It is good, I did not have the same problems with getting out the forest as everyone else. However it is very buggy, if you enter the forest, leave, save the game and come back to play later you no longer are immune. I've had to drink the potion at least three times, one after having cured the illness. The cousin reverts back to ill health after being cured. The gatehouse does not open after you are cured the disease. The second whisp before the den can't be attacked. Apart from these issues the game would warrant a four.
This is nearly a good game, however none of the commands apart from asking for funds actually works. Money vanishes from the treasury without warning, some sort of turn button would be good. By the time you have typed a command (which never works) the village leaders have come back. Fix all this and would be worthy of a four because it is a neat idea.
The game really enticed me, but just as I was getting really interested it suddenly ended. My sole complaint is the length of the game. Please extend it so I can give it the rating it would deserve.