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Fischer-Agricola

Yesterday, January 28th, 2020, a novel version of Agricola was played for the first time at ARES, Blindern: Fischer-Agricola. Inspired by the innovation in chess, named after the legendary champion Bobby Fischer, BA Kildalen proposed translation of the same idea to Agricola by randomising resource allocation to the fixed action spaces before the start of the game. We tried this twice and, as you will se, it worked! 🙂

This is how we modified the setup:

  • The 9 fixed Action spaces (3Wd, 2Wd, 1Wd, 2Cl, 1Cl, Rd, RSF, TP and Fish) were all treated as Accumulation spaces. For simplicity (and in order for cards that address specific Action spaces to make sense), the names of the Action spaces were retained although the resources to be placed on the Action spaces no longer corresponded to the names of the spaces.
  • All Building resources and Food that were to be placed on these Action spaces in each Round, 15 resources in total (6 Wd, 3 Cl, 2 Rd, 1 St, 3 Fd) were pooled.
  • Allocation of the 15 Resources to each of the 9 fixed Action spaces was drawn (using Grain markers for Food) before the start of the game (i.e., before the draft), with the following restrictions:
    • The number of Resources on each Action space was kept the same as in the basic setup, i.e., 3 on the 3Wd and RSF spaces, 2 on the 2Wd and 2Cl spaces and 1 on each of the other spaces
    • The two Reeds were not allowed to be allocation to the same Action space
  • All the 9 fixed Action spaces (including RSF) were considered Accumulation spaces (this hardly added Resources to the game, since the 3-resource spaces were taken almost every Round of the games)
  • Stone accumulation spaces that were revealed in Stages 2 and 4 were not affected by the randomisation
  • The effect of some cards (we identified 11) had to be changed. This is the amended wording we used:
    • Animal Trainer. Whenever you take Food from a Resource Accumulation space, you may immediately use it to buy animals: Pay 2 Food for each Sheep or Wild Boar and 3 Food for each Cattle.
    • Basket. Whenever you use a person’s action to take Building Resources from an Action space, you can leave 2 of the Building Resources on the Action space and receive 3 Food in exchange.
    • Dancer. Whenever you use the “Travelling Players” action on an Action space, you receive a total of 4 Resources. If there is 1 to 3 Resources on the space, take Food from the general supply until the total number of Resources received totals 4.
    • Fisherman. Whenever you use the “Fishing” Action space, you can choose to take the same number of Food as there is Resources on the Action space. If you do this, you must give one Food each to the Fishing Rod, Raft, Canoe, Fish Trap and Landing Net.
    • Fish Hook. Whenever you use an Action space orthogonally adjacent to the “Fishing” Action space, you may immediately take 1 Resource of your choice from the “Fishing” Action space if there is Food on that space.
    • Gem Hunter. Whenever you use a person to take Clay from a Building resource Accumulation space, you may also receive 1 Stone. In Round 9 or before, if there are 3 or more Building resources on the space, you must leave 1 Clay on the space to receive the Stone.
    • Juggler. Whenever you use the “Travelling Players” action on an Action space, you can choose to take the same number of Food as there is Resources on the Action space. If you do this, you must give one Food each to the Magician, Conjurer, Street Musician, Puppeteer, Acrobat, Dancer, Animal Trainer and Storyteller.
    • Spinney. Whenever another player uses the “3  Wood” Action sopace, s/he must give you one of the Resources of her/his choice.
    • Storehouse Keeper. Whenever you use the “RSF” Action space, you also receive of your choice 1 Clay or 1 Grain.
    • Storyteller. Whenever you use the “Travelling Players” action on an Action space, you may leave 1 Resource of your choice on the space and receive 1 Vegetable instead.
    • Wood Distributor. At the start of the Work phase, you may distribute all Resources on the “3 Wood” Action space as evenly as possible onto the “1 Clay”, “1 Reed” and “Fishing” Action spaces. If there are different kinds of Resources on the space, you decide which Resource is to be placed on which Action space. When you play this card, you receive 2 Wood.

