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There is no age limit on bearing children in VV1, as I understand it.

No thats very normal... Women villagers can breed up until death in VV1

I was told you have to make some kind of food with a red flower and some other stuff to finish it.
Is that true?

I was also told you have to find a special book too.

There really is no finish after... (doesn't say spoiler). Before that, you just let your villagers die off, and you lose.

Well,
Do you still have to make some kind of soup and find a special kind of book?

Not that I know of. I don't think that's true.

I am also trying to find the end of this game and it seems open-ended. And boring. Most of my villagers seem quite happy and delighted with each other. They fish, fix the huts, do laundry, exercise, complain, teach, tell a joke or relax. Boring really.

Wow....the "ending" is a bit of a dissapointment.....find the 16 puzzles....and no reward. The villagers just keep plodding along. Hmmmmm, very debatable whether I will invest the time in parts two and three.