My grandchildren and I play this game and we check on them every day 3 or 4 times a day. All our Villagers are named after family members. It is really funny when they want someone to die off because they are mad at them. I make them heal them and love them anyway. This game has taught my grandkids a lot about life. We use the villagers when they have problems in school and don't want to learn something. I will say "what do you have to do to the villagers to make them learn?" They say "make them do it over and over". I tell them the same goes for them. I love this game it helps work out a lot of things with the kids.