I may be a total idiot, but I feel like I really need some rules clarifications here! Some I have figured out on my own--like water can go in any direction, this is a top down view, etc. But when villages need "access" to each other, does that mean direct orthogonal placement? Can corn be placed anywhere so long as it isn't flooded and matches the number of villages? Etc. I'm still not sure how to play correctly. Also, the running tally of saved and lost villages without saying what that particular game's score was is confusing, I have to remember what my old tally was to double check how many I saved this time. Perhaps not necessary if I wasn't trying to use that information to test rules and guess which villages were the failures and which were not.
Thank you for all the feedback, it's really useful, I definitely need to make some rule clarifications, and possibly alters some rules too!
When villages need "access" to each other, does that mean direct orthogonal placement?
Access means 4-way connectivity, so orthogonal placement doesn't count.
Can corn be placed anywhere so long as it isn't flooded and matches the number of villages?
Corn must match the number of villages AND not divided by forests.
Also, the running tally of saved and lost villages without saying what that particular game's score was is confusing
I'm thinking about reworking the scoring system a bit, you make some good points!