Farm Town on Facebook

A few weeks ago a friend sent me a request to join her as a neighbor on Farmtown. At first I wasn't interested, because I don't usually have the time to address all the "things" people send me online. But after she sent me a couple of items that I could use on my farm, such as a fruit trees and animals, I decided to check it out. If nothing else, it would be courteous to at least try since she had thought of me.

I'm so glad I took the 10 seconds for the application to load! I not only fell in love, I think I'm addicted (to farm town, not my friend).

Farmtown is a cute cartoonish type of game where you start with a plot of land, some coins, and then begin building your farm from the ground up, literally. You start by plowing, traveling to the store to buy seeds, then planting and harvesting them. You can earn more coins to increase the size of your crops and farm by selling your harvest and helping others harvest their crops.

Farmtown is a realtime "ruralbuilder" as I call it, a spin off of the term "citybuilder" genre. A day in Farmtown last about 20 hours, and each crop not only brings in a different amount of coins at the market, they also have a varying number of days before the crops are ready for harvest. The typical seeds range from 100 to 400 coins and take from 1 to 3 days to be ready for harvest.

I have been a citybuilder game lover for years. It started with Pharaoh back in circa 1998, and over the years I've put a fair share of time into Caesar, Children of the Nile, Age of Mythology, Space Colony, Roller Coaster Tycoon, The Sims, Sim City, Kingdom of Keflings, and any and all of the sequels available.

If you enjoy just piddling around and relaxing after a long days work, Farmtown will probably be a game you would enjoy, especially if you have any history of enjoying other citybuilder type games. All you need is Facebook, and the best part is its FREE!

Thanks Liberty for introducing me to this fun and entertaining game!
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