Such a landmark in the boardgame world.
AGRICOLA, probably one of the most awarded and acclaimed modern board games of all time, is NOW AVAILABLE on Board Game Arena.
Published in more countries i can count on my fingers, the game from Uwe Rosenberg became an instant classic when it hit the shelves in 2007.
The 17th Century was not an easy time to be a farmer. Players begin the game with two family members and thus two actions; however, they can grow their families over the course of the game and gain actions. Just remember you have to grow more food to feed your family as it grows! Feeding your family is a special kind of challenge. Players will plant grain and vegetables while supplementing their food supply with sheep, wild boar, and cattle. Guide your family to wealth, health, and prosperity and you will win the game.
Let's dive more into the details:
Each round you get to take an action for each member of your family, initially one for each spouse, out of all of the possibilities you will 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?
The game supports many levels of complexity, mainly through the use (or non-use) of two of its main types of cards, Minor Improvements and Occupations.
Agricola is a turn-based game. There are 14 game rounds occurring in 6 stages, with a Harvest at the end of each stage (after Rounds 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 14).
Each player starts with two meeples (farmer and spouse) and thus can take two actions per round. There are multiple options, and as the game progresses, you will have more and more: first thing in a round, a new action card is flipped over.
Problem: Each action can be taken by only one player each round, so it is important to prioritize your moves.
Each player also starts with a hand of 7 Occupation cards (of more than 48 total) and 7 Minor Improvement cards (of more than 48 total) that he/she may use during the game if they fit in his/her strategy. Speaking of which, there are countless strategies, some depending on your card hand. Sometimes it is a good choice to stay on course, and sometimes it is better to react to your opponents' actions.
**It's brilliant, rich but not complex, and a lovely game to try if you have not done so yet.
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You can have a look at some games in progress as well as the complete game page right here:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=agricola
Agricola is one of the games we wanted to bring to BGA with the highest standard. That is why we need to thank Tisaac and vincentt, our wonderful developers who worked for months on this landmark. Of course, such an achievement with so many details required them twice the effort, especially to deliver it on time. Despite all their effort there could still be some issues, so if you find one, do not hesitate to post it in the Bug Report form.
The Board Game Arena Team would like to warmly thank Uwe Rosenberg for his autorization to have Agricola on the platform, as well as the wonderful team of LookOut Games for their help.
A last word before we let you get your hands on the game:
LookOut Games is hosting the very first AGRICOLA CHAMPIONSHIP.
It's gonna be realtime, 5 matches, 30mins to play, on the 2nd October, 5PM Berlin time.
We strongly suggest you join ONLY if you are comfortable with the game rules and after you have played a few times on BGA. If you want to take part to this tournament, click here for more details. But beware: some of the world best Agricola players will join it.
**You want more?! We hear you: there will be additional decks coming... stay tuned!
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That's it for today!
See you next week for another amazing release.
AGRICOLA Uweja Rosenberga: Kmečki raj!
Takšen mejnik v svetu družabnih iger.
AGRICOLA, verjetno ena najbolj nagrajenih in priznanih sodobnih družabnih iger vseh časov, je ZDAJ NA VOLJI v Board Game Arena.
Objavljena v več državah, na katere lahko štejem na prste, je igra Uwe Rosenberga postala takojšnja klasika, ko je leta 2007 prišla na police.
17. stoletje ni bilo lahko biti kmet.
Igralci začnejo igro z dvema družinskima članoma in s tem dvema dejanoma; lahko pa med igro povečajo družino in pridobijo dejanja.
Ne pozabite, da morate med rastjo pridelovati več hrane, da nahranite svojo družino!
Hranjenje družine je poseben izziv.
Igralci bodo sadili žito in zelenjavo, hkrati pa bodo svojo zalogo hrane dopolnjevali z ovcami, divjimi prašiči in govedom.
Vodite svojo družino do bogastva, zdravja in blaginje in zmagali boste.
Poglejmo se podrobneje:
Vsak krog morate narediti za vsakega člana svoje družine, sprva enega za vsakega zakonca, od vseh možnosti, ki jih boste našli na kmetiji: zbiranje gline, lesa ali kamna; gradnja ograj; in tako naprej.
Morda bi razmišljali o tem, da bi imeli otroke, da bi dosegli več dela, vendar morate najprej razširiti svojo hišo.
In s čim boste nahranili vse drobtinice?
Igra podpira številne stopnje kompleksnosti, predvsem z uporabo (ali neuporabo) dveh glavnih vrst kartic, Manjše izboljšave in Poklici.
Agricola je potezna igra.
V 6 fazah se odvija 14 krogov igre, na koncu vsake stopnje pa žetev (po 4., 7., 9., 11., 13. in 14. krogu).
Vsak igralec začne z dvema meeplesoma (kmet in zakonec) in tako lahko izvede dva dejanja v krogu.
Možnosti je več in z napredovanjem igre boste imeli vedno več: prva stvar v krogu se obrne nova akcijska kartica.
Težava: Vsako dejanje lahko izvede le en igralec v vsakem krogu, zato je pomembno, da svoje poteze dajete prednost.
Vsak igralec začne tudi z roko 7 kart za zaposlitev (skupaj več kot 48) in 7 kartic manjših izboljšav (skupaj več kot 48), ki jih lahko uporabi med igro, če ustrezajo njegovi strategiji.
Ko smo že pri tem, obstaja nešteto strategij, nekatere pa so odvisne od vaše karte.
Včasih je dobra izbira ostati na progi, včasih pa je bolje, da se odzovete na dejanja nasprotnikov.
Je briljantna, bogata, a ne zapletena in čudovita igra, ki jo lahko poskusite, če tega še niste storili.
Nekaj iger v teku in celotno stran igre si lahko ogledate tukaj:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=agricola
Agricola je ena izmed iger, ki smo jih želeli pripeljati v BGA z najvišjimi standardi.
Zato se moramo zahvaliti Tisaac in vincenttu, našim čudovitim razvijalcem, ki sta mesece delala na tej znamenitosti.
Seveda je takšen dosežek s toliko podrobnostmi zahteval dvakratne napore, še posebej, da so bili doseženi pravočasno.
Kljub vsemu trudu bi lahko še vedno prišlo do nekaterih težav, zato, če ga najdete, ne oklevajte in ga objavite v obrazcu Poročilo o napakah.
Ekipa Board Game Arena se toplo zahvaljuje Uweju Rosenbergu za njegovo pooblastilo, da ima Agricolo na platformi, in čudoviti ekipi LookOut Games za njihovo pomoč.
Zadnja beseda, preden vam pustimo, da v igro pridete:
LookOut Games gosti prvo AGRICOLA PRVENSTVO.
To bo v realnem času, 5 tekem, 30 minut do igranja, 2. oktobra ob 17.00 po berlinskem času.
Priporočamo, da se pridružite SAMO, če vam ustrezajo pravila igre in potem, ko ste nekajkrat igrali na BGA.
Če se želite udeležiti tega turnirja, kliknite tukaj za več podrobnosti.
Vendar pozor: pridružili se mu bodo nekateri najboljši igralci Agricole na svetu.
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