We have an Agricola league which started in July of this year. This league is being run by club member Terry K. Here are all the details:

Agricola Loft – A baker’s dozen of rules.

1. This is a League Competition, open to anyone, but only members of LXG can play in the Final.

2. It commenced in July 2013, and will finish in November 2014.

3. The Final will be played at the December 2014 meeting.

4. All games of Agricola (any version, any number of players) may be scored, as long as they are played at an LXG Club day or sanctioned event.

5. The results must be given to the Organizer within one month of it being played.

6. Scoring in a game is as follows:

Five player game, 1st place 5 points, down to 1 point for last place

Four player game, 1st place 4 points down to 1 point for last place

Tied players share averaged points.

7. A player’s Final Score is the total of their five highest game scores.

8. Where ties in the Final Scores occur, these are broken in favour of the first person to attain that score.

9. The Final is played at the December meeting, by the five players with the highest Final Scores.

10. The ‘Minor Lofter’ is the player who finishes first in the competition.

11. The Minor Lofter shall choose the Version and Card Sets to be used for the Final. Seating and Starting player are random.

12. At the BEGINNING of the 14th turn, the Minor Lofter will announce a tie-break condition, “The player with the most …….. ”. If the game is still tied, the Minor Lofter is declared most cunning, and also the winner.

13. All decisions by the organizer (after consultation) are final.