Loved the review. I ended up sticking some little pads on the bottom of the player boards to raise them off the table. Unfortunately I’d already pulled the remains of my hair out before implementing the fix.
Yes. You hit the nail on the head. I was surprised I liked the game, but I’ve only played it online and the thought of teaching it makes me sick to my stomach. Too many “phases”. Same reason I gave A Feast for Odin the boot.
A Feast for Odin is very simple lol, there's like one main phase, the other ones you do in like a second following the order on the board. The only difficult thing there is learning the iconography on the main board
La Ganja is the Jamaican version BTW. This one’s been sittin on my shelf ever since Rahdo convinced me I’d like it, but the idea of teaching it to new players does give me a migraine. Eventually it’ll get played because I love my beige, boring-looking euros, but it’s not gonna be anytime soon I think.
You should try it. It's a fantastic game! The first play will be a bear like some games but then it's smooth sailing from there on. I've had this one since 2014 and played it 10+ times and it's enjoyable everytime.
Thanks for posting. I dunno what’s the point of slamming a SLEUG for being a SLEUG? If you find pleasure in playing this, then I am glad for you. I heard nothing that would interest me in the least - which is good news for my overstretched finances and my overfilled board game storage.
This week I’ve bought 4 German versions of boardgames for the price of 3 English versions. Is it cheap or just smart to fill your shelves?! Bgg has alle the rules in English.
I tried it once on BGA and the experience ruined it for me - I made mistakes in the first rounds as I was a noob and then for a week or more I had to log in to the game only to skip turns so others could continue to play.
I hate stephan feld games, period. Just played la granja today, indeed 30 minutes of rule explanation, but is that really a barrier? Time flew by. People around us where playing their second or third game and we were just chogging along. The whole thing is very hypnotic. All those options to consider... If anything, it reminds me of Santa Maria. Both are excellent games. LG is probable more replayable than SM, but I don't know if people are offended by the subpar artwork.
@@BoardGameBollocks it's your words at 6:50, not mine. Despite it has Feld aspects I really liked LG. It's for sure NOT a point salad, in fact I don't see what Feld you see in LG. All I see is Santa Maria.
The game is set in Spain and the title is spanish for The farm, 'tis pronounced La GranHa, with the "h" sounding like habit or happy. I might be wrong but in spanish and portuguese, which are 90% the same, it's very, very rare to pronounce "J" like "y". In some spanish talking countries the pronunciation of Granja is with "J" sounding like "Geh" like in Jesus or Josh.
@@run_VNC yeah well I'm Spanish if it makes any difference. In Spain "J" sounds more like "kh" in Hindi or "Q" in Urdu which is a gutural sound. It is not a soft "h" sound as in happy, but with the "h" sound it's totally understood by all because other dialects pronounce it that way...but never as an English "J". In the video it is pronounced wrong, which is is an easy thing to solve with all the resources we have today. I just generally like to learn. That's all. Be it Pah-ree or Gran-hah or whatever comes my way.
I won a used copy at an auction my LFGS held a while back for about $20. Haven't played it yet but it fills that beige euro shaped space on the shelf.
It's an excellent game. Try it.
Loved the review. I ended up sticking some little pads on the bottom of the player boards to raise them off the table. Unfortunately I’d already pulled the remains of my hair out before implementing the fix.
That’s a brilliant idea! Thanks so much 👍🏻
use painter's tape to provide friction - very el cheapo and fast to do.
6:46 great point on the merging the influence of the two great designers
Yes. You hit the nail on the head. I was surprised I liked the game, but I’ve only played it online and the thought of teaching it makes me sick to my stomach. Too many “phases”.
Same reason I gave A Feast for Odin the boot.
A Feast for Odin is very simple lol, there's like one main phase, the other ones you do in like a second following the order on the board. The only difficult thing there is learning the iconography on the main board
La Ganja is the Jamaican version BTW. This one’s been sittin on my shelf ever since Rahdo convinced me I’d like it, but the idea of teaching it to new players does give me a migraine. Eventually it’ll get played because I love my beige, boring-looking euros, but it’s not gonna be anytime soon I think.
Maybe you need some of my co-codamol?
You should try it. It's a fantastic game! The first play will be a bear like some games but then it's smooth sailing from there on. I've had this one since 2014 and played it 10+ times and it's enjoyable everytime.
Thanks for posting. I dunno what’s the point of slamming a SLEUG for being a SLEUG? If you find pleasure in playing this, then I am glad for you. I heard nothing that would interest me in the least - which is good news for my overstretched finances and my overfilled board game storage.
We’re you eating soup?
This week I’ve bought 4 German versions of boardgames for the price of 3 English versions. Is it cheap or just smart to fill your shelves?! Bgg has alle the rules in English.
Smart…until you have no room left
They did a tiny Feld thing on the new KS to milk more money from the Feld Fans
I’m all out of milk
I tried it once on BGA and the experience ruined it for me - I made mistakes in the first rounds as I was a noob and then for a week or more I had to log in to the game only to skip turns so others could continue to play.
Don’t play video games
@@BoardGameBollocks its a means of playing board games when separated by hundredts of km
The cards are sleeved. Let me guess, "still worth it".
I hate stephan feld games, period.
Just played la granja today, indeed 30 minutes of rule explanation, but is that really a barrier? Time flew by. People around us where playing their second or third game and we were just chogging along. The whole thing is very hypnotic. All those options to consider...
If anything, it reminds me of Santa Maria. Both are excellent games. LG is probable more replayable than SM, but I don't know if people are offended by the subpar artwork.
It’s not a Stefan Feld game
@@BoardGameBollocks it's your words at 6:50, not mine. Despite it has Feld aspects I really liked LG. It's for sure NOT a point salad, in fact I don't see what Feld you see in LG. All I see is Santa Maria.
@kosterix123 Yea I know. I thought you thought this was designed by feld. You didn’t make that clear in your comment 🤷♂️
A new review yeah!
It was a struggle getting this one finished if I’m honest.
My ears!
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Its easy to look up on Google translate how to pronounce game titles. Lah-gran-hah
In France they say Pahree but here they say Paris…I googled it too
@@BoardGameBollocks that's different. There is a geographical Word in every language. It's like saying "sheep" vs "London/Londres".
Yea..that’s why I didn’t know how to