Overview:

Name: Fields of Arle

BGG Weight: 3.87 / 5

Year Published: 2021

Publisher: Tabula Games

Designer: Martino Chiacchiera, Marta Ciaccasassi

Number of Players: 1-4

Playing Time: 60-120 minutes

Game Category/Theme: Euro-style strategy game, medieval farming

Mechanics: Automatic Resource Growth, Highest-Lowest Scoring, Income, Set Collection, Solo / Solitaire Game

 

Ratings:

Strategy: 8.3

Complexity: 7.5

Player Interaction: 6.8

Replayability: 9.1

Game Rating: 8.7

Cost: 6.0

 

Calculations:

Weight Rating = (7.5 + 8.3) = 15.8

Playability Rating = [(9.1 + 6.8 + 8.7) – 7.5] = 17.1

Play Rating Score = (15.8 + 17.1) x 2 = 65.8

Value Rating = 65.8 / 6.0 = 10.97

Final Score Rating = 65.8 + 10.97 = 76.77

 

Review:

Fields of Arle is a highly thematic euro-style strategy game that involves managing your resources, placing workers on the board, and controlling different territories on a modular board. The game has a medieval farming theme where players are farmers trying to cultivate their lands and manage their resources. The game has an excellent balance of strategy and complexity, with numerous game-altering decisions that players must make throughout the game. The player interaction in the game is not as high as in some other games, but it still allows for some competition between players. The game has high replayability due to the modular board and variable player powers, ensuring that each game is unique in its gameplay and potential outcome.

Fields of Arle does not offer solo or cooperative play, but it is an excellent game for those who enjoy strategic and thematic games. Players who enjoy other Euro-style games like Agricola or Caverna will enjoy Fields of Arle.

 

10 Other Games Similar to Fields of Arle:

1. Agricola – A highly thematic Euro-style game that involves managing your farm and resources.
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6. Terraforming Mars – A game where players compete to terraform Mars by managing their resources.
7. Puerto Rico – A classic Euro-style game with resource management and role selection.
8. Great Western Trail – A game with a Wild West theme where players must manage their resources and cattle.
9. Everdell – A game with an animal kingdom theme where players must build a city of critters.
10. Orleans – A game with a medieval theme where players must manage their resources and place workers on a bag-building mechanic.

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