Small Civ with friends -- do you close borders?

[LarryCiv]

I prefer another civic, but just now a random beginner joined and raised our tech costs. Do you guys close borders or do you guys take the risk?

 

[Glinda]

We just had this problem in a game. Started Greece as a group, and there were a couple of big civs. Mongolia were attacking people but for no actual reason/benefit, and Rome were taking all the wonders.

Anyway, we got a couple of tech victories and won a war, and suddenly our civ is full of people jumping in from all over, including the King of Mongolia who was like, "well, NOW we can start playing the game properly".

So we made sure one team member had Masonry as the MVP and jumped ship to a new nation.

 

[beijingguy]

closed, only open for a 1-2 mins in none-peak hours so we can get proper bonuses for harvest.

 

[LarryCiv]

Smart advice from both of you, thanks. I think that's what will end up happening fairly soon. Sucks to not have the trickle civic bonuses, but I guess we'll coordinate our harvests for it.