About to start a coop group with my fam. Need one more miscellaneous goal for the Miner. Does this seem balanced between allowing for creativity and having a “successful” game?
SD Valley Coop
👩🏻🌾 The Farmer (Farmhouse) 🌟 Plans and plants crops ☎️ Calls for help watering 💚 Supplies other players with meals with buffs relevant to their role 💸 Produces & sells goods such as wine, dehydrated fruit & mushrooms, & jams 🎨 Decorates farmhouse 👑 Does miscellaneous quests and Wizard Tower upgrades -Crafts fertilizers -Marries -Keeps the calendar for birthdays and community events (collects important items from events) -Collects recipes -Collects mushrooms
🐴 The Rancher (Log Cabin) 🌟 Takes care of the animals 🎨 Plans layout of the farm 💸 Produces and sells products such as cheese, mayonnaise, truffle oil, and cloth ☎️ Calls for other players help to collect truffles & prepare land at season’s end 💚 Supplies farmer w/ milk & eggs 👑 Coordinates “100% Perfection” -Cuts and replants trees -Collects maple syrup, oak resin, & pine tar -Plants and harvests fruit trees -Completes farm/house upgrades -Plants and cuts hay as needed
🎣 The Fisherman (Plain Cabin) 🌟 Catches all fish/sets crab traps 💸 Produces and sells products such as dehydrated fish and caviar 💚 Stocks Farmer with coral, seashells, & cheap fish for fertilizers and recipes ☎️ Calls for others players help for fish frenzies and tournaments 🎨 Decorates island house and plans layout of island field 👑 Coordinates Community Center completion -Organizes communal chests -Coordinate collection of missing items -Builds, stocks, upgrades, and sells/collects from fish ponds -Finds golden walnuts & upgrades Ginger Island -Supplies farmer with bone fragments for fertilizers
⛏️ The Miner (Stone Cabin) 🌟 Accesses all mine levels & collects ore 💸 Produces and sells diamonds 🎨 Plans layout for train station area and quarry 👑 Coordinates completion of the museum ☎️ Calls for help to get deeper in the mines, complete quests, & attend the Calico Desert Festival 💚 Supplies other players with mining gear, rings, & trinkets -Supplies rancher with rock for upgrades -Upgrades all player tools as needed using and swapping own tools -Smelt bars and supply farmer for sprinklers -Completes boat repair
Rules
- For first calendar “year,” roles are selected by seniority. The farmer holds “Player of the Year” status for game year 1.
- Player of the Year is voted on at Feast of the Winter Star festival based on completion of above goals.
- If there is a tie, the current player of the year votes again to break it.
- Player of the year can pick any role they want for the next year.
- Other players may then switch voluntarily.
- Farm corners stays the same for the role; players cabins move as needed.
- Session is canceled if more than one player is missing.
- If you’re more than 5 minutes late you have to “apprentice” with the player of the year for that game session.
- If you miss two sessions in a row, you and your horse have to wear the “cone of shame” for the next two game sessions. (Hats to be determined by player of the year.)
- You can select a substitute prior to the game who is well versed on the game mechanics. If sub is inexperienced, they can apprentice with any player.
Posted Jul 19, 2025, 7:55 PM UTC