Double game of Agricola!

This evening was a bit of a double whammy - two games of Agricola being played at the same time around Nigel Woods house :) We split the table down the middle into basically Basic Agricola and Advanced Agricola - which used the Farmers of the Moor add on. Playing advanced was Nigel Wood (The undisputed champion of Agricola), Brian, Steve and Andy whilst Paul, Nigel Heather and myself played the basic version. It went off really well because it gave the more experienced players a chance to play together whilst us lesser experienced guys could muddle through the rules together and ask the others if we got stuck.

Our game progressed smoothly and Paul turned out to be an adept player, even though he had only really played solo. Nigel's farm packed a punch in the end, but Paul won with me coming up 3rd as I couldn't seem to generate enough wheat or veg!

Nigel Wood (left) and Brian thinking about their next move
whilst Steves hand goes to pick something up

Our gaming table - Paul red, Nigel Heather blue and myself red

Across the pond, the other game progresses

Nigels farm suddenly seemed to increase in size whilst mine stood still!

Up coming dual game of Agricola

Nigel Wood posted around an email stating he was setting up a game of Agricola for this Friday (30th) and would be using the latest add on sets. The places were quickly snapped up and I thought I'd lost out. But a few people were also having a few worries about playing the advanced rules. So I had a mini-brain wave and asked if Nigel had enough space to play another game of Agricola using my own copy - but using only minor rules. Luckily there is and a few more people have been added to the play list. Some have decided to play the advanced rules whilst a few have decided to play the less advanced, but still as good, rules. The other good thing is if we find a rule were are unsure of, we have Nigel the undisputed king of Agricola on hand to ask. Looking forward to getting down onto the 16th Century farm again!