Agricola, 18th October 2015

Base game, 5 players, K deck with drafting.

Another player played the Constable fairly early, so going for a completely balanced approach was worth 5 bonus points. This led to my final board:

Improvements and Occupations:

Animal Tamer was great as I was planning on building a fairly large house anyway due to the Constable player also having played the "3 bonus points for the player(s) with the largest house" occupation (which I got on my own), so I could take animals at convenient times and not worry about where to put them.

I was first player to Family Growth which helps immensely.

Horse was of no benefit (due to Constable), just played as part of another action as it was free.

Plowman was good, got me three fields.

Didn't use Frame Builder.

Turnip Field is a VP on its own and got me an additional VP for a sown veg.

Fireplace was fantastic with the Animal Tamer and just in general.

Sawmill has a one start out of five rating on the BGG card-by-card thread, but I really liked it. I prioritised wood and was able to get 3 food per harvest from it, which was excellent, and it was worth 3 bonus VP at the end.


Final scores:

Won by 5 points over David, who was playing along similar lines to me. He was on my left though, which was obviously to my advantage, particularly as I think he only had First Player for one or two rounds during the course of the game.