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Agricola

Die Bauern und das liebe Vieh

You breed sheep, cattle and horses and house the animals in stables, pastures and expansions to your farm adhering to maximum capacities; you expand stalls to stables and Cottages to Half-Timbered Houses to and you have three workers at your disposal. The phases of the game are Refill Phase, Work Phase with one action per worker and Round - each action can be used only once per round - as well as Home Phase and Breeding Phase of animals. The deciding element is the Work Phase: Players alternate for turns and choose one of the actions depicted on the board, the can use three workers for one action per worker: Starting player + 1 Wood, 3 Wood. 1 Stone, 2 Stones, Fences, Walls, Building Materials, Expand, Stalls, Feeding Trough, Millpond for Reed, Breed Pigs and Sheep, Stables for five animals, Special buildings, Breeding Cows and Pigs or Breeding Horse and Sheep.

Actions spaces you mark with a worker you must use. In the breeding phase you acquire a new animal for every two of a kind that you already own, maximum 1 sheep, one pig, one cow and 1 horse; animals that you cannot accommodate go back into stock. To accommodate animals you may relocate them. After eight rounds you win with most points from animals, special points, farm expansions and buildings.

This is a fantastic game for two players and a wonderful entry into the topic of Agricola; despite the simple mechanism planning and preliminary actions are important as is keeping an eye on your opponent! An independent game, entertaining, tactical and with attractive components; all in all harmonious and well-made!

Players: 2

Age: 10+

Time: 30+

Designer: Uwe Rosenberg

Art: Klemens Franz

Price: ca. 20 Euro

Publisher: Lookout Spiele 2012

Web: www.lookout-spiele.de

Genre: Placement game

Users: For families

Special: 2 players

Version: de

Rules: de + en es fr kr pl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Simplified Two-Player version of Agricola

Topic of the core game nicely transferred

Flair of the core game very well transported

Compares to:

Agricola

Other editions:

999 Games, Netherlands, Filosofia Edition, Canada; Hobby Japan; HomoLudicus, Spain; Lacerta, Poland; Z-Man Games, USA

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 2

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0