Yeah it's a noob question, and while I'm not exactly a noob, I swear this didn't happen when I used to play. The area around my village is right at that time where the 26-point villages that were just made and never played on start to go barbarian. While some did, I noticed that a handful of them in my 7x7 also just completely disappeared.
Is this new or have I never noticed it before? Does anyone know how the game determines which villages just go barb, and which disappear? Anyone know why?