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There are approximately 15-20 cards that are currently implemented on BGA that are just absolutely terrible. You can take a look at the game statistics and find that these cards are rarely drafted; if they are drafted then they are rarely played; if they are played then the player rarely wins. It's ...

This sounds like a bug. The rules clearly state that you progress through each phase of the harvest and that cards can trigger: Harvest Time Players feed their Family members during the Harvest, which occurs at the end of each stage of the game (see Appendix, section 6) – that is, after rounds 4, 7,...

I finally got around to trying out bluestar's strategy again (but with Animal Tamer and baking a grain every time, using the same seed as above). I was able to get to 170 this time by delaying growth a little and emphasizing baking. I ended up with only 8 grain. There were three times where I baked ...

I did a quick run-through of bluestar's strategy where I baked a grain for every bake action and got 166 points. Here is the seed: eNoFwVECXDARCAXAK0l5rU_VRSw5hcObofuvmUKtfry74g7K0WBYhmPCDrhOp-6UzjtU4kTVQHnYYQ91 I substituted in Animal Tamer for Livestock because I assumed I would not have as much g...

Lumin has an unofficial compendium here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WUl0HlzX6Yx0ume75UmpaIMhoHukx9XufM_LbV1oZ6E/edit Relevant passages: Field - the new generic term for both "field tile" and "field card". Field tile - term for the tiles you place on your farmyard board. ...

A single extra food actually makes a surprisingly large difference. I think that it's probably the easiest solution and it would be interesting to see just how much it would affect fourth player win rate. If BGA did implement it for a season, I think we would see the win rate for the fourth player j...

I'm curious why the BGA implementation forces you to take the Tree Guard action first, and then the Forestry Studies action. The cards trigger text is almost identical: Tree Guard: Each time after you use a wood accumulation space, you can place 4 wood ... Forestry Studies: Each time after you use t...

After checking out Lumin's seed I tried substituting in Ale-Benches for the Milking Stool and scored a 155. I also had the pigs show up in Round 9, so the maximum with the current set of cards appears to be 156. Here is the seed if anyone wants to try: eNoFwdsBwBAQBMCWssSefN6jERxVKD4zuDPHftHqV1YXXkV...

It's not intuitive, but it definitely makes sense once you dig into it. Task Artisan is an immediate effect because it reads "When you play this card..." This phrase is used often in Agricola and a lot of the time will have "immediately" right afterwards (such as Mini Pasture: &q...