Review
Agricola (Revised Edition)
Agricola (Revised Edition) remains a classic eurogame, even if I still give Caverna the slight personal edge. BGA makes it wonderfully painless to revisit, though its live scoring takes a little suspense out of the finish.
- Published
- 2016
- Designer
- Uwe Rosenberg
- Publisher
- Lookout Games, 999 Games, asmodee
- Players
- 1–4
- Playing time
- 120 min
I came back to Agricola because we had missed it. It is still the sort of game that makes its reputation feel perfectly understandable: a dense, familiar eurogame that asks for your attention and does not leave much room for drifting. I still prefer Caverna in this particular corner of the hobby, but Agricola does not need to win that private contest to earn its place.
On BGA, the flow changes chiefly because the bookkeeping is done for you. Everything that needs counting is counted, and that small mercy leaves more attention for decisions rather than the usual lean over totals, markers and reminders.
With the live update quietly telling you where you stand, some of the tension has already escaped before the final count arrives.
WhiteColarGamer
There is a modest price for that digital tidiness: scoring no longer waits at the end like a sealed envelope. With the live update quietly telling you where you stand, some of the tension has already escaped before the final count arrives.
Even so, Agricola is a classic for very good reasons, and BGA is an exceptionally convenient way to return to it. It cannot replace that quiet pressure around a real table, but on a Tuesday after work it makes coming back almost absurdly easy.
Even so, Agricola is a classic for very good reasons, and BGA is an exceptionally convenient way to return to it.
WhiteColarGamer
Source: BoardGameGeek
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