Hi Lurkily! Yeah, something like that. I would know if I missed a villager off farming on their own, I keep track of how much food I have in the food bin, and I know when the honey is regenerated, usually after a fog, and I know how many fruit is on the trees, so if a villager escaped my detection I would know it!! I'm a bit of a control freak in the early stages of a game, after a while I do let them work independently but not until I have built the bath. It all stems from being determined not to miss a single tablet piece, though I do give up on that after a while!! It is the single most annoying part of the game for me.

meems, I do have a chief, she's 8 now. I do have this particular game on easy though I have a couple of independant villages on normal, I'm not brave enough to try hard yet!! I have found it is a good starting strategy, but be warned, pausing the game for the kids to collect multiple mushrooms plays havoc with the first nursing mothers clock. So she takes ages to be able to work. So the strategy is not infallible but it works for me!! I do occassionally go for health potions if needed but if I keep the food bin well stocked and someone is losing health I just force feed them!! I told you I'm a control freak!!