Hi,
I had to restart the game one time (I think), and now I've been playing "forever". I guess I'm not really into being "challenged", since I play on easy settings and just enjoy keeping the village going. Here are my stats. I keep waiting for something in the game (a counter maxing out) to cause the game to abort, but so far it hasn't happened, and I don't have to start over.

Realtime hours played: 1402 (I know, odd, huh?)
Villagers Born: 1107
Villagers Cured: 746
Villagers Buried: 878
Oldest Villager: 115
Max Village pop: 65
Food Harvested: 11414869 (various events reset this)
Crabs Caught: 16152
Tech Levels: 12
Island Events Encountered: 82
Puzzles Solved: 12 of 12

Time on puzzles
1. 10 hrs
2. 11 hrs
3. 50 hrs
4. 29 hrs
5. 72 hrs
6. 77 hrs
7. 43 hrs
8. 97 hrs
9. 108 hrs
10. 264 hrs
11. 319 hrs
12. 113 hrs

Current food: 239447
Difficulty level: Low (the easiest setting)
Speed: Fast