So far I have about 45 villagers, and not too long ago, some of them started dying. I have to admit, it was kind of sad to see the "patriarch" and "matriarch" of the village die, especially when the man could have lived a bit longer if I had upgraded the hospital sooner. At least he was an esteemed elder.

Another thing that was sad for me was that one of my original children loved to run, and up until she hit the "elderly" mark, she would run everywhere. I would put her on tasks like building new huts and stuff because I knew she would work faster than anyone else. Once she hit elderly, she started walking just as slow as the other elderly people. That was depressing. Plus her hair and stuff reminded me of my daughter. It would have been nice instead of making her walk slowly, to just make her walk regular speed since she loved to run all the time.

I'm sure i'm not the only one who gets a bit sad when their villagers die?

I think we all have feelings for some of our villagers especially the ones that started the village.

I think we all do. They are many characters that just touch your heart and you think of them from time to time. I remember Hamiltion, called Hammie from the movie "Over the Hedge." My Hammie was the happiest little village you had ever seem. Even as a little tot, always dancing and jumping. Even when he was 78, he would still break out dancing. I'm glad I'd learn to take pictures of them. I have one of Hammie airborne I believe that is part of the charm of the game; they become real to us.

My little runner died yesterday. I flipped back to the screen just in time to see someone burying her little bones. now that was sad.

I'm only emotionally attached to one type of villager and I'm embarrassed to admit why.....but y'all are strangers and this is an anonymous forum, so what the heck. One of the villagers looks like a guy I have a crush on in real life. Whenever I get one of them, I name him after the guy, make him a master parent (and an esteemed elder whenever possible), and hope that future generations produce the same type of villager. I get sad when his hair turns grey and even sadder when he dies.

That little confession may make it seem like I'm 16 years old, but I'm actually nearly twice that!

I hate it when I have a child die. If I have the unfortunate event of a child death, I start the game over. I just cannot stand to have a grave with "age 7" or something like that on it! It hurts my heart. (I am a mom of a 10 month old, 4 year old, and 6 year old, maybe that's why)

Is there a way to "save" individual villagers if you need to start over? I heard someone comment on this on another board, and I nearly leaped out of my chair for joy. I'm so attached to my village doctor that I actually drew a picture of him.

When you start over, the game will create an entirely new and random set of villagers. There is no facility in the game to retain one or more villagers and transfer them to the new game.

I am glad to know I'm not the only one who can get attached! haha. On a couple of tribes I made the mistake of naming villagers after family members in age order. It was awful when they started aging and dying.

Now I just pick random names to keep an objective approach..haha.

oh god, Im so glad its not me! Kato died sometime when I was watching a movie and I was sooo sad. He was 70, but still...

I am obsessive about watchin health meters and making stew, but i cant be here all the time.

My oldest villager, Samuel Founder, lived to his 70s even with only lvl 2 medicine, but I was really sad when he died. I encourage breeding of that type of villager and think of them as his descendants. I also tend to become fond of the doctors, mostly because I pick the "handsomest" (someone get me a straitjacket) male villagers and dress them in my favorite outfit (the *really* colorful one).

I'm always sad when one of the two villagers who fell down the waterfall dies. The fact that they are older than the rest usually means that they will be the first to go, so the impact of their death is harder. I always amend the standard wording on their tombstones to include the fact that they were founders of the tribe.

Oddly, I also find myself particularly attached to villagers who have negative dislikes; ones who hate fish, or turnips, or running. Those who succeed in becoming masters or Elders in spite of their dislikes I kind of admire; it's rather like admiring those who succeed in life despite a disability like blindness.

Wow. That was so inspiring. It's the same with me; I've got one guy who has a bad case of teenage angst, but he's got tons of skill in multiple areas. Elder someday? It'd be kinda ironic, but cool.

Yeah, I think we all do get a little attached to the villagers we find special. I find I get a little sad whenever a Master Parent dies, especially if I've had them teaching the children over a period of time. It's like losing a beloved village parent and teacher all at the same time.

Here's a screen shot of my favorite villager (referenced earlier)

2 of my favourite villagers died and I was very sad... odd to get emotionally attached to a computer game character, but so glad I'm not alone

its easy to get attached because in some ways, thanksto very intricate coding, they have personality

plus, esp in the early stages of the game you get to know the villagers, you nurture them

i think of them like little fishies or hamsters as pets....they aren't quite the same as another person, or even a cat or a dog, but they sort of become part of your routine, and you care about them and their well being

I actualy shed a tear, when my first villager died. I felt so sad that I started it again. Now I just take pictures of my fav ones. I try to make them all happy. None of my villagers have been under 75yrs wheb they die, except one child. She was 7yrs old and was bitten by ants, or some thing like that.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who does this! In my first village, there was a girl that I instantly liked, and I wanted her to be my first elder. I was so sad when she died before that happened!