The Hallertau in Bavaria, Germany is the largest continuous hop-producing region in the world. It prides itself upon being the first in Middle Europe to cultivate hops. This game is set around 1850, when the Hallertau became what it is today.
As a chief of a small Bavarian village in the Hallertau, your objective is to increase its wealth and prestige in the eyes of the world. To achieve this, you will need to supply the local crafts folk with goods from agriculture and sheep-breeding.
Progressive Worker Placement: Action spaces can be used multiple times, becoming more expensive in the process.
Two-Field Rotation System: Fields lose their potency over time so fallowing fields allows them to become increasingly more efficient.
Card Combos: You can play cards at any time; this timing - and the combination of cards - can be very powerful.
Sheep with an Expiration Date: Breeding sheep early comes with a lot of perks, but, eventually, sheep will die of natural causes.
Contents:
28 Field Tiles
40 Tool Tokens
1 First Player Tokens (+3 Extra)
1 Scoring Pad
336 Cards
80 Worker Cubes
30 Sheep
144 Wooden Goods Indicators
‣ 20 Flax
‣ 20 Barley
‣ 20 Hops
‣ 20 Rye
‣ 16 Clay
‣ 12 Hides
‣ 12 Meet
‣ 12 Milk
‣ 12 Wool
4 Community Center Board
4 Community Center Tiles
20 Craft Building Tiles
40 Boulder Tokens
4 Stable Boards
4 Field Boards
4 Jewel Box Tiles
4 Jewelry Tokens
4 Overview Tokens
1 Rulebook with Appendix
Ages: 12+
Players: 1-4
Game Length: 50-140 minutes