Agricola 15th Anniversary Big Box - Overview & Thoughts
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What a terrible idea for a big box to not come with hard to find expansion content! Almost ridiculous really. What a failure of a product in general, too expensive and clunky.
This really does seem like they missed a huge opportunity here. Maybe they’ll get it right with the 20th Anniversary.
I've never had Agricola. Once I heard the announcement for this box, I immediately bought the normal, revised edition. I caught revised farmers of the Moor on it's most recent print run. I now have all expansions, and cards available in the base game box. Smaller box, more content, and cheaper than the anniversary. No regrets.
Probably the best way
Exactly the same thing I did. No regrets
I just started getting into the game and have the revised version with animeeples. Upgraded meeples is a much better experience......are any of the expansions worth it?
@@fuzzmaster4157 The base game has a lot of replay value. The decks are just for variation. Farmer's of the Moor changes the gameplay a lot. It was recently reprinted so it is worth getting while it's available.
How did you fit it all into the revised edition box? Plano, or a specific organiser?
Ultimate Railroads (the Russian Railroads big box) has that lift-out cardboard tray system, but they were smart enough to include a little handle cut out of the center beam, so you don't have to use The Claw.
LOL. That would have been much better. The trays fell apart on us a few times before we discovered that.
"The Claw ... it moves!" (Toy Story)😆
I went from the revised edition to this one mostly because I want to own everything about Agricola since it's a brilliant game. The most important addon for me has been the card holder - All expansions fit in there (without sleeves). I have all small expansions (Corbarius, Dulcinea, Consul Dirigens, and Farmers of the Moor) and everything fits inside this big box. I was dissapointed by the major improvements holder, and them being cardboard instead of cards. Beacause in farmers of the moore they are cards, and also some minor ones reference other "cards" as components and major are cards as well but that is missleading. Overall happy with being able to have everything in one box, instead of many boxes scattered around whenever I want to play some Agricola. Im glad you were able to upgrade to this version, since the animeeples are a must! hahah. Cheers,
I just put together a folded space game insert for Agricola, and it fits all of this stuff in the regular box, with better resource trays.... This looks good from a collector perspective but much less practical than the $15 folded space insert.
Thanks for this video!
Oooh we love Folded Space!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I definitely was itching for the upgrade but guess we’ll go play our original version. 😅
Hope you get to play it soon!!
Thanks for your thoughts. I was looking forward to this edition and even planned on buying it. After seeing this review I think I'm going to pass on it. Your absolutely right that it should of come with the Farmers of the Moor expansion.
Can't wait for your feast for Odin video!!!
I have the older edition, but with animeeples and upgraded resources. I decided against the new edition and this anniversary edition. We already have Farmers of the Moor and several decks for the “old” version, and are perfectly happy with the variety. Agricola is a great game, and while I’m sure the new edition is wonderful, I am still happy to explore our “old” box of goodies. :)
You are so right ! I am in the same situation as you are. I have almost everything of Agricola except some loose card decks and a promo or 2. If you are new to Agricola I would say go for it and buy this BigBox. It holds everything you need to get you started for months of different game-plays and it stores your future expansions perfectly. For us "old" players this is just a waste of money and it almost feels like another way to drain money from our pockets for a big time major cool game and really nothing new of different you get in return. A big miss here in my opinion. I would love to see that an empty BigBox, with no game components is for sale somewhere.
@@MrSkarfacex I’m glad newcomers get to have it, but I am definitely happy with what I have! Though I must say, my box is literally busting at the seams at this point…it’s too stuffed! 😂
Thanks for video. It is a mixed bag for people who own Revised. It has a lot of redundant cards, pieces, etc. but it also has decks that have long been out of print. Player colors are weird too. I bought it and will use my Revised edition player pieces and add resources so I don't have to use multipliers. Also Farmers of Moor is back in stock.
I glued and taped the holders and they are very sturdy now.
I 🐑 Uwe. The outside of the box is nice and the revised boards are nice and that's about it. Kind of a missed opportunity.