In the very first Fischer-Agricola game ever played (to our knowledge), the Resources were distributed on the 9 fixed Action spaces as follows:

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(3Wd-ASp: WRF; RSF-ASp: WWR; 2Wd-Asp: CF; 2 Cl-Asp: WF; 1Wd-Asp: W; 1Cl-Asp: C; Rd-Asp: C; TP: S; Fish-Asp: Wd)

After some thinking, the draft started. Noticing that the single, accumulating Stone on the TP space would probably be popular in early game, I first-picked Puppeteer (over Head Of The Family). Also many other cards changed value. With 5 Wood accumulation spaces, Gunnar found Wood Cart to be more valuable than in a standard game. However, after some time to familiarise with the new setup, playing was business as usual. The game was completed in 90 minutes and the winner (surprise!) was Bernt Ivar. The participants in this historic first Fischer-Agricola game were Bernt Ivar Nødland, BA Kildalen, Gunnar Arvid Sveinsson (and myself, Rune Halvorsen).

The first Fischer-Agricola game in history was immediately followed by the second, in which the distribution of resources was closer to standard; with RSW on the 3 Wd-Asp and accumulation spaces for 2 Wd, 2 Cl, single Wd and single Rd (on Fishing). The RSF ASp got WFF, which sometimes accumulated to 2W+4F. After the game, we concluded that Fischer-Agricola is likely to survive, bringing variation to our  favourite boardgame. Furthermore, we agreed that skills in standard Agricola are easily transferred to the Fischer variant: Bernt Ivar also won the second game.

Ranking pr. 2020 01 27

Her er rankinglista, oppdatert etter vinterturneringen 2020 (bare spillere med flere enn 5 spill i turneringer står på lista):

Spiller Ant.sp. 1.pl. 2.pl. 3.pl. 4.pl. ELO
Bernt Ivar Utstøl Nødland 105 79 14 5 2 2095
Bjørn-André Kildalen 124 52 34 6 9 1832
Mikkel Brekke 56 48 25 18 9 1824
Oddbjørn Nødland 81 49 33 12 5 1805
Jonas Engan Wenberg 39 23 38 21 18 1790
Øyvind Hartløff Helland 43 42 30 16 12 1765
David Kristensen 68 35 24 24 18 1728
Terje Skaaland 8 50 50 0 0 1706
Heidi Mikkelsen 82 29 38 24 9 1704
Rune Halvorsen 137 37 25 24 14 1674
Kristian Haugen 13 38 23 31 8 1658
Tor Einar Lomeland 18 17 39 22 22 1651
Adam Kjörk 6 33 50 17 0 1633
Markus Steinsland 20 35 20 30 15 1633
Gunnar Arvid Sveinsson 15 20 40 20 20 1633
Linda Therese Utstøl Nødland 61 21 34 31 13 1625
Andreas Nordahl 15 27 33 7 33 1617
Johannes Sæthre 27 30 26 26 19 1601
Fred Førde 93 24 29 30 17 1591
Knut Eivind Brennhaug 16 13 50 31 6 1577
Marianne Mikkelsen 93 19 32 33 15 1545
Otto Rendedal 17 12 12 53 24 1543
Dominika Králová 6 17 17 67 0 1516
Reier Østgård 6 0 33 50 17 1504
Inghild Halvorsen Økland 66 11 27 45 17 1497
Jorid Martinsen 49 8 39 24 29 1496
Simen Snellingen 30 23 33 23 20 1488
Kristine Thorkildsen Jarsve 6 0 33 33 33 1481
Jørgen Ringvold Ljønes 12 17 17 33 33 1475
Anne Jahr 27 7 30 37 26 1474
Yngve Austvoll 26 8 27 31 35 1465
Ståle Halvorsen 6 17 33 0 50 1451
Jan Åge Eriksen 9 11 0 89 0 1444
Peter Horvath 6 0 33 33 33 1436
Carsten Jordell 9 11 11 33 44 1431
Morten Yttervik 16 19 25 25 31 1429
Marius Torsrud 7 29 0 43 29 1427
Øystein Røysland Sørlie 5 0 0 40 60 1396
Erling Bullfest Solberg 22 0 18 50 32 1379
Grete Heathcliff Halvorsen 34 12 21 24 44 1379
Hanna Marie Nicholas 12 8 17 25 50 1369
Eveline Hansen 6 17 0 0 83 1365
Anna Ljønes Ringvold 6 0 0 67 33 1357
Michál Torma 6 0 0 33 67 1344
Emma Gillmor 15 13 0 20 67 1317
Jan Mikkelsen 19 0 32 26 42 1291
Unni Mikkelsen 55 7 16 31 45 1287
Michael Riis Schreiber 39 3 8 23 67 1273
Erik Guddal 23 0 13 22 65 1273
Petter Haaland 13 0 0 31 69 1272
Margrethe Gustavsen 39 3 3 36 59 1245
Disa Økland 61 3 10 31 56 1238

