Review Details

Agricola

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Product Review (submitted on December 20, 2008):

Personally, I am not much of a fan of games with low levels of interaction, as I like to play socially and interact with friends and family. Agricola, unfortunately is a solitaire-like game and even has a single play rule variant. However, what makes Agricola stand out is how in-depth and detailed the game is.

Agricola comes with many many cards for occupations, minor and major improvements and the like, which offers a huge amount of variability in play. Unlike Puerto Rico, which has been mostly solved like checkers, there is no real best course of play for Agricola. For that reason, perhaps solo play is a bonus as it will allow you to try out different strategies.

This game is highly rated among serious board gamers and is super heavy on complexity and strategy. As such, it may be hard to learn and to introduce to new players, but for serious board gamers, this may be the next big game they're looking for.