Or in some situations you need to get lucky and get multiple additional villagers events to help the gene pool.

In a VV1 game I have, I never bought L3 Farming. This means that the village is not "stable" and if I forget about it for too long a time, I can get a near starvation situation with only a couple of villagers (as well as the GC.)

Once I had two males, one kid and one that was "reset" in age, so he didn't starve along with the rest. A little girl showed up and the village repopulated.

Just a few days ago, I had two twin boys and a younger girl (she might have been a sister, but I don't know.) They finally grew up and the girl is busy having babies. I've been mating the girl with only one of the boys, so the uncle could mate with his nieces, but eventually there may need to be sibling matings.

But in most of my games I'll set one male (late) or one female (early) to be a parent, so the chances are that all the kids of the same generation are at least half siblings.

I just had that scary gong event that makes all the women in your village pregnant. Now they're done nursing. The info on the kids show that their father is some mysterious "?" person (person?).

The question is, are all these kids born virginly (?), or do they really have a father? And if the latter, are they all half-siblings?

Hmmm ...

Someone should write a dissertation on the villagers' gods. The Guiding Hand (the player) is obviously a god. S/he will interact with the villagers all the time, picking them up and setting them tasks. The villagers have an event when they "Greet the Guiding Hand". However, the Guiding Hand is not omnipotent. We all know that if the GH attempts time travel the villagers' lives can be completely messed up, for instance.

When a villager bangs the gong the effect is unpredictable, by the GH as well as the villagers. Is the gong a god? If so, is it more powerful than the GH?

Arnie: "The Guiding Hand (the player) is obviously a god. S/he will interact with the villagers all the time, picking them up and setting them tasks."

And I think that it is that we like so much. The feeling to be quite powerful? Or to master the destiny?
At least, the various characters of our villagers make them to us really attaching, especially the first to arrive! Who are also the first to go, and, every time, it broke my heart

Laurence, I know we are just splitting hairs here, but the GH is LIKE God. A god would be omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, of which the GH (you and me) do not possess in the game. Doest that make sense? Again I think this is just splitting hairs, but it still needs to be pointed out.

In getting back to the incest question...I too have tried to keep less then desirable couplings from happening. It does get too confusing in later generations even with last names created from the parents' names. I do remember an incident where I caught a mother going off to the "Love Shack" with her son. I pulled them away from the hut, but it was too late. Momma had a son, and Son had a brother/son. Ick. In later generations, I just give up and let "nature" take its course. Lol!

I'm with you there Patroy. Since the game does not discourage it (i.e. nothing bad happens when it happens) I just let the little fellers breed with who ever they want.

Maybe this could be the compromise. If a mother/father breeds with a son/daughter the offspring life expectancy is cut by 2/3rds or the like. hmmmm

i don't think it should be changed

the control freaks (no offense, i'm like that with some -ok a lot- of my villages too) can babysit and just try to keep it from happeneing, its part of the challenge

Gods (with a small "G") need not be omni-everything. Look at the Greek, Roman, Norse, and other ancient gods. They were felt to be like super-powerful human beings with human failings and weaknesses.

Now, if we were referring to God with a capital letter, that would be a different story ...

Point taken Arnie, and I would agree. I guess through my eyes God implies a being who is omni-everthing. But int he Greek/Roman gods they are not.

It's good to have you around.