Uwu Rosenberg
You can get large foam cubes for your card box. They act as dividers and spacers to protect your cards
I have the revised edition and my contents are identical including the two sided player boards with the stone pens on one side and woodland surround on the other. It does not have the Seasons expansion or extra cards but does have a very good board for the major improvements. If you had already owned the Revised Edition then you would be even more dissappointed with the Big Box version. Good review though, team, thank you.
Revised Edition player boards are slightly more basic, as in they have all straight edges, right? They don't have the fancy edges shown? At least that's the case with my Revised Edition.
How did I miss this big box Agricola! I have the same 2008 copy as y'all!! I got it used a few years back hehe. Thanks so much for showing this off.
Thanks, money saved! I have the revised edition and there was nothing here that looked worth the upgrade (for once)...
hello!! At home we have the 2016 version. But we bought the 15th anniversary by mail to Spain to have it in Spanish since it is our main language. we also buy the decks that don't come in the big box. It was a disappointment that it did not bring all the decks and the insert I think is very expensive for how fragile it is. but it's a great game
I have the original Agricola (with disks and cubes) with Farmers of the Moor and The Goodies expansion. Looks like this version is just base Agricola with the Goodies expansion. All of mine fits in the base box anyways.
It’s such a shame. This was a product I was originally very excited about when it was first announced as I was just getting into Agricola at the time and was looking to buy a physical version of the game. But the more information I found out about it, the less interested in this version I became. My concerns included the price, the quality of the trays, that it didn’t even have the expansions or the C & D decks, the size of the box, and some other odd choices they made.
I decided against getting it and instead bought a use copy of Revised, all four Revised decks, and Farmers of the Moor - much more content than Agricola 15 and still cheaper than it. Everything fits into the base and expansion box, including all the base content plus around 100 or so occs/minors in the base box if I don't want to play the expansion. The leftover cards fit in the FotM box with the rest of the expansion content.
Nevertheless, thanks for sharing!
P.S. Farmers of the Moor has been back in print for a while, both in the UK and US at least. I got mine from Boardlandia who still has it in stock.
Either a big box should come with the previously released expansions, extras and room for additional ones. Or it should be an empty box with a storage solution for everything for those whom already own the base+expansions.
And that two box in one looks like an accident waiting to happen. Not as bad as the Lords of Waterdeep halv lid but a close second. The upgraded componants and a separate compartment for the card and dividers were nice. Otherwise this is a pass for me.
Huh I would have also expected the expansions. The Nusfjord big box for example says it comes with the expansions. Would also love to hear your thoughts on Nusfjord big box
We'll keep a lookout for it! I think it comes out this year
Have a big box as 2 seperate boxes.... what where they thinking? It needs to be a singular box to carry around and store properly.
The major improvements punchout 'board' is so weird! Feels like a step backwards given that the revised edition did have an actual board for them iirc.
A big box full of disappointments 🤣🤣🤣 Glad to scratch it from my wishlist.
I have your old version. It's enough for me. Agricola was never about pretty graphics or bits for me. That's where Feast for Odin shines.
I'm a huge Agricola fan, so I was kinda scared that watching this might trigger my acquisition disorder. As it turns out, there was nothing to be worried about. Nothing in the big box feels "essential" even if just from a collector's POV. The 3-piece box and trays feel like more trouble than they're worth, and not including a major expansion is also a shame. Cool that they included some of those old hard-to-find expansions though.
Take a shot whenever the dude says “I don't know why...”
I'm guessing they didn't include Farmers of the Moor because it wasn't designed with the Occupation/Minor Improvement cards in mind. You basically have two Agricola "branches" - the various decks, or Farmers of the Moor. So rather than include incompatible stuff in the same box they just picked the decks branch. Now, plenty of Agricola players have figured out ways they like to incorporate both (like always dealing 50/50 FotM/other deck cards). It's kind of a shame they didn't put creative effort into an official solution to this as part of the 15 box.
I think I'm just going to grab the revised edition. I like the smaller footprint. I am curious about the seasons expansion but it's not worth over 2x the price for me.
I think farmers of the moor exp recently got reprinted ?
