Inroduction to the Order Board

The Order Board option is new for the month of June, but resembles that found in other online Farming Simulation Games, including the original Family Farm.  Each day when you access the Order Board, you will see a number of Orders from Grandma.  When you fill existing orders within the time frame allowed, you will obtain a Reward.  If you manage to fill ALL orders in the time frame given, you will receive a Bonus.

For example, today's Orders are:

Sell 25 Red Roses
  Reward Points: 20
  Skip for 12 RC

Sell 30 Jars of Honey
  Reward Points: 20
  Skip for 15 RC

Sell 5 Meatloaves
  Reward Points: 15
  Skip for 10 RC

Bonus for filling all three Orders: +10 Reward Points

Apart from the Reward Points, there are actual Items, including Farm Aids that are given when specific totals are reached in terms of the Reward Points.

Rewards of this sort are, in the order in which you will receive them: Fertiliser x 25, Watering Can x 25, Power x 6, Petrol x 50, Super Fertiliser x 25, Super Watering Can x 25, Rainbow and Mystery Reward

With the appearance of the actual Order Board is a new sequence of Quests designed to persuade the Player to become involved with this new option.  The Quests are:  Grandma's Orders

You will find all details about Grandma's Orders on my Quests and Missions Page.

Is the Order Board the best option to use in Family Farm or Family Farm Seaside when dealing with the items you have made or produced?  I myself am reluctant to use it, especially after selling off the entire contents of my Barn in Seaside recently by accident.  Now that the Kitchen has been introduced, I am even more reluctant to sell off items such as 30 Honey simply in order to obtain +10 Reward Points.  I would rather use my Honey either in the Kitchen or to make Jam.

Note, however, that the Order Board is very much a part of the Grandma's Orders Sequence of Quests, and that completing all three Orders on two different Days are two of the required Tasks.

Freedom to choose, however, is an important aspect of Farming Simulation Games.  I do have Neighbours who fill the Daily Orders in the original Family Farm religiously and are happy to do so.  To each his/her own or  'Chacun à son goût!'

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PARTIAL ORDER COMPLETION
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I personally do not care for the new Order option in Seaside, as previously indicated.  It is difficult enough to collect sufficient items to complete Quest Sequences and now, with the addition of the Kitchen and the need to cook Dishes that often require quite a few ingredients, it makes even less sense to sell raw materials to 'Grandma'. 

If you are going to complete the daily Orders, however, it is a very good idea NOT to sell any Items until you have attained the requested total.  For example, a couple of days ago, I had completed two out of the three Daily Orders.  The one that I failed to complete was that of selling 5 Meat Loaves.  I basically forgot about it until the time period had expired and new Orders had been posted.  I had made 3 Meat Loaves but needed more Beef to make the remaining two that had been requested.  Well, today Grandma has posted ANOTHER Order for 5 Meat Loaves.  Not selling the three I had made a few days ago means I only have to make 2 more.  Today, I will meet that goal without any trouble.