Would really love to see snail racing and mushroom games return, as my alchemy recipes no longer work because they require socks and fungus...Also would be quite fun to see Moths added? There are so many cool ones! Thanks for reading :)

Yes, I'd love for mini games to return.  Why did they leave?
Moths would be pretty cool.

They left because a lot of people were using the fairy ring to run the games rather than actually playing the games.

Mike has also said the only way the snails will return is if people are not given the choice to watch them play out or not.  We won't be able to water until the game finishes.  He also listed other conditions, but I don't have a link to that post.  (Maybe someone who does will post here.)

At any rate, it's a 'no, thank you' from me.

The conditions were that you would have to watch the race finish (you couldn't move to another garden or tab while they were still racing), that the snails would be mandatory to play (you couldn't not click and therefore avoid having to wait for the race to finish) and that there would be no prizes, it would be just for fun.  That was in response to complaints after their removal was announced - part of Mike's reasoning was that if people were using bots or other systems to play automatically, they weren't interested in playing the game/reading the snail names and the complaints were mainly along the lines that people loved the snail names, really enjoyed playing them, thought they were fun, they didn't only play for the prizes, etc etc.

Strangely enough, when those conditions were announced, people suddenly didn't want the snails back again.

It's a no thanks from me too.

Just as an aside - there would be no point in playing the snails for alchemy items, since alchemy only exists now for making gold vases and doesn't include the special items (the lost sock, crystal, etc).

I'm also not a fan of moths, sorry - I have a phobia so they wouldn't be high on my list of new wildlife!

No to bringing the games back for the reasons already states.
Sorry, Tracey, I would love moths. It could be similar to the butterfly challenge.

Gameplay used to be laid back and we did stop and smell the flowers as we visited each garden and would enjoy playing the mini games etc.  But over time more challenges were introduced, players numbers dropped off and playing became more frenetic to the point that we were looking for solutions to make watering/playing mini games quicker so as to spot a certain wildlife that seemingly the whole community was also trying to do - hence Fairy Ring was created to address what players wanted - to speed up gameplay.  So Mike's solution to force us to slow down goes against how many of us play now.  He introduced challenges and competition - one is even time critical (quests and spotting within certain time limits to get speed bonuses) so you can't now say - "ok race, but go slow about it" 🤷‍♀️
I miss snail races and mini games because they make gameplay more fantastical - perhaps a solution is to have games that can be done quickly rather than slowly so we have that whimsical element back but can still play at the speed we choose.

It’s a “no thanks” to the games for me. They were cute but kind of annoying. Moths would be cool…I really like moths!

I see what you mean, Paula and agree wholeheartedly. I miss the snails and enjoyed watching them race and having names and reading other peoples snail names and this is a game after all and would be nice to have that playful factor back in Fairyland :) It would be nice to have a little bit of a prize with them, even 5 gold the max. and if we need to wait for the race, then i'm for that as it was fun to do so :) 

I hope that when the game moves from Facebook there could maybe be an option to bring the snails back for those of us that miss them. with an option to disable as with the animations for those who prefer not. it's not been the same without them 🙂