Agropolis

A tiny cooperative card game where you lay out farms and fields to hit three goal cards.

Designers: Steven Aramini, Danny Devine, Paul Kluka
Published by: Button Shy
Editions by: Lucky Duck Games, REXhry, Matagot, Geekach LLC, Frosted Games, Salt & Pepper Games, Quined Games

From clucking chickens to rumbling tractors, the sounds of a busy farm are everywhere, and your team of planners has to turn this little farm into a flourishing ranching community. Agropolis is the stand-alone follow-up to Sprawlopolis, which had you laying out city blocks. This time the cards show orchards, wheat fields, livestock pens and vineyards. As before, you draw three goal cards and place cards one at a time to make a countryside tableau that best satisfies them. New features offset overly powerful scoring combos and add extra attributes to certain terrain. A tiny card game for one to four, cooperative or solo, around twenty minutes.

Three random goal cardsRural card-laying with orchards and vineyardsCooperative or solo in a tiny box

Who it's for

You want a tiny cooperative or solo puzzle you can play almost anywhere, something like a farming cousin of a pocket city-builder.

Not for you if…

You want a large competitive game or a lot of narrative. Agropolis is short, puzzly and light.

Vibe's take

Quick and cozy, like a small puzzle you solve with friends. You squint at the goal cards, argue over where a field should go and groan when a road ruins your plan.