OK, that's probably not the best subject for this post, but has anybody tried just getting the village going up to harvest 3 and then letting them go and seeing what happened?
By that I mean leave a couple designated as farmers, researchers, builders, and a breeder of each gender and then just watch what happens? Maybe selecting a dedicated task for them when they turn 18, but other than that hands off?

Would such a village be viable? Would they complete it on their own? Would they even survive it? Obviously things like random events would require some interaction on our part, but other than that just let 'em do what they do?

I'm thinking that'll be my next run hehehe.

I used to do that with Creatures, anybody remember that game?