Resultater, vinterturneringen 2020

Sluttstillingen i vinterturneringen:

Plass Spiller TurnPoeng RelScore
1 Bernt Ivar Nødland 55.50 59
2 Jonas Engan Wenberg 44.00 33
3 Mikkel Brekke 42.75 30
4 Øyvind H. Helland 42.25 34
5 Bjørn Andre Kildalen 40.50 23
6 Rune Halvorsen 40.25 27
7 Gunnar Sveinsson 37.00 9
8 Marianne Mikkelsen 30.75 -1
9 Fred Førde 28.00 2
10 Jorid Martinsen 26.50 -2
11 Anne Jahr 26.50 -8
12 Dominika Králová 26.50 -20
13 Margrethe Gustavsen/ Eva Lieungh 22.50 -29
14 Peter Horvath 19.00 -33
15 Michál Torma 9.25 -43
16 Petter Haaland 8.75 -78

 

Rankingliste etter NM 2019

Dette er rankinglista, oppdatert etter NM (2019 11 22)

Kolonnene 3-6 angir prosentandel av spillene som har gitt henholdsvis 1., 2., 3 og 4.plass.

Spiller Antall spill 1. pl. 2. pl. 3. pl. 4. pl. ELO
Bernt Ivar Utstøl Nødland 99 79 15 4 2 2113
Bjørn-André Kildalen 118 53 33 6 8 1905
Oddbjørn Nødland 81 49 33 12 5 1805
Mikkel Brekke 50 48 26 16 10 1791
Øyvind Hartløff Helland 37 38 35 19 8 1776
David Kristensen 68 35 24 24 18 1728
Terje Skaaland 8 50 50 0 0 1706
Heidi Mikkelsen 82 29 38 24 9 1704
Jonas Engan Wenberg 33 21 33 24 21 1692
Kristian Haugen 13 38 23 31 8 1658
Tor Einar Lomeland 18 17 39 22 22 1651
Adam Kjörk 6 33 50 17 0 1633
Markus Steinsland 20 35 20 30 15 1633
Linda Therese Utstøl Nødland 61 21 34 31 13 1625
Andreas Nordahl 15 27 33 7 33 1617
Fred Førde 87 25 26 31 17 1615
Rune Halvorsen 131 37 24 24 15 1601
Johannes Sæthre 27 30 26 26 19 1601
Gunnar Arvid Sveinsson 9 11 44 22 22 1579
Knut Eivind Brennhaug 16 13 50 31 6 1577
Otto Rendedal 17 12 12 53 24 1543
Reier Østgård 6 0 33 50 17 1504
Inghild Halvorsen Økland 66 11 27 45 17 1497
Simen Snellingen 30 23 33 23 20 1488
Kristine Thorkildsen Jarsve 6 0 33 33 33 1481
Jørgen Ringvold Ljønes 12 17 17 33 33 1475
Jorid Martinsen 43 7 42 23 28 1466
Yngve Austvoll 26 8 27 31 35 1465
Marianne Mikkelsen 87 20 31 34 15 1456
Ståle Halvorsen 6 17 33 0 50 1451
Jan Åge Eriksen 9 11 0 89 0 1444
Carsten Jordell 9 11 11 33 44 1431
Morten Yttervik 16 19 25 25 31 1429
Marius Torsrud 7 29 0 43 29 1427
Anne Jahr 21 10 24 33 33 1417
Øystein Røysland Sørlie 5 0 0 40 60 1396
Erling Bullfest Solberg 22 0 18 50 32 1379
Grete Heathcliff Halvorsen 34 12 21 24 44 1379
Petter Haaland 7 0 0 43 57 1376
Hanna Marie Nicholas 12 8 17 25 50 1369
Eveline Hansen 6 17 0 0 83 1365
Anna Ljønes Ringvold 6 0 0 67 33 1357
Emma Gillmor 15 13 0 20 67 1317
Jan Mikkelsen 19 0 32 26 42 1291
Unni Mikkelsen 55 7 16 31 45 1287
Michael Riis Schreiber 39 3 8 23 67 1273
Erik Guddal 23 0 13 22 65 1273
Margrethe Gustavsen 36 3 3 33 61 1241
Disa Økland 61 3 10 31 56 1238

Resultater fra Agricola-NM 2019

NM-helgen er over for i år, og som flere ganger før vant Bernt Ivar Nødland etter foto finish. Her er resultatene:

Plass. Spiller TurnP RelSc
1 Bernt Ivar Nødland 53.50 49.25
2 Bjørn Andre Kildalen 53.50 30.00
3 Oddbjørn Nødland 40.25 13.50
4 Mikkel Brekke 39.75 27.50
5 Jonas Engan Wenberg 47.50 40.50
6 Øyvind Hartløff Helland 38.50 7.75
7 David Kristensen 32.50 8.25
8 Johannes Sæthre 32.50 -10.75
9 Adam Kjörk 42.00 19.75
10 Linda Therese Nødland 35.50 10.75
11 Rune Halvorsen 30.75 1.25
12 Jorid Martinsen 26.25 10.00
13 Markus Steinsland 37.50 34.25
14 Heidi Mikkelsen 24.75 11.50
15 Marianne Mikkelsen 22.75 -17.00
16 Erik Guddal 21.25 -35.75
17 Jørgen Ringvold Ljønes 28.50 -8.50
18 Inghild Halvorsen Økland 20.50 -19.25
19 Erling Solberg 17.75 -14.75
20 Margrethe Gustavsen 15.25 -42.75
21 Grete Halvorsen 21.50 -29.83
22 Unni Mikkelsen 19.50 -16.58
23 Anna Ljønes Ringvold 14.75 -20.58
24 Disa Halvorsen Økland 13.25 -52.50

 

Agricola Oslo Open 2019, results

The tournament is over, and the final standings were:

Rank Name Tournament points Relative score
1 Lumin Sperling 64.50 44.0
2 Bernt Ivar Nødland 63.75 67.0
3 David Kristensen 54.00 34.5
4 Bjørn Andre Kildalen 49.25 48.0
5 Adam Kjörk 58.50 33.0
6 Jesper Hansson 49.25 12.3
7 Oddbjørn Nødland 43.50 32.3
8 David Ståhle 36.25 26.3
9 Rune Halvorsen 42.50 18.5
10 Fred Førde 42.50 12.8
11 Jonas Wenberg 35.75 9.8
12 Nicholas Schäfer 28.25 -4.8
13 Mikkel Brekke 37.50 17.3
14 Stavros Tzilis 33.00 -0.3
15 Claes Lindman 27.75 6.8
16 David Jameson 27.25 -29.5
17 Johannes Sæthre 28.50 -19.8
18 Andreas Weibel 28.50 -29.8
19 Charlotte Levy 27.75 -6.0
20 Linda Therese Utstøl Nødland 21.25 -44.5
21 Wolt Weterings 25.50 -24.3
22 Grete Halvorsen 13.75 -67.8
23 Erling Solberg 9.25 -83.5
x Margrete Gustavsen (repl. Anne Jahr) 22.00 -46.5

Note that after the first 6 games the players were allocated to groups of 4 players that competed for final positions 1-4, 5-8 etc.; accordingly tournament points are only comparable within these groups

This result table was updated 2019 10 20 after detection of an error in the calculations of relative scores in Game 6. Fortunately, this error did not affect the composition of tables in the final round.

Ranking, 2019 07 22

Dette er rankinglista, slik den ser ut etter sommerturneringen 2019:

Spiller Antall spill 1. pl. 2. pl.  3. pl.  4. pl.  ELO
Bernt Ivar Utstøl Nødland 93 80 14 4 2 2131
Oddbjørn Nødland 75 49 35 12 4 1860
Øyvind Hartløff Helland 31 39 32 23 6 1833
Bjørn-André Kildalen 111 51 34 5 9 1826
David Kristensen 62 35 24 23 18 1821
Mikkel Brekke 44 48 30 11 11 1820
Heidi Mikkelsen 78 29 37 24 9 1749
Terje Skaaland 8 50 50 0 0 1706
Kristian Haugen 13 38 23 31 8 1658
Tor Einar Lomeland 18 17 39 22 22 1651
Rune Halvorsen 125 38 25 23 14 1639
Inghild Halvorsen Økland 60 12 27 47 15 1625
Fred Førde 87 25 26 31 17 1615
Markus Steinsland 14 36 21 21 21 1585
Gunnar Arvid Sveinsson 9 11 44 22 22 1579
Knut Eivind Brennhaug 16 13 50 31 6 1577
Andreas Nordahl 14 21 36 7 36 1568
Linda Therese Utstøl Nødland 56 20 34 34 13 1567
Johannes Sæthre 21 29 29 24 19 1563
Jonas Engan Wenberg 27 15 33 26 26 1554
Otto Rendedal 17 12 12 53 24 1543
Reier Østgård 6 0 33 50 17 1504
Marianne Mikkelsen 81 21 31 33 15 1497
Simen Snellingen 30 23 33 23 20 1488
Jørgen Ringvold Ljønes 6 0 33 50 17 1485
Kristine Thorkildsen Jarsve 6 0 33 33 33 1481
Yngve Austvoll 26 8 27 31 35 1465
Ståle Halvorsen 6 17 33 0 50 1451
Jan Åge Eriksen 9 11 0 89 0 1444
Jorid Martinsen 37 8 38 27 27 1442
Erling Bullfest Solberg 16 0 19 50 31 1432
Carsten Jordell 9 11 11 33 44 1431
Morten Yttervik 16 19 25 25 31 1429
Marius Torsrud 7 29 0 43 29 1427
Anne Jahr 21 10 24 33 33 1417
Grete Heathcliff Halvorsen 28 11 25 21 43 1402
Øystein Røysland Sørlie 5 0 0 40 60 1396
Petter Haaland 7 0 0 43 57 1376
Eveline Hansen 6 17 0 0 83 1365
Hanna Marie Nicholas 11 9 9 27 55 1338
Emma Gillmor 15 13 0 20 67 1317
Jan Mikkelsen 19 0 32 26 42 1291
Michael Riis Schreiber 39 3 8 23 67 1273
Unni Mikkelsen 49 8 14 33 45 1271
Margrethe Gustavsen 30 3 0 33 63 1232
Disa Økland 56 4 9 32 55 1224
Erik Guddal 17 0 0 29 71 1175