My FLGS (at Malaysia) recently brought in new copies
The player board of the revised edition don’t have the extra compartment above too
It’s new in this big box
Regarding the player board image, there is different illustration for revised edition, but not the summer winter autumn colour , just slight different on the forest and mountain
Thank you guys for all the Uwe Rosenberg series
I’m quite new in the hobby
Around 4 years
Thanks to your video
I collected a lot of Uwe games now
Except those OOP titles that hard to find
Nusfjord big box coming soon this year 😍😍😍
@@evancheah8244 Thank you!!
The Revised has the compartment on the back side of player boards - the first printings of it didn't have it (I owned one), but the most recent ones do have the compartments (I own one :) ).
@@bushibayushi ooo
I only have the one without compartment
there is a magical substance, they call it glue...
Nah
Glue? This isn't some cheap _major award...._
I have the revised version, the player boards are different in this new one.
It doesn’t make sense it doesn’t come with the expansion. I was lucky enough to find a in shrink copy, but people should get it for a box that size and at that price point.
Hungarian edition arrived with animal, vegetable and human meeples, but in the original box size. This version is oversized.
It is interesting how much fun was to play this game for me when I played with it about 10 years ago and how boring was it when I played last year.
Yeah that is the revised edition agricola board but the playerboards are different it looks like
you should still give this game another shot at the end of the Uwe series :)). But this time the base game + revised Farmers of the Moor at level 3 (if you can get it somewhere!)
Thank you for your great content. Its always a pleasure to watch.
Now to the elephant in the room.......that 15th Anniversary big box.......well, they are telling the truth, it is a 'BIG BOX'.......mostly empty. It is a total rip off as box didn't need a second box, and card box could have been a third of its size. I re-purchased this as I regretted getting rid of my original. I'm glad I own it again but to not have all the expansions (which would have filled the card box a little more), I think they have treated us like fools. You expect a '15th' to have 15 years of content.
Sorry for my rant, but it does annoy me that they gave us a very sub par product just to increase their bank balance.
Anyway, ending on a happier note........I love your playthroughs, as they are always very enjoyable and teach is clear too. It must take a lot of work putting them together.......thank you.
Thank you, we appreciate hearing your thoughts and totally understand where you're coming from. We also expected more from the big box and also hear that the card box doesn't fit sleeves. Not quite sure what the larger vision was for this product. Thank you for your kind words!
Yes It is a puzzle indeed. When other 'big box' releases has everything included.
Strange how they omitted all decks of cards and of course 'farmers of the moors' yet suddenly they throw in a bunch of tokens that allow aliens to visit the farm. Really??........what percentage wine were they drinking as they put this 'big box' together???
Such a disappointment and missed opportunity.
You can pry my original cubes and discs copy of Agricola from my cold, malnourished hands! My only interest in Revised Edition, and by extension this big box, has only ever been for Farmers of the Moor instead of hunting down an old copy of Farmers to match my old Agricola.
Ohh Agricola! Such a classic
Super classic!
@@BeforeYouPlay it's amazing!! Euro 👊😋
I have the original Agricola, but I’m missing various expansions which are quite costly on the secondary market. Does the revised edition have all the content the original game had?
We can only assume so, but we unfortunately don't know the various differences with the revised edition. Hoping someone else can chime in here.
No. The revised edition has fewer cards.
@@TheLuminousCleric Ahh thank you for the clarification. That is a bummer
@@BeforeYouPlay Yeah the Revised Edition is so much better though. All of the components are of higher quality and design and the expansion decks are relatively cheap if you need more than what comes in Revised.
I have the "advanced level" aka "revised edition" of Agricola which includes all the animeeples and shaped resource wooden pieces already in it. There is also the regular major improvement display board with the major improvement cards. I have no idea why Lookout Games would want to make a "punchboard frame" as a display for those improvements. I don't have a problem with making them cardboard pieces, although there was absolutely nothing wrong with the cards. But for Pete's sake, the punchboard frame is a total fail in my book. It has no function other than to be a hassle. Reinserting the major improvements into the slots only to have to extract them out when you buy them makes absolutely no sense at all. Whoever came up with that idea clearly wasn't considering how it doesn't enhance gameplay at all, and only increases the hassle factor. Agricola is one of my all-time favorite games, but I definitely wouldn't buy this new version over the current "advanced level" version that is available in retail.
