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Number of Players: 1 - 5
Playing Time: 120 - 180 Minutes
Manufacturer's Suggested Ages: 12 to Adult
Contents
360 cards
over 300 wooden components
50+ tiles
9 boards
tokens
scoring pad
In Agricola (Latin for "farmer"), you're a farmer in a wooden shack with your
spouse and little else. On a turn, you get to take only two actions, one for you
and one for the spouse, from all the possibilities you'll find on a farm:
collecting clay, wood or stone; building fences; and so on. You might think
about having kids in order to get more work accomplished, but first you need to
expand your house. And what are you going to feed all the little rugrats?
Agricola is a turn-based game. There are 14 game turns plus 6 harvest phases
(after turn 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 14). Each player starts with two playing tokens
(farmer and wife) and thus can take two actions per turn. There are multiple
options, and while the game progresses, you'll have more and more: first thing
in a turn, a new action card is flipped over.
Problem: Each action can be taken just once per turn, so it's important to do
some things with high preference. Each player also starts with a hand of 7
Occupation cards (of more than 160 total) and 7 Minor Improvement cards (of more
than 140 total) that he may use during the game if they fit in his/her strategy.
This amounts to countless strategies, some depending on your card hand.
Sometimes it's a good choice to stay on course, sometimes you'd better react to
what your opponents do.
Agricola can also be played without cards (family game) and can even be played
solo.