TS4 is coming out a bit too soon for my taste. We have the last ep and then a few months later it's released? What's the rush? Even during TS3 they released eps way too fast.
Welcome to the forums! I've spotted this kraken a few times myself. Usually I'm on my houseboat, which it too big for them to attack. But I really want my sims to be ship wrecked.
You shouldn't need more than 3. The trick is to have your sim eat the watermelons after the baby chime and before she starts showing. Of course, if your town has too many females, the game will try to even it out with males. You could make a few households with all males to try to even out the population. You could also…
I just dove right into it and found that they way they set it up is extremely helpful. I did read the lesson on resort owning, which helped. The reviews are easy to understand, as is the financial report. I'm at 4 stars right now doing some last adjustments for 5 :)
I quite like BB. It's no Sunlit Tides, but the pirate atmosphere is unique and every household has a back story. With some personal adjustments, it's quite a nice world.