This is the fourth time I have lost the game! I have no idea how any one else has seemed to get past the beginning, but I certainly can't. My villagers keep running out of food; I've had all three trees planted, honey harvested, and no matter how many villagers I have researching I still only have about 40,000 tech points (not enough to get magic herb) when they all die of starvation. Yeah, and I'm only on the easy level, as well. I've tried different approaches and am still stuck. I'm about to wash my hands of the whole thing because it is incredibly frustrating. Is there something I'm missing or does someone have any advice because I would be really appreciate! Thanks!

Maybe this will help you get a better start:

The most common causes of villages being wiped out are:

1. Having only one trained farmer. If the farmer gets sick and is not healed, starvation is a real possibility for the tribe. Villagers can (and should) be trained in more than one skill. In VV3, any villager with farming knowledge will harvest food when the food supply is critically low.

2. Not having a trained healer to take care of the sick when the game is off. If you're using kids to heal sick villagers when the game is on, you need to be aware that kids will not heal sick villagers on their own. If there isn't a trained adult healer, you need to be vigilant and check frequently for sick villagers. Keeping the fire going reduces the frequency of disease.

3. Growing the population too large and too soon. The initial food supplies in all VV games are limited and won't support a very large population. In VV3, if you grow the population beyond about 10-12 villagers, you will need to hunt mushrooms a lot to prevent starvation.

do you know this? spoiler, hilight to read the chief can magically create food once every 24 hours - if your food gets really low, pause the game until the chief can make food again