In a recent Quick Thoughts, I had said that due to Farthest Frontier, I had mostly stopped playing Banished. And at that point, it was true. I did have a Banished run going, but it had probably been seven or eight months since I had touched it. So “going” isn’t really a good term to use. I did play it a bit after that, but my town…did poorly. If I had a plan before the gap in play, I’d forgotten it, and if I didn’t have a plan, well, I suppose the tool death spiral would have happened anyway. Tools are crazy important in the game, if you’ve never played. While I did manage to semi-stable myself, the amount of youngling deaths would have lead to some painful following generations. So, I tried anew.