http://www.ldwforums.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/19448/page/0/fpart/7

This sounded kind of wierd. This thread had suggestions for a new game (that arthur wouldn't say what) and it was made before 2007. The first post on this page had an idea of a boatload of villagers rowing away and starting a new village somewhere else. Maybe that is where ldw got the idea for VV3 - well you know, the rowing away on a raft and starting a new village. Not sure if that is what happens at the start of vv3. Just a thought...