What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
It's not too complicated, but it's satisfying for an experienced gamer. Good combination of difficulty ranges to suit novice to experienced players.
The family game is a good starter, but then the advanced decks keep the replay value high. There are many cards and a few are dealt at random to each player, so that the game is different on each occasion.
Agricola is a game about subsistence farming in the 1700's. There is a harvest after every few rounds and one of the main catches is that you have to feed all of your family members every harvest.
It's perfectly playable with 1,2,3,4 or 5 players which is quite an achievement of game balancing. Each version plays differently due to the differing levels of resources.
Each player has a wooden hut and two family members (counters) each of which gets to take one action per round. This is different from other worker placement games as it gives more chance for player interaction beyond 'he stole my space' each player i... Read More
Cons
Tried on about 4 occasions to try and figure out how on earth to play this. Ended up giving it away to friends. No it ruddy isn't. Our advice is to play with other people first before buying.
Highlights
Quality
The quality of the board and pieces is incredible
I am so pleased with the purchase
The game is expensive but the quality of the components is uniformly excellent the animeeples being especially fun and there ar... Read More
Only played a couple of times to date still getting to grips with the rules
Price
If the price is putting you off man up buy it
Packaging/appearance
It does need some time to get to know the very wide range of cards that are available in order to develop your own strategies s... Read More
Competitiveness
It has a family version so you ca play it with noobs or kids and everyone will have a great time
Once youve mastered the family game you can begin to add occupations and minor improvements increasing the scope complexity and... Read More
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In every turn you have far too many things you need to do and far too few counters with which to take your actions
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its a game of constant regret second guessing timing and not giving up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It isnt clear on the order page
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The huge variety of cards means that the game never plays the same way twice
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its quite a complex game compared to say puerto rico so might not be suitable for children under 12 or people with short attention spans
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Then again theres the family game which removes the cards which i havent tried
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In advanced play there is a random factor introduced and that is advancement cards but the main play does not use any random element which is important for german games
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not sure why this game has remained so high up in the game board geek listings
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