1:12 I advise against deep diving on a farm. It's very muddy.
that punchboard for the major improvements is so bizarre. I have the revised edition which has a normal board to display the major improvements on and I jest never use it because it takes up so much space. Easier to just set the major improvements aside in a little pile that people can double check if they need to remember how much something costs
Yeah it's true, you don't really even need a board for them.
When you see what Awakened Realms is doing with Castles of Burgundy it’s hard to get excited about this lackluster looking effort.
I have the original version and revised edition. I play the revised edition and only hold onto the original for nostalgia reasons as it’s the first big hobby board game that I ever got.
I will not personally be getting A15, but will be crossing my fingers that they release some of those decks separately.
Wow. I'm am quite underwhelmed (not with your review, that was excellent). I am genuinely puzzled by the number of misses - trays that are terribly designed when there are companies like GameTrayz that do nothing but design excellent trays, the major improvements punchboard/tray/whatever its called is a joke, no Farmers of the Moor, etc etc etc. Hard pass from me. Thanks again for the review.
Totally! Glad it was helpful!
Yep, finding Agricola expansions is a pain, so they should had put everything in this box, increase the price, but o well, you get all of it.
As a revised edition owner, this seems not necessary since the only upgrade is the season stuff. ☹️
Ah yeah that makes sense. It sounds like the contents are virtually the revised edition
@@BeforeYouPlay Yeah pretty much :)
I didn't have the original or revised edition. I didn't play the game until Jan. of 2023. I'm not someone really who was affected by this, except for someone who is jumping in for the first time. I heard about the issues with this version of the game and still pre-ordered it because I wanted the game in one solution. It is simply downright disrespectful to call this a big box and evidence shows with their latest news about Nusfjord they know what should be done with a big big. Simply including some promo decks, the promo seasons board, some alternate art for flavor on the boards is extra fluff not the meat and potatoes. Not including all the regular card decks meaning C, D, and CD deck, or the one expansion any Agricola players expect would come in a Big Box version, definitive version of the game. I don't see a valid reason they would exclude the remaining standard decks and the Farmers of the Moore expansion. It's stated both Nusfjord expansions and two new ones will be included it its big box, what on Earth made them not do the one expansion for Agricola it its big box?! Frankly we know completionists may appreciated the seasons board, the X deck, Fairy deck, and L deck (btw not all the L cards apparently so is that even a win) but someone start a pole on BGG how many Agricola players use the seasons board, or those X, Fair, or L decks in their regular plays of Agricola versus the number of players who regularly use Farmers of the Moore. What it a production reason, delay the big box to the 20th anniversary then. A cost reason, get rid of stuff that makes no sense (cardboard major improvement keeping them cards; the trays which are cheap and fall apart and keep them in bags and let owners decided how they want to do any other version of sorting their stuff; A double layer box, a different single compartment could have been figured out). I read some others wanted other promo decks, the old Wizkids painted miniatures, and those would be nice, but those are extra not standard components of the game, offer an extra product that houses promos and such, and inside the big box put the definitive edition, latest pieces, actual expansion(s) and extra main content in this case the standard decks. I'm not aware of any explanation or future product from the publisher to add anything, but they should say why they made these decisions and do something to come to an agreement on what is next.
Since a revised edition of the game already existed, why wouldn't their new "big box" have contained the expansion? My best guess is the price point? Curious.
The player boards are a tad different. I haven't played any expansions so don't know if the winter sides mean anything at all.
Like you guys, I have 1st edition Agricola. I had already upgraded my resources and have some extra decks. I don’t really see the point in this edition sadly.
Oh! That's kind of shocking it doesn't come with the expansions. Are there other things besides cards in the expansions that won't fit in this box?
I just don't get what this product is for. Is it for those that already have the expansions (thus the original game too and then ending with two copies of the base game)? Or for those who don't have anything yet (thus having the space to storage expansions that are out of print and unable to get)? It doesn't make any sense, specially at the price it's sold
I imagine they didn't include FotM because it would have pushed the retail price point over $150. I recently purchased FotM through an online retailer.
