Transform a modest, historical plot of dirt into a thriving, self-sustaining family farm in a massive, definitive anniversary edition that utilizes a strict action-blocking matrix and multi-layered grid development mechanics for the ultimate heavy strategy showdown.
Agricola: 15th Anniversary Box (designed by Uwe Rosenberg and published by Lookout Games) celebrates a decade and a half of one of the most highly acclaimed, influential euro-style board games in history. Moving away from standard modern editions that trim down components, this massive, limited-edition "XXL" treasury compiles the full Agricola (Revised Edition) alongside an unprecedented haul of classic expansions and elusive promotional content. The core objective is a demanding, high-stakes economic puzzle: players guide a pair of 17th-century farmers through 14 intense rounds, expanding their wooden shacks into stone farmhouses, plowing fields, sowing crops, and breeding livestock to survive the ages.
The primary strategic hurdle lies in managing your crushing turn tempo while ensuring you have enough food to sustain your growing family during critical harvest seasons. Every round, players take turns placing their family members onto shared action spaces to gather clay, wood, or stone, plow fields, or plow forward with home renovations—but once a player claims a space, it is completely blocked for everyone else until the next round. The 15th Anniversary Box drastically multiplies your long-term engine possibilities by packing in 430 cards, featuring the complete Artifex and Bubulcus expansion decks alongside previously long-out-of-print promotional modules and specialized event cards. True tactical mastery requires perfectly balancing short-term nutritional requirements with the long-term spatial planning of your 4x5 grid farmyard, utilizing a beautifully designed internal sorting tray to manage a massive bounty of over 270 custom wooden pieces through a gripping 30-to-120 minute session.
Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 12+ Years
Publisher: Lookout Games / Asmodee
Play Time: 30-120 Minutes
Player Count: 1-4 Players
Complexity: High (Worker Placement, Strict Action-Blocking, Enclosed Grid Management, Set Collection, Engine Building)
What's in the Box?
- 1 Agricola Revised Edition Base Game System
- 4 Player Farmyard Mats
- 1 Main Action Assembly Board
- 2 Shared Supply Boards
- 2 Custom Game Board Extensions
- 270+ Individual Wooden Resource and Livestock Pieces (Sheep, Wild Board, Cattle, Wood, Clay, Reed, and Stone)
- 430 Gameplay Cards (Full base arrays, Artifex Deck, Bubulcus Deck, and L-Deck Promos)
- 200+ Resource, Food and Room Tiles
- 1 Storage Box with Integrated Sorting Inlays and Dividers
- 1 Rulebook and 1 Multi-Page Appendix Booklet