I'm actually very surprised that you can starve.
The balance is not done properly for the events so some strategies are pretty strong. For exemple if you take the 4 desert path (the shortest) and always go in town, you can play safe and dodge most of the events by just not getting involved. After that you have enough to win the game no matter what you do.
I wish I had 2 more hours to balance this, make the game more fair.
I'm really happy that you liked the art, I think Benjhyy bested himself on this game. I'm sure he'll feel the same.
Cheers