I dont know if i would call time warping cheating, but more of an impatience. The game is best enjoyed at real time without warping. You dont get near the satisfaction of beating it when it only takes you a day as opposed to taking you a couple weeks on and off and dealing with problems from times you "thought" it would be safe to leave it run and what not. Im recovering a village i forgot about for a day and only had 5 people left, gotta work back up to 30...shouldnt be too hard