My current play thru and thoughts on the game

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The most recent development news got me excited so I just started a new character a few weeks ago. I thought I'd share how it's going and how much I love this game.

I started in spring, with a female owl-tribe character. I used easy start and made her really good with a bow as well as fast. I chose the hunting accident start. The idea for the character was that she always loved shooting her bow and hunting small game. She finally convinced her brother to take her on a hunting trip with him and he was killed by a wolf. Feeling as though she'd be blamed for his death if she returned home, she hid in the forest and began to make her own way.

I chose a spot between the Koivulaiset and Kiesseläiset lands and began to set up her first base. Early on there were a few tough moments of survival, but the local village gave me a quest to collect stones which rewarded enough food to hold me over until the weather turned and I was able to find game.

Around the end of the second month my character was awoken in her sleep by a noise, which happens from time to time in the game. She got up and looked over her shoulder, assuming it was just another squirrel or grouse, but was shocked by a roar of a bear as it charged her!
I had to take a moment to collect my thoughts in real life I was so shocked, it was my first time being attacked while sleeping in the game and this character was poorly skilled and equipped for close up fighting. I knew my only chance was to dodge and wait for the bear to tire before starting my attacks.
The plan went really well, I was able to dodge over and over only taking a hit to the arm in the process. As the bear became breathless I started attacking back with my fine club. Eventually landing several good hits causing it to retreat. At this point I got greedy and thought, I'm winning this fight, I can't let it get away. We ended up in a life or death fight which I eventually won while heavily wounded. Thankfully the resources from killing the bear was enough to allow my character to lay about and heal up. (This was probably the most exciting event I've ever had in this game and wanted to share it.)


 
Here is my camp as it stands now, at the start of fall.
I planted Barley, Rye, Turnip and Broad bean mostly in my small fields, just to let the character get a small amount of agriculture experience.
Off to the left is my smoke house that I focused on first, to allow me to preserve extra meat that I had.
The middle building is my granary, I plan to have 4 cellars in it to keep long term storage organized and safe.
The right building is the cabin I plan on living in. In other times playing the game I always ended up wishing I had more room in my home so I planned a massive one right from the start. I chose to build around the spring you see to give me easy access to water for cooking and hide working. I almost always set my homes at a spring, because I find managing tubs of water hauled from a river or lake to get tedious. You can see that I have many projects going at once, all scattered in my courtyard. A massive pile of plants I have to some day get around to threshing, I gathered lake reed, nettle and bean bog until the water got too cold. You can also see my pet, Baccus the Boar. 

I have a few small trapping sites that I visit often and they give me small game here and there while keeping an eye out for large game wandering thru my area. When my meat runs out I have nets that I set out in a nearby lake and also pass the time shooting at the ducks with my long bow. I swing thru and check the local villages and help them with anything they need as well as trading with them. There is a local blacksmith who has made me serval items. The days are always busy at this time of year and they go by quickly.

Thanks for taking the time to read my experience with the game. I wanted to say thank you to the creators of this game. You've made something really amazing. I often come home and play after a long day at work to relax. It's calm and engaging while also having moments that get your heart pumping. I love feeling like I'm transported to iron age Finland and helping this imaginary person live.