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Agricola

by Z-Man Games
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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  • • Agricola is a turn based progression game
    • Various expansions available for this game
    • Ages 12 +
    • 1-5 Players
    • Playing time 120-180 mins
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Technical Details
Item Weight454 g
Product Dimensions22.6 x 7.2 x 31.6 cm
Item model number7026ZMG
Main Language(s)English, English published
Number of Puzzle Pieces1
  
Additional Information
ASINB001C7617Q
Best Sellers Rank 7,350 in Toys & Games (See top 100)
Shipping Weight2.7 Kg
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Date First Available5 July 2008
  
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  • Warning: Not suitable for children under 36 months

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In Agricola, 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?

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In Agricola, 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 progression game 
  • Various expansions available for this game 
  • Ages 12  
  • 1-5 Players 
  • Playing time 120-180 mins

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71 of 71 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Complex, frustrating, brilliant 26 Jan 2009
Format:Toy
Durability: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
In this game, each player starts off with a board on which there is a two room wooden hut (represented by flat squares of card) and lots of empty spaces. They also start with two family members (counters) each of which gets to take one action per round. The aim of the game, over 14 rounds, is to develop the board and earn points by doing various things:

- gaining additional family members (which increases the number of turns you get in each round)
- covering as much of the board as possible with fields, pastures and additional rooms
- growing grain and vegetables, and breeding various types of animals.

There is a harvest after every few rounds (and these become more frequent as the game proceeds) and one of the main catches is that you have to feed all of your family members every harvest, and there are limited ways in which you can generate food (and heavy penalties if you don't have enough). The other catch is that the various actions that are available can only be taken by one player (i.e. by one of their family members) in each round - e.g. if someone else has used the "plow a field" action already, that action is unavailable until the next round.

The end result is a fantastic game in which you have a limited number of moves, and have to balance all sorts of requirements. Having worked in a pressurised business environment, I think this game requires the same sort of multi-tasking and prioritisation that you do in the workplace (please ignore this sentence if it puts you off!!) It promotes mental agility and requires a high degree of concentration. It will get your brain whirring and make you dream about it after you have played it!

There is a family version which is relatively straightforward - the more complex version (introducing various cards that enable you to make better use of resources, take additional actions etc.) introduces infinite variability and ensures that every game will be unique.

I loved Ticket to Ride and Puerto Rico, and also enjoyed Carcassonne and Settlers of Catan - Agricola is more demanding, and there is less of an element of luck, which makes it more rewarding in the end. An excellent, dangerously addictive board game!

8/4/11 Edited to add: I see it says 2-3 hours to play. Once you're completely familiar with it, a game with 2 or 3 players takes about 45 minutes.

17/3/2013 Edited again: I reckon we've played this game over 500 times now, which makes it FANTASTIC value for money. I still think it's absolutely superb. The infinite variability still holds - we played three games today and they were all quite different. We have identified a couple of killer combinations of occupations/minor improvements (e.g. seasonal worker and market woman), but we certainly don't feel we have plumbed the depths of the game, and there don't seem to be any particular strategies that tend to bring better results. I simply cannot recommend this game highly enough.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Addicted to a Farming Game?! 22 Feb 2010
By RoJo
Format:Toy
Durability: 4.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 4.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
If you enjoy destroying things, breaking the law and generally creating mayhem ... you can stop reading now...
But if you prefer games that involve strategy and cunning, and which present a different challenge every time you play them then Agricola will be a superb addition to your collection. It is a simple premise - create a successful farm and feed your family at each harvest time, racking up points for your buildings and family, fields, crops and livestock. But every time you play you will be dealt a fresh set of possible advantages to choose from. Which combination will work best? How many can you afford to use? Is there enough time to fulfill all your plans? (never, actually). And what cards are your opponents holding?
A game about farming?
It's amazingly addictive!
One day we might get our other games out again ...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! 24 Oct 2009
Format:Toy
Durability: 4.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 5.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
Agricola is a game about farming. Indeed, it's a game about subsistence farming in the 1700's, so one may be sceptical as to how much fun it could be.

As soon as you begin playing the family version of the game (for beginners), you realise just how much fun (and how competitive) this game can be.

The trick is to create a balanced, full farm, producing enough to feed one's family while also expanding your stock of animals and crops, while extending/renovating your house and increasing your family. Simple (in theory), but with only a limited number of actions, and a limited number of people to do them with, you quickly have to assess which resources/actions you need to take and which you can leave until later.

Once you've mastered the 'family' game, you can begin to add occupations and minor improvements, increasing the scope, complexity and enjoyment of the game.

Well worth a look for anyone who likes to use their brain and have fun!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Great game.
Agricola is certainly at the expensive end of the "modern board game" spectrum, but it comes with multiple variations in the box - more like the "big box" versions... Read more
Published 18 days ago by B. Davies
5.0 out of 5 stars A Vastly More Complicated Version of Settlers of Catan
If you like games with simple game play and not much to remember or think about, stick to snakes and ladders. This is NOT a simple game. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Nadia C. Ayoub
5.0 out of 5 stars Great game
Bought as a present, I have played this and know it has been played and enjoyed a lot, good to have a new game
Published 2 months ago by T P Prouse
4.0 out of 5 stars As Expected
Do read up on the game first. Is fairly complicated but ideal for board game fanatics. Not suitable for the average family type game.
Published 3 months ago by N. Felton
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb games
This is an outstanding game, hugely fun and very strategic. A great deal of thought went in to the playability of this games and there are numerous strategies, equally as valid,... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kheldon
5.0 out of 5 stars Value for money?
I won't describe the gameplay as that's been covered really well by other reviewers, I just thought I'd make a mention of value for money. Read more
Published 7 months ago by 2bit
5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging and Fun
I bought this game for my board-game-aholic son and once we opened it I quite understood why this is not a cheap board game! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Pepperpots
5.0 out of 5 stars A great fun indeed!
There are usually four of us playing this game so I can tell you about the four player mode (it can be played by 1-5 people): loads of fun!! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Attila G. Ambrozai
5.0 out of 5 stars Love love love this game
My friends and I love this game. The huge variety of cards means that the game never plays the same way twice. Read more
Published 18 months ago by A. Grant
5.0 out of 5 stars Of course 5 stars.... it's an Agricola expansion pack
If you love Agricola, you'll love the Farmer's of the Moor expansion pack.

It really does bring some cool additions to the game.
Published on 3 Mar 2011 by MR
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