Agricola (Revised Edition)
- Players
- 1-4
- Best withThe player count this game plays best at.
- 4 players
- Play timeHow long a full game runs once everyone knows the rules.
- 120 min
- AgeThe minimum age printed by the publisher.
- 12+
- ComplexityHow demanding the rules are, from 1 (very light) to 5 (very heavy).
- 3.4 / 5
- Year
- 2016
About the game
Agricola casts players as farmers in 17th-century Europe, growing their family, planting crops, raising animals, and building up their farmstead over 14 rounds. Worker placement and resource management combine with the ever-present pressure to feed your family each harvest. The revised edition streamlines components and rules for modern audiences while retaining the depth that made it a modern classic. Card options add variability and additional strategic layers.
Hobbli's Notes
This is a landmark worker-placement design that still holds up as a benchmark for the genre, and the revised edition's cleanup makes it more approachable without losing its bite. The constant pressure to feed your family is what gives every decision real weight.
What we like
- Deep worker-placement with meaningful tension between growth and survival.
- High replayability through card-based variability.
- Rewarding long-term farm-building progression.
- Widely regarded as a genre-defining classic.
Keep in mind
- Feeding your family can feel punishing for new players.
- Longer playtime with a full table of players.
- Card-based variant can create imbalance between different hands.
Who it's for
Euro-gamers and worker-placement fans, solo-friendly, best with 3-4 players, ages 12+.
