Agricola Gameplay Overview

Actions

Phase 1: Start the Round

Draw the top Round card and reveal the new Action space it introduces for this round.

1. Draw the top Round card from the current Stage's deck and place it face up next to the board.
2. Place the new Action space tile on the board as indicated. If the space accumulates goods, place the first tokens on it now.

Phase 2: Replenish Action Spaces

Add goods and animals to all accumulating Action spaces before workers are placed.

1. For each Action space that accumulates resources (shown by an arrow), add the indicated tokens (Wood, Clay, Reed, Stone, Food, Grain, Vegetables, or animals) to the space.

• Goods accumulate on Action spaces round after round until a player takes them — there is no upper limit.

Phase 3: Work Phase

In turn order, each player places one Family member at a time on an unoccupied Action space and immediately takes that action. This continues until all players have placed all their Family members.

1. Place one Family member on any unoccupied Action space and immediately take that action. One new space unlocks each round via Round cards — 14 spaces total across the game.

• Only one player may occupy each Action space per round.
• Traveling Minor Improvement cards are passed to the player on the left after use.
• Solo: Traveling Minor Improvement cards are removed from the game after use instead of being passed left.
• Upgrade Minor Improvements require returning an existing Improvement. Upgraded Major Improvements return to the board; upgraded Minor Improvements are removed from the game.

Phase 4: Return Home

All Family members are removed from Action spaces and returned to their farmyard rooms.

1. Pick up all Family members from the game boards and return them to the rooms on your farmyard.
2. Newborn offspring that were placed on Action spaces during the round now return home and become adults.

Harvest

A Harvest occurs at the end of rounds 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 14. It proceeds in three phases in order: Field phase, Feeding, and Breeding.

1. Field phase: Remove 1 Grain or Vegetable token from each Sown field tile and add it to your personal supply. An emptied field can be re-Sown later without re-Plowing.
2. Feeding: Each adult Family member must be fed 2 Food. Newborn offspring require 1 Food each. If you cannot feed everyone, take 1 Begging card per missing Food. (2+ players)
3. Feeding: Each adult Family member must be fed 3 Food. Newborn offspring require 1 Food each. If you cannot feed everyone, take 1 Begging card per missing Food. (up to 1 players)
4. Breeding: If you have at least 2 animals of the same type (Sheep, Wild boar, or Cattle), receive 1 additional animal of that type from the general supply, provided you have space in your farmyard.

• Animals that cannot be accommodated after Breeding must be returned to the general supply or immediately converted to Food using an appropriate Improvement.
• Grain and Vegetables in personal supply may be converted to 1 Food at any time, or to more Food with appropriate Baking Improvements.