I've got to say, this game is really sucking me in.
We had a really lucky break a while back when a trader caravan ran into both a Berserker and a Kral's Chosen force simultaneously. Most of them managed to get out, but one of their pack animals died, and I was able to loot it for almost 30,000 worth of skeleton repair kits, as well as enough high-quality food that I didn't have to worry about feeding my squad for many hours of playtime.
We're now up to 9 members in our band, with a home base out of one of the ruined houses in Squin (a fairly traditional choice, if my Google searches are any indication.) We managed to capture the 10,000 bounty south of Waystation, and actually killed all the bandits there, so we can use their beds to recharge and their training dummies to get up to level 15 combat for my new recruits. I'm reading conflicting things regarding respawning, but for now, the place seems devoid of life, even after travelling away from it for multiple days.
Travelled down to the Swamp. Learned to hate the little spider things that do 100 damage. Learned to hate the Swamp Ninjas.
Travelled to the Spider Plains. Learned why it's called that. Had an exciting time when I ran into a group of Berserkers... who ran into Spiders... who ran into Kral's Chosen... who ran into a Wandering Assassin... who ran into EVEN MORE spiders. Had to actually reload from that one, since the spiders won, and started eating everyone.