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The cycle of farming is eternal—plowing, sowing, harvesting, and ensuring that every mouth is fed. Life on the farm is simple yet demanding, requiring both strategy and resilience to thrive.
Agricola: Special Edition revitalizes Uwe Rosenberg’s iconic board game, bringing it to life with stunning new artwork, refined usability, and a wealth of content. This definitive edition, created in collaboration between Lookout Games and Awaken Realms, includes all previously released expansions and introduces Irrigations, a brand-new expansion that challenges players to manage water resources to sustain and grow their farms.
With its blend of strategic depth, immersive gameplay, and endless replayability, this edition offers both newcomers and seasoned players the most complete and visually stunning Agricola experience to date.
—description from the publisher
- new artwork and 1500+ reprinted cards for the special edition
- wooden resources and 3D miniatures upgrade options
- All Creatures Big and Small edition included in big box
- expansion content (Irrigation) adds new mechanisms
- potential retail testing via Board Game Arena
- storage and collector value; future-proofing for collectors
- AI-generated art controversy; mixed reception to art choices
- duplication of older decks may feel redundant for some players
- not clear if retail release will happen; pressure to back now
- large size and storage implications; sorting trays criticized
- not all cards from older editions are included explicitly or fully compatible
- farming, resource management, worker placement
- medieval European farm
- Array
- Agricola 15
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card decks (A/B, events, expansions) — draw and play event/occupation cards to shape rounds.
- inventory and scoring of expansions — scoring for expansions and additional resources in the special edition.
- Resource Management — balance food for feeding workers and building structures.
- Worker Placement — send workers to actions like wood gathering, fields, houses, etc.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- I am backing this project as well as many other people.
- AI art. Now, for me, I mean, it's I see the reasoning why AI art would be detrimental to real artists who work on projects for board games and otherwise.
- This is my favorite game and I think a lot of people who enjoy this game a lot feel the same way as well.
- Pricing wise as well, just to compare, right, if you were just to back this once again at the standard edition with just cardboard pieces, I think this is still cheaper than it would be to purchase a Grile of 15.