Got a little too excited about Agricola…
I’ve never bought a boardgame since Mad The Boardgame almost two decades ago. But I’ve played many different boardgames since the big Eurogames boom of recent years started by Settlers of Catan.
I don’t play too often. But I’ve played many. A lot of games, I learnt how to play it once, and never played it a second time. Cos with Settler’s Cafe, which then became Mage Cafe, and the many boardgame geeks that I have come to know, there are just too many games on rotation. Everyone’s trying to play the latest games, and most of their collections get very little mileage.
But Agricola, has an unusual appeal. It’s easy to learn, yet difficult to power game. The accessibility to new players mean a much bigger pool of gamers. And it also doesn’t get old quickly for the veteran players. Thus I figured it’ll be something worth owning.
I could wait weeks and weeks for Wolf to bring it in… Or, I could source something from an online merchant, and then pay USD$30 for shipping. I was keen. But not THAT keen.
Eventually, I found a box in Singapore. Probably just a random guy importing games and running a small operation. My desire for the game finally compelled me to ask a friend to do the meetup at Bugis MRT to buy the game for me. A primary school classmate from 1984-1988. And she was so sweet to do this for me. 
But shipping from Singapore to KL will also cost a fair bit. So I started advertising on Facebook to see if any friends are heading down to Singapore, and could help me bring the game back. After a week, I got a message from Jimmy, my ex-housemate from 2005. Who took the time to meet up with my primary school friend. Brought my game to KL, where he’s meeting up other friends to hand out wedding invites.
So, that’s how I finally got my Agricola.
Friends are good.
Now, I’m getting random calls from boardgaming sharks with invitations to have a game. I probably have like the 3rd set of Agricola in Malaysia at this moment.