The first game I played was online with Nick and Llyranor, and I was just as lost. Llyranor kept dancing his followers around in the tile he was using to illustrate it for me, but it really didn't sink in for a while. I just started the farming thing a little while ago, to somewhat mixed results. My record is something like 50 and 160 or so in the singleplayer game, so you'll have to take my advice with a grain of salt, mmmkay?