I haven't done any real testing on this (I've been too busy playing!), but I think, like the huts, clearing the wreckage, etc., it takes about 100 trips. And many hands DO NOT make light work. It will take 1 guy about 100 trips. You don't get it done any faster if you have 10 guys working on it. The best way I found to do this (in very early days of playing) is to put them on one of these tasks, set your game to 1/2x or 1x speed and go to bed. It's generally done when you wake up. If you go any faster, you could wake up to a village full of starving or dead villagers. That's too much shock first thing in the a.m.! I haven't had that actually happen yet. When I get done with this batch of 5 games, maybe I'll nuke em all and start over. I don't know, though. I'm getting kind of attached to the little guys.
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