Designed by Uwe Rosenberg

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 better react on what your opponents do.

Agricola can also be played without cards (family game) and can even be played solo.

FAQ: THERE ARE ONLY 27 CLAY IN THE GAME, NOT 33 AS STATED IN THE OLDER RULES. For a fuller FAQ, please read pages 10-11 of issue 2 of our newsletter. Click here.

Contents: 360 cards, over 300 wooden components, 50+ tiles, 9 boards, tokens, scoring pad.
No. of players: 1-5
Ages: 12+
Playing time: 120-180 minutes
Price: $70.00
Stock code: ZMG 7026

AVAILABLE NOW - FARMERS OF THE MOOR - an Agricola expansion:

Not only do you have to feed your family, now you have to heat your home.

Includes: wooden horses, 150 cards, forest/moor tiles, fuel tokens, new scoring pad, etc. ZMG 7026-E $45.00

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Winner Deutschen Spiele Preises 2008 - Game of the Year

Special award - Spiele Des Jahres - Special Prize for Complex Game







OTHER AWARDS

* 2009 Golden_Ace, Special Jury

* 2008 BoardGameGeek Golden Geek, Winner, Game of The Year

* 81st game to be added to the Austrian Hall of Games.

* 2008 J.U.G. Winner, Game of the Year

* 2008 Hra roku Winner

* 2008 Spiel der Spiele (Austria) Spiele Hit für Experten

* 2008 Tric Trac d'or, Winner, Game of the Year

* 2008 Jda "Juego del Año en España" Winner http://www.premiojda.es/

* 2007 Meeples' Choice Award Winner.