alphabet' },
+        { kind: 'techTrade', from: 1, to: 0, giveId: 'alphabet', getId: 'pottery' },
+        { kind: 'ceasefire', from: 1, to: 0 }, { kind: 'peace', from: 1, to: 0 },
+        { kind: 'alliance', from: 1, to: 0 },
+      ];
+      for (const req of reqs) {
+        const vars = { you: 'Civ0', me: 'Civ1', ...Diplo.requestVars(RULES, st, req) };
+        for (const pool of [Chat.REQUESTS[req.kind],
+          Chat.REQUEST_REPLIES[req.kind].accept, Chat.REQUEST_REPLIES[req.kind].refuse]) {
+          for (const template of pool) {
+            if (/\{\w+\}/.test(Chat.pickLine([template], vars))) return false;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return true;
+    })());
+    check('consequence hints exist for the costly kinds', (() => {
+      const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 3 });
+      Logic.applyTreaty(st, 0, 2, 'peace');
+      st.civs[0].known.alphabet = true;
+      return ['joinWar', 'breakTreaty', 'demandGold', 'demandTech'].every((kind) => {
+        const req = {
+          kind, from: 1, to: 0, target: 2, gold: 50, techId: 'alphabet',
+        };
+        const hint = Diplo.requestConsequence(RULES, st, req);
+        return typeof hint === 'string' && hint.length > 10 && !/\{|undefined|NaN/.test(hint);
+      });
+    })());
+  }
+
+  // --- serialization
+  {
+    const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 2 });
+    st.civs[1].frustration = { 0: 42 };
+    st.civs[1].requestCooldown = { 0: { joinWar: 60 } };
+    st.civs[1].pledges = { 0: { kind: 'withdraw', cityId: 3, untilTurn: 9 } };
+    st.pendingRequests = [{ kind: 'joinWar', from: 1, to: 0, target: 0, turn: 1 }];
+    const back = Logic.deserialize(Logic.serialize(st));
+    check('frustration survives a save', back.civs[1].frustration[0] === 42);
+    check('cooldowns survive a save', back.civs[1].requestCooldown[0].joinWar === 60);
+    check('pledges survive a save', back.civs[1].pledges[0].untilTurn === 9);
+    check('pending requests survive a save', back.pendingRequests.length === 1
+      && back.pendingRequests[0].kind === 'joinWar');
+  }
+
+  // --- the whole arc, driven by real AI turns: an ally who is refused over
+  // and over stops asking favours, starts demanding compensation, tears up the
+  // treaty, and finally declares war. This is the feature's headline behaviour,
+  // and it is easy to tune it into never firing (the grudge decays between
+  // requests), so pin it down.
+  {
+    const leaders = ['steve', 'gerome', 'jerry'].map((id) => ({ id, name: id[0].toUpperCase() + id.slice(1) }));
+    const play = (policy) => {
+      const st = Logic.createGame(RULES, { sizeId: 'small', seed: 77, difficultyId: 'prince', leaders, humanIndex: 0 });
+      const setRel = (a, b, r) => { st.civs[a].relations[b] = r; st.civs[b].relations[a] = r; };
+      setRel(0, 1, 'alliance');
+      setRel(0, 2, 'peace');
+      setRel(1, 2, 'war');
+      st.civs[1].attitude[0] = 45;
+      st.civs[0].gold = 2000;
+      st.civs[0].known.alphabet = true;
+      const log = { kinds: new Set(), renounced: false, war: false };
+      for (let t = 0; t < 300 && !st.over; t += 1) {
+        for (let c = 0; c < st.civs.length; c += 1) {
+          if (!st.civs[c].alive) continue;
+          st.current = c;
+          Logic.beginCivTurn(RULES, st, c);
+          if (c !== 0) AI.runAITurn(RULES, st, c);
+          Logic.endCivTurn(RULES, st, c);
+        }
+        // Stand in for the scene: answer one audience per human turn.