Ranking, 2019 06 26

Her er oppdatert rankingliste etter Arcon-turneringen:

Spiller AntSpill Vunnet 2. pl. 3. pl. 4. pl. ELO
Bernt Ivar Utstøl Nødland 90 79 14 4 2 2106
Oddbjørn Nødland 75 49 35 12 4 1860
Bjørn-André Kildalen 108 53 32 6 9 1838
Øyvind Hartløff Helland 31 39 32 23 6 1833
Mikkel Brekke 44 48 30 11 11 1820
David Kristensen 59 36 24 22 19 1806
Terje Skaaland 8 50 50 0 0 1706
Heidi Mikkelsen 76 29 37 25 9 1703
Rune Halvorsen 122 39 25 24 13 1687
Kristian Haugen 13 38 23 31 8 1658
Tor Einar Lomeland 18 17 39 22 22 1651
Inghild Halvorsen Økland 60 12 27 47 15 1625
Fred Førde 87 25 26 31 17 1615
Gunnar Arvid Sveinsson 6 0 67 17 17 1601
Markus Steinsland 14 36 21 21 21 1585
Knut Eivind Brennhaug 16 13 50 31 6 1577
Andreas Nordahl 14 21 36 7 36 1568
Linda Therese Utstøl Nødland 56 20 34 34 13 1567
Johannes Sæthre 21 29 29 24 19 1563
Jonas Engan Wenberg 27 15 33 26 26 1554
Otto Rendedal 17 12 12 53 24 1543
Reier Østgård 6 0 33 50 17 1504
Simen Snellingen 30 23 33 23 20 1488
Jørgen Ringvold Ljønes 6 0 33 50 17 1485
Kristine Thorkildsen Jarsve 6 0 33 33 33 1481
Marianne Mikkelsen 78 22 31 32 15 1469
Yngve Austvoll 26 8 27 31 35 1465
Ståle Halvorsen 6 17 33 0 50 1451
Jan Åge Eriksen 9 11 0 89 0 1444
Jorid Martinsen 37 8 38 27 27 1442
Erling Bullfest Solberg 16 0 19 50 31 1432
Carsten Jordell 9 11 11 33 44 1431
Morten Yttervik 16 19 25 25 31 1429
Marius Torsrud 7 29 0 43 29 1427
Anne Jahr 21 10 24 33 33 1417
Grete Heathcliff Halvorsen 28 11 25 21 43 1402
Øystein Røysland Sørlie 5 0 0 40 60 1396
Petter Haaland 7 0 0 43 57 1376
Eveline Hansen 6 17 0 0 83 1365
Hanna Marie Nicholas 11 9 9 27 55 1338
Emma Gillmor 15 13 0 20 67 1317
Unni Mikkelsen 48 8 15 33 44 1304
Jan Mikkelsen 19 0 32 26 42 1291
Michael Riis Schreiber 39 3 8 23 67 1273
Margrethe Gustavsen 27 4 0 33 63 1232
Disa Økland 56 4 9 32 55 1224
Erik Guddal 17 0 0 29 71 1175