Agricola Wins 2008 Deutscher Spiele Preis

Agricola, which is currently the top-rated game of all-time at BoardGameGeek.com, has won the 2008 Deutscher Spiele Preis. The DSP is a German award, voted on by gamers, that I consider to be a "Strategy Game of the Year" award. My choice as the #3 board game published in 2007, Agricola has a farming theme. At the start of the game, each player has a spouse, a shack and not much else. From there, everyone tries to build a successful farm through the game's 14 turns and six harvests.

Other games that finished in the top 10 of this year DSP voting include (in order) Stone Age, Cuba, In the Year of the Dragon, Tribune, Hamburgum, Galaxy Trucker, Keltis, Witch's Brew, and Metropolys.

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