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[Awaclus]

Wandering Minstrel is a Village when you only have actions.

WM is still better than a Village in that case. You get to look at the cards and reorder them.

[Seprix]

Farming Village is a Village when you don't have any junk.
Fortress is a Village when there are no trashers.
Wandering Minstrel is a Village when you only have actions.
Border Village is a Village when you don't want any <$6 cards (Ok, this is pretty rare).
Etc.

(Of course, these are ignoring things like Apprentice, Salvager, etc.)

My point: yes, FV is probably a below-average $4 village.  That is, its amount of specific uses (seekers, Tunnel, top-deck counter) is low compared to other $4 villages.  But any village is either "more" or "less" useful than it normally is, depending on the board.  And a village is a village.  Who can honestly say they've never payed $6 for a Necropolis Nobles, anyways?

You're completely missing the point of this article.

[Chris is me]

I don't think this is a really helpful article. It seems less like an informational guide on how to best use and evaluate Farming Village, and more like a manifesto on how overrated you think the card is. You might as well have written "I Hate Farming Village" over and over again.

Yes, Villages aren't great buys when you don't need a Village, and no, Farming Village's effect isn't particularly good. But other than for clarification purposes, shouldn't articles talk more about when you *do* want the card and how to use it?

[Seprix]

I don't think this is a really helpful article. It seems less like an informational guide on how to best use and evaluate Farming Village, and more like a manifesto on how overrated you think the card is. You might as well have written "I Hate Farming Village" over and over again.

Yes, Villages aren't great buys when you don't need a Village, and no, Farming Village's effect isn't particularly good. But other than for clarification purposes, shouldn't articles talk more about when you *do* want the card and how to use it?

I attempted to take a lot of the bite out of the article. I hope that helps a bit. That's what peer review is for.

EDIT: More edits. Some phrases are not consistent with the edits.

[dghunter79]

Wandering Minstrel is a Village when you only have actions.

WM is still better than a Village in that case. You get to look at the cards and reorder them.

They're all Wandering Minstrels.

[werothegreat]

* Farming Village makes engines possible in curser games
* Farming Village can keep an engine consistent late game
* Farming Village hard counters Rabble and Fortune Teller, sometimes Ghost Ship

On the other hand:
* Farming Village trips over Ruins
* Farming Village really isn't doing anything Village wouldn't in heavy trashing games

Farming Village likes engines with only Treasure trashing.  It also lets you consider adding alt-VP to an engine, particularly Vineyard.

[eHalcyon]

* Farming Village trips over Ruins

No more than regular villages...

[Seprix]

Not sure what else this 'article' needs.