How do I get back to the village without dying?

Every time I embark on a quest and leave the village the only way to return home is to die. I don't know if I'm missing where the village is marked on the map or something.


You can return to the village by going back to the tile marked with an "A".

A full list of all the map icons, reproduced here in case the link goes bad.

Tile    Designation
A   VILLAGE
I   IRON MINE
C   COAL MINE
S   SULPHUR MINE
;   FOREST
,   FIELD
.   BARRENS
#   ROAD
H   HOUSE
V   CAVE
O   TOWN
Y   CITY
P   OUTPOST
W   SHIP
B   BOREHOLE
F   BATTLEFIELD
M   SWAMP   
U   ABANDONED VILLAGE