Martha was a simple woman. Her fingers were deft with the clothes that she tailored, and her shop was full; ever bustling. The small town (Viago) she was born into from her tenacious mother and her strong willed father, had shaped her into an upstanding woman. She learned to be strong like her woodsman father and crafty per her tailoring mother. Martha lived beside the shoppe with her mother and father until a handsome young man swept her off her feet and she quickly married the merchant, moving halfway across town. Not ideal for trekking to the shoppe, but quick access to the nearby school, church, and market where her new husband worked. Soon, Martha and Edwin started their own family and had a little girl name Kaye. Kaye follwed her mother wherever she went and spent some days with her grandfather in the woods (adorable!). It was no surprise when they welcomed another small blessing into their family, a little boy this time by the name of Cole. It should come as no surprise to you by now that I was clearly infatuated with this family and followed them very closely.

Their town (Viago) was focused on husbandry; Cows, Sheep, and Chicken pens were spread throughout. Small Peach orchards spilled a sweet scent into the air that almost covered the stench of manure. Fields of Wheat, Beans, and Peppers laced the countryside and farmers worked the land day and night getting ready for market that season. Viago had recently constructed a fisherman's wharf and the whole family (and town) was excited to finally have some meat that was a bit lighter on the pallet. A portion of the town on the southside was made up of mines and quarrys and large chunks of housing that precariously touched one another. It was no surprise that the tavern ended up in this neighborhood but it did good business with it's peach ale. If you could muster the courage to wander into southside Viago you could partake of the drink.

Several years went by and Viago flourished! The town rejoiced and finally constructed the townhall, because nothing says official like misconceived authority! After founding this town hall, they had nomads come across their land and seek refuge within. Of course the people of Viago let them in! The townsfolk even built an inn for them to stay in until proper homes could be arranged. Some of them even married with the townsfolk and started their own family! Now, by the time this happened, poor Martha's mother had passed away from old ago and her poor father took to drink and moved to the southside where the ale ran like the river. Martha and Edwin continued their lives as normal, having aged considerably their kids grew up. While Cole had found himself a job as a blacksmith (having apprenticed for years!), he settled with a blonde girl named Hannah who was a herdsman. Unfortunately for Kaye, she still lived at home with her mother but had found reputable work at the Market with her father.

Then It all changed so fast.

One of the newest batches of nomads that were granted entrance to Viago unknowingly (or knowingly!) brought a bad case of scarlet fever with them! Unfortunately the town was surviving off of the herbalist and were pretty close to darn near perfect health. The plot for the hospital was all picked out...and under construction. Nobody knew where to go or where to turn! People were literally dying in the streets and disappearing into the woods! The fever claimed many children's lives before the hospital was made available to the public. Once the crowd of about 20 with the fever made it in, many survived but still died. The population had dwindled from 100/20/18 to around 70/15/10. Many places of work had to shut down because there simply were not enough people to fill in the blanks.

Everything returned to normal for about 4 years.

By this time my beloved Family had suffered more tragedy. Martha's Father died of old age, leaving her with her husband and children. Cole and Hannah were thankfully still employed and had two little girls to show for their love. Gwendolyn and Pips (Don't ask me I don't name the buggers!). All was not well with this family and it seems when despair came it came twenty fold. Cole and Hannah's house caught on fire. Luckily they lived near the town's well and their neighbors and friends helped put out the fire, but the house was in great disrepair and had to be torn down and built back up. Unfortunately Viago was experiencing an iron shortage and Cole was hard pressed to find work. Slowly people didn't have tools anymore and were running around in a panic! The barns that were once full of produce and meat and eggs were suddenly dwindling rapidly in supplies because the farmers couldn't farm successfully without any tools! Chaos ensued! Peaches were not getting delivered to the tavern, so the drink ran dry. Since the Market closed during the Scarlet fever people were having a hard time getting food when they lived further from town! The church however got an increase to patrons (Fancy that!) but the graveyard that sat beside it was mostly barren except for those from the great scarlet fever, but that absense was not to be!

Starvation! Starvation! People were once again in the streets, in the feilds, picking what they could. The fisherman tried their best but clients stole away the food for themselves and stored it in their homes! Some had actually managed to take a great deal of food and citizens came to their doors and begged for something to eat where some of them obliged for a while but others turned them away. As more and more people died, the citizens of Viago had started to wander the streets in search of food like some great apocolyptic nightmare. The graveyard was full...and this was when my attention to my perfect but tragedy fueled little family came back to my attention. Upon checking in and keeping up with the recent events I was saddened to see that Martha and Edwin had both succumbed to starvation, and Kaye was on the edge. However I had not been paying as close attention and saw that Kaye had her own home and had managed to have an illegitimate child with someone right before the starvation and the poor thing wasn't even a year old! A little boy named Mackey. I shed a few tears as I watched the home and soon baby Mackey ended up in the ever increasing graveyard and his mother stood in the graveyard (probably near his grave) before she DIED RIGHT THERE! I couldn't be too distracted for Hannah and Cole and their wee little ones Gwendolyn and Pipps were surprisingly still alive! Cole was trying his hardest to continue to produce tools one at a time but it seemed to be to no avail! Once he made one it was gone and there were loads of others who needed tools! His wife tried to get food by leaving the sheep and working with the cattle but a freaking infestation infested that cattle yard and she died from an infection! The small children played in the fields or were by their father's side but by this time with Cole/Gwendolyn/Pipps as the only remaining in my family the population was 15/0/1. Some stupid sod had given birth to another child. Viago was more than half shutdown. There was no hope. The storage fluctuated sometimes because one field was still active and so was the wharf. But finally many started to die from starvation again and I watched the little blips of a 14 year olf Gwendolyn and 11 Year old Pipps fade away and be replaced by cemetary markers. Cole was now the only surviving member of my family. He died that winter at the age of 45, not due to starvation, but due to another bout of scarlet fever due to the atrocious health of Viago from all the death and starvation.

Best Tragedy Simulator of the year. 1000000/10 Would Cry again.

But seriously? This is an amazing game and thoroughly well done. It tests your capabilities and makes you think hard about your decisions. There is no easy way. There are mods to make it a bit more casual, but it's fun/tragic/delightful/frustrating. Enjoy!