Media Watch: Agricola Goes Mainstream?

From The Kansas City Star:

With the weather turning nippy, it might be time to bust out the board games. Fortunately, lots of new games debuted this year to add to the mix. As a board game geek, I test drove the most interesting ones. Here’s how they played out.

You might interpret that “board game geek” phrase as a hidden message for nestled among Monopoly, Hasbro’s latest adult party game Partini and two Trivial Pursuit games is, of all things, Uwe Rosenberg’s Agricola, which received a grade of A- despite this incorrect and uninspiring opening paragraph from the author:

I had high hopes for this game, the 2008 Spiel de Jahres winner, a special prize for complex games. The first time you play this game, allow yourself a few hours to pore over these rules because they’re definitely intricate, involving an overwhelming number of phases, diagrams and game pieces. I felt annoyed it took so long.

Now that’s perfect for Aunt Paula – sign me up! Head to KansasCity.com to read the entire article.

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