I was thinking about it for a minute maybe but this is very disappointing. And truth is that for me smaller and more handy boxes are a bonus. I had original Agricola with a few cards set and had no problem storing it in a smaller box. Maybe for a person who has so much content it is a great idea but I would be interested actually either in this box with all the content (kickstarter style for newbs or people who sold the old one like me) or the regular one. But it is still better than wingspan nesting box - when I saw that unwieldy beast I decided to stop. Especially when I was moving countries last month I had to leave scythe, dwellings of eldervale, vindication, terraforming mars big box etc for same reasons. Those games would eat up most of space and even though I love them I don’t feel it is worth it.
Hi guys. I have never played agricola before but planning to buy one. Which one should i get? The original, revised edition or this 15th anniv box?
There is nothing from the revised edition that looks better than the original (other than the meeples, I guess?). It is a series of lost opportunities.
In my opinion the "Farmers of the Moor" are essentiel for gamers that played Agricola quite often. Therefore for me it`s also a big missed opportunity as I would never ever purchase that big box for that price without that expansion. Therefore I´ve kept my copy of the game and did not purchase this 15yrs anniversary edition.,
A fully revised edition of the Seasons expansion: Great
Unique art on the player boards: Great
L-Deck, LegendDairy deck, and the bonkers X-Deck: Fantastic
Trays for resources: Could be much better
A card box that holds all decks: Excellent
Major improvements as thick cardboard tiles: Brilliant
Not including Farmers of the Moor: Terrible
$139.99 MSRP: Laughable
This was such a disappointment.
I had no idea Uwe already made 15 of those games.
🐵 Good idea with a terrible execution. This will be remembered as a huge blunder.
I have the revised edition, and this is basicly the same, the only thing is the player board which is different from this and the box is smaller, but everything else is the same, so i'm glad i did not buy this one :D
“We had a mismatch in expectations…”. 😂 The slightly woke way of saying you’re a bit disappointed.
Almost expected seeing how they live in the People's Republic of California, the world's capital for political correctness.
In another vid Monique casually mentioned she had a hard time with killing cattle for food....lol...it's just a game, honey.
I did not own Agricola and managed to grab this at a slightly lower price so i'm ok with it, but to be honest it's garbage. For a Big Box to call itself that and omit not only the major expansions but sooo many of the little very hard to find and expensive ones is ridiculous. Also, the box is very bad quality ! Instead of a sturdy thick box to protect your game like the one that Scythe, Wingspan etc have, this is essentialy the same box as the regular Agricola revised edition, just bigger. As you can understand, if you keep the same thickness (or very close to that) and make the box larger, then it seems very flimsy and ready to break. Next, we have the horrible trays that fall apart. Even the boards could be a bit thicker cardboard. At least the wooden bits are fine. If you don't have Agricola and manage to find this at a reasonable price (like me) grab it, otherwise don't bother just buy the simple revised version. For that retail price they could have done much MUCH better. Oh, another thing ! I haven't tried yet but that paper card storage box won't fit the cards if you sleeve them (if i remember correctly that's what people on BGG were saying). Anyway, thank you for the video guys ! Can't wait for your Feast for Odin playthrough (and the game's reprint so i can buy it already) !
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. The trays fell apart on Monique multiple times =/ We also hope that A Feast For Odin gets reprinted ASAP!
I found this new for $20.
Sad that graphically it's not updated, it''s just the revised edition, with a storage for everything, and pretty piss poor storage at that. Built it yourself cardboard, and if you lift it wrong it falls apart? Come on...
Hopefully for the 20th edition they make them plastic, like suburbia, and Everdell collector's editions
:/ I'll hold off on this, sadly.
glue the grid? :D
I got the big box on its own and it didn’t include the promo cards for the X deck and legendary. Kinda frustrating. Also no room for 5-6 player components? Big L. I should’ve watched this review before buying the big box
I get why Naveen looks so pissed. For $120, a mother better be putting all that expansion content in there and not rubbing salt in my wounds with a half-empty deck box. smh
That's so weird, to have just a literal big box and not have the expansions in it. Feels like a cash grab :/
I never owned the original or revised so this is my first version of the game. The quality of some of the parts feels really cheap, particularly those cardboard component trays and the baffling major improvements tray. I've bought a couple of card decks so at least they don't rattle around anymore either, but again - why did I have to do that? I'm not super unhappy because this is such a wonderful game and I'm really happy to have finally played it and own it but it's mixed feelings for my wallet.
