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Do any GOG games feature farming? I know in many strategy games you can make farms, but I'm talking more along the lines of focusing the game on the farming, either growing a small crop or growing a large commercial setup. And no, I'm talking Farmville ish. It doesn't need to be the only thing in the game, but I was just curious if GOG had any games I've overlooked that have anything remotely related to agriculture.

If anyone's ever played the euro game Agricola, that's sort of what I'm referring to, but in video game form:

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31260/agricola

In Agricola, you're a farmer in a wooden shack with your spouse and little else. On a turn, you get to take only two actions, one for you and one for the spouse, from all the possibilities you'll find on a farm: collecting clay, wood, or stone; building fences; and so on. You might think about having kids in order to get more work accomplished, but first you need to expand your house. And what are you going to feed all the little rugrats?

Or perhaps like Puerto Rico:

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3076/puerto-rico

The players are plantation owners in Puerto Rico in the days when ships had sails. Growing up to five different kind of crops—corn, indigo, sugar, tobacco, and coffee—they must try to run their business more efficiently than their close competitors: growing crops and storing them efficiently, developing San Juan with useful buildings, deploying their colonists to best effect, selling crops at the right time, and, most importantly, shipping their goods back to Europe for maximum benefit.

I'm only linking those games as comparisons in explanation of what I'm talking about, but a video game with farming or growing of any kind and selling crops need not be like these games in any way, simply feature farming, or agriculture, or any kind, and have it with depth and complexity with market value in the game(s).
I would recommend King of Dragon Pass. The premise of the game is that you control a circle of ruling Chieftains and rule a tribe in a fictional fantasy world. It is an amazing game and a lot of it revolve around agricultural planning. What crops to plant, managing planting and harvest season. Raising cattle is a big part of it too. It a hard game to describe and it is a little tricky to learn (you need to read the manual) but I would say it is one of the best and most unique titles on GOG.
GTA: Boise
The Tropico series?
I must say, this is one request I haven't seen... Ever.

Not a GOG game but is entirely a Farming Sim: Clicky

Edit: Has a free demo too! =)
Post edited June 07, 2013 by YellowAries
It's probably not what you're looking for, but the only thing that springs to mind is Lords of the Realm.
While not on GOG, the best farming ever has to be Farmville! *Runs away*
Don't Starve has farming. I cant give a real opinion on how good a game it is though. I bought it, but its not for me.
Have a look at Waking Mars.

Farming (in a sense) is central to the gameplay.
I'm shocked no-one has mentioned Stronghold: Crusader
Tropico series is fantastic (especially 3 & 4) and farming does feature very heavily.
Lords of the realm? :D
Colonization to some extend. At least you manage some plantations and exports like in Puerto Rico, just on a larger scale.
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Zookie: I would recommend King of Dragon Pass. The premise of the game is that you control a circle of ruling Chieftains and rule a tribe in a fictional fantasy world. It is an amazing game and a lot of it revolve around agricultural planning. What crops to plant, managing planting and harvest season. Raising cattle is a big part of it too. It a hard game to describe and it is a little tricky to learn (you need to read the manual) but I would say it is one of the best and most unique titles on GOG.
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Navagon: Tropico series is fantastic (especially 3 & 4) and farming does feature very heavily.
While farms play an important part in Tropico, I don't think you can call farming featuring very heavily. After all, you essentially flop down one building and choose what do they grow. That's it.