Well... I'm glad you resurrected your old thread, and that Wylders modified it since I gave this game to myself as a Christmas present. (Thanks again, me!!)
I read through the rules the other night. I HAVE played it, and I think I can say with confidence that this game is something we will have a lot of fun playing. There are new farm tiles, so your farm starts off with forests and moors that need to be cleared before you can turn them into pastures or fields.
This IS an expansion that adds some new decks, and special actions which definately increase the variety of gameplay.
(I tried to use as much of Nathaniel's and Wylder's post as possible...call it...digital tri-cycling).