But at least there’s a chance of pumpkin pie.

There aren’t loads of supply chains needed in Outlanders, but they’re all pretty finely balanced.

You have to keep an eye on things when you obtain alotof people, too.

Three villagers in town builder Outlanders celebrate having made beer by drinking beer

Outlanders have a life cycle, starting as children and joining the labour pool aged 16.

Your people grow their numbers organically by getting down and dirty, so your population grows exponentially.

you’re able to, to combat your low workforce, make people shag.

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It’s for your own good.

But looking good isn’t a win condition, baby.

You’d be surprised at some you do get, though.

The micromanagement screen in Outlanders, highlighting the various buildings in town and how many workers they have

The campaign is just shy of 30 enjoyable levels of escalating difficulty variable whimsy.

One early one sees you challenged to manufacture a lot of bread, to build a pagan bread effigy.

A cluster of disorganised farms in Outlanders, growing tomatoes plants that are flowering yellow before harvest

One of the leaders in town builder Outlanders, a woman with red glasses and a red tunic, and bright blue plaits

The people in a village in Outlanders gather around a large bread effigy they’ve built

A small town in a rocky area with few resources in town builder Outlanders