I started first by concentrating on 1 on the berry bush, 2 building, 1 Research, 1 breeding. I did ok with that. this is still my first game and I am going really well. Next time I might not have a breeder straight away or 2 builders. After playing for a while now, I probably should have put them on research also. Get the tech points quicker.

Oh yeah sorry I forgot to say that I have noticed in my game that the mushrooms seem to always appear not long after I return to the game. So if I have quit, gone and done something else and loaded it back up, I think about 5 mins later a mushie will appear. I haven't tested this by repeatedly quitting and restarting.

I don't worry too much about the building projects after the first hut is completed. That allows you up to 15 villagers which is more than a village can sustain until food is upgraded. In the meantime, the builders can be farming or researching or making babies. I usually upgrade to level 2 in the following order: food, science, spirituality, and than construction.

thx ppl 4 all the hints and tips

My tip is to go back and reread the last few pages of this forum after a week of playing the game. I understand much more of what I read when I first came here. I'm also marking favorite posts for reference, and making a text file of good tips that sound like things I should remember for later.

I forgot to add:

When villagers get elderly, does eating, drinking, swimming in the lagoon help them?

Which of the emotes, like "raindancing," are really important to keeping folks alive. I know they complain when there isn't enough food and that laundry is not important.

I'm wondering if they speak up when elderly, mostly, and if there is anything that can be done (aside from maxxing medicine, which I'm working on).

I really would like to how to teach them to fish. Can anyone help? I have been racking my brain trying to figure it out. Anyone please please help

To fish, you need 3er level of farming

Wow, thanks Rand, that's a great tip. What I do is when the field gets down to 10 or 15, I bring all the adults to harvest crops. I can get 6 or 8 baskets worth (lots of food!) out of an almost empty field.

I couldnt find an exact place on the forum to pose this question - this spot seemed like the closest fit. When you have an event soon after beginning the game which gives a villager a lot of expertise in one area, is there anything that can be done with that? I'm trying to ask w/out giving too much away hopefully someone will catch what I mean. Like for instance, if a villager suddenly learned to be an expert marksman (just throwing something off out as an example) would I be able to have him perform umm....like say an assassination right away? Or would other tech have to be purchased first? OK my examples are really awful, but hey.