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:-)
Viticulture, La Granja, Teotihuacan, Castles of Burgundy and Ultimate Railroads did it right: Release with deluxe pieces, deluxe box and all expansions.
This seems lackadaisical. The box to hold the cards is only half full, leaving then to slide around? Not enough trays to separate components? Flimsy trays? Hard Pass...
feast for odin in reprint right now? bc it's not avalable anywere
I hope so! Not sure what's happening with that one but it seems like it has been difficult to find
Plenty of new copies around in my country.
@@dkoudrin where you at homme?
@@anmolgrewal7754 New Zealand.
@@dkoudrin is it in english?
Is there a huge box that doesn't disappoint? I mean this as a serious question, which big box anniversary edition would be worth it?
Hrrrrrrmmmm I get different vibes here with the intro...hope everything be aight.
Hah How so??
Wow! Just seen how much this version cost in the UK. £90/£114 RRP . This is way overpriced in my opinion. You can also purchase just the box for £40 😲. I wouldn't recommend this at this price.
I'm disappointed by the anniversary edition. I would pay a premium for a better version but this isn't it. If you don't have Agricola and your looking at getting Agricola then this is a must.
As an Agricola enthusiast, I'd say this was a little disappointing. The most appealing thing is the box being big enough to hold expansions. I have the revised edition, so none of this is souped up, to me. All well!
This seemed really disappointing. Missing an expansion, a weird box exterior, flimsy inserts, a PUNCH BOARD instead of a proper grid...and not really anything to help keep the cardboard or cards tidy? They couldn't even include a foam block...
Was all set to get this until I found out how much content is lacking.
For $115, this looks like a sad, low quality cash grab rather than a celebration of the game for its fans.
Garbage product. Money grab.
Original game came with 5player, solo, family variant, and major improvements board.
Then for the first money grab the revised edition was only 4p with a separate purchase expansion for 5-6p.
And now this.
I agree with a previous comment, OG versions prior to revision, all expansions fit in that box.
Oooooooh that's interesting. It seems like a missed opportunity
The cardbox can never ever fit all the cards that have come out for agricola
Seems cheap for the price. Imma wait.
Lacking insight and hindsight to not include every Agricola expansion in such a huge box. The fact that the Revise version has much of the same and it fits it in a smaller footprint makes this a disappointment. Plus I was fortunate to get my works demo copy,, so we have a Mars player board included. I was hoping for a legitimate upgrade to potentially carry it at my work. I don't know how they miss the mark this badly
Yeah...we were hoping for The Farmers of the Moor expansion at the very least. That's super cool that you have the Mars board!
7:34 whoever thought that this major improvement punch board was a good idea should be fired. Why would they have something that looks like trash as a component of the game? Ugh, I love Agricola, but this edition seems like a sick joke.
Very disappointing. such a big box for very little extra and no proper board for the Major improvements. I'll be sticking with the upgraded version from a few years ago.
What a horror show of a money grab.
This is junk.
Seems not to be worth the cost.
It seems like every rerelease further reduces the amount of content in the base game...what a ridiculous (agricolous? 😆) direction to be heading in, very hard to see it as anything other than a marketing ploy. The punch board in lieu of a placemat for the major expansions is pathetic.
With this one, it seems like they literally interpreted "big box" to mean "a big box" 🤦♂️
This looks like a mediocre cash grab by the publisher...such a shame. Thank you saving us from buying this mess.
Of all the games by Uwe that I do own, Agricola is not among them. I would not buy this version if I ever bought Agricola. It looks very disappointing for the price point.
big box. double price for the same amount of game as old one. not worth it.
That is quite disappointing...
Totally!
This is by far the most horrible bix box/anniversary edition I have ever seen XD and I love Agricola, but nope, this is definitely a NOPE.
I definitely wont be buying this i have everything that has ever come out for agricula that that big box is utterly a big disappointment
Kind of disappointing TBH. At least I won't *have* to buy this for my wife.
It's not a good value. Skip.