Are some villagers just better at some things than others? One guy with a green-beard. I swear I couldn't get him to forage to save his life, literally... but he's a researching fool. Or maybe I'm the fool and I'm imagining it all.

I keep having an event happen where a crate floats up or a jar shows up and I open it. I've had to restart 3 games now because before I've even got 500 food (with original villagers; and 2 harvesting) somebody gets eaten or attacked by poison spiders or something horrible. Doesn't anything good ever happen to these poor stranded folks?

I'm sure there's more, but I'm on my lunch break and shoveling an Arby's wrap in my face and I can't remember anything right now.

Thanks in advance,
Rich