I've been playing this game for a while after I saw the topic here, and I find the game quite fun.
I rather like the skill system, especially the fact that using a skill makes it better. While developing cooking skill, my style of play changed accordingly. At first, I would only buy the traveler's food cargo. After getting the cooking skill and developing it, I started buying up all the food at every stop I make, cooking all raw ingredients I could find. I actually avoid the traveler food cargo.
After many runs between Noyel and the other locations, I accumulated enough to purchase a museum. I could only get it to rank 80 thus far, but I found it quite funny that I had a few unique figures, due to my possession of an artefact that attracted very tough monsters. It had resisted being identified until I noticed that the batch identify always seemed to be one less than the total number of previously unidentified objects. When I discovered the specific object, I sold it in Derphy. Unfortunately, the effect was still active, so Derphy was shortly overrun by deadly creatures. Only the barkeep could defeat these creatures.
I also discovered alien impregnation. I've been wandering around, giving birth to a large number of aliens in various locales. I've even infected the general in Palma. I've been having a smashing time getting people pregnant, but it seems that pregnancy is not only contagious, but also permanent, regardless of gender! How do I abort the bloody thing?