A game of Agricola with Maya!

I have been wanting to play this with the family since it arrived and the other day I managed to play a few rounds with Maya as a test of my knowledge of the game and to see if she could get on with it. Luckily she enjoyed the game enormously and understood the strategy and how to play quite quickly. Today she and I sat down for a full game. In all it took about and hour and half to play but that was because of our lack of experience with the rules. Maya really enjoyed herself - managing to cover her entire farm area with fields, pastures and extra homes! She had a massive amount of sheep and wheat at the end and three family members; I didn't manage to cover my entire farm, also had three family members but also managed to buy up 5 Major Improvements to the farm opposed to her 1 which is what tipped the balance in the end to my win; otherwise Maya would have taken the prize! This is a great family game that looks more complex than it is due to the two stage nature of the rules - the Family set and then the Normal/Advanced set. The Family set is perfect for family play and you could go many times without having to jump up to the Normal/Advanced rules. Glad I bought this!