I started over 3 times now..
First time I was all good, survived the first attack etc.
2nd time I did a really crap start over planning a village. (homless+hunger penalties at start, no new families would join, takes ages for the penalties to disappear)
3rd time really good, don't like where I started on the map though in one of the corners...
on my first game I was in the very centre of the map
Best start seems to be getting multiple ox ASAP as moving logs around is a massive bottleneck to any building, also the sawmill only has capacity to hold 1 log at a time... so needs a dedicated ox!
I skip farming for 2-3 years as it takes too many people.
It's like 1 family per field, then you need the windmill running, and another family baking the bread.
The optimal way for lumber, fire wood, berries, hunting etc is to have them next to the centre of the village? I'm not convinced putting them near the resources is any better.
for building OX seem to always go in the forest grab a log, then transport it to the building site directly....? may as well have a small forest in the centre of the village for efficiency then?
They totally ignore the logs piled up at the lumber jack place?