+        const req = (st.pendingRequests ?? []).shift();
+        if (req && Diplo.requestValid(RULES, st, req)) {
+          if (req.from === 1) log.kinds.add(req.kind);
+          Diplo.resolveRequest(RULES, st, req, policy === 'accept');
+        }
+        for (const e of st.events) {
+          if (e.type === 'treatyRenounced' && e.from === 1) log.renounced = true;
+          if (e.type === 'war' && e.a === 1 && e.b === 0) log.war = true;
+        }
+      }
+      return { st, log };
+    };
+
+    const refused = play('refuse');
+    check('a spurned ally asks for favours first', refused.log.kinds.has('joinWar'));
+    check('refusals eventually turn into compensation demands',
+      refused.log.kinds.has('demandGold') || refused.log.kinds.has('demandTech'),
+      [...refused.log.kinds].join(','));
+    check('a leader pushed far enough renounces the treaty', refused.log.renounced);
+    check('and follows it to war', refused.log.war
+      || refused.st.civs[1].relations[0] === 'war');
+
+    const obliged = play('accept');
+    check('an obliging partner is never driven to demands',
+      !obliged.log.kinds.has('demandGold') && !obliged.log.kinds.has('demandTech'),
+      [...obliged.log.kinds].join(','));
+    check('an obliging partner keeps the alliance', obliged.st.civs[1].relations[0] === 'alliance'
+      && !obliged.log.renounced);
+  }
+
+  // --- fuzz: issuing and resolving requests never corrupts the diplomatic state
+  {
+    const st = makeFlatState({ civs: 4 });
+    st.rngState = 909090;
+    st.civs.forEach((c) => { c.human = false; });
+    for (const c of st.civs) { c.gold = 200; c.known.alphabet = c.id % 2 === 0; c.known.pottery = c.id % 2 === 1; }
+    const legalStates = new Set(['nocontact', 'contact', 'war', 'ceasefire', 'peace', 'alliance']);
+    let ok = true;
+    let why = '';
+    const rounds = QUICK ? 200 : 800;
+    for (let i = 0; i < rounds && ok; i += 1) {
+      const a = Logic.randInt(st, 4);
+      let b = Logic.randInt(st, 4);
+      if (a === b) b = (b + 1) % 4;
+      const roll = Logic.rand(st);
+      if (roll < 0.15) Logic.declareWar(RULES, st, a, b);
+      else if (roll < 0.3) Logic.applyTreaty(st, a, b, ['ceasefire', 'peace', 'alliance'][Logic.randInt(st, 3)]);
+      else if (roll < 0.4) Diplo.escalateFrustration(RULES, st, a, b);
+      else if (roll < 0.5) Diplo.checkPledges(RULES, st, a);
+      else if (roll < 0.6) Logic.updateAttitudes(RULES, st, a);
+      else if (roll < 0.7) { st.turn += 1; Diplo.considerGift(RULES, st, a, b); } else {
+        const req = Diplo.considerRequest(RULES, st, a, b);
+        if (req) Diplo.resolveRequest(RULES, st, req, Diplo.aiWouldAccept(RULES, st, req));
+      }
+      for (const civ of st.civs) {
+        for (const [other, rel] of Object.entries(civ.relations)) {
+          if (!legalStates.has(rel)) { ok = false; why = `illegal relation ${rel}`; }
+          if (st.civs[other].relations[civ.id] !== rel) { ok = false; why = 'asymmetric relations'; }
+        }
+        for (const v of Object.values(civ.frustration ?? {})) {
+          if (!(v >= 0 && v <= 100)) { ok = false; why = `frustration ${v}`; }
+        }
+        for (const v of Object.values(civ.attitude)) {
+          if (!(v >= -100 && v <= 100)) { ok = false; why = `attitude ${v}`; }
+        }
+        if (civ.gold < 0) { ok = false; why = 'negative gold'; }
+      }
+    }
+    check('fuzz: request traffic keeps diplomacy consistent', ok, why);
+  }
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 section('7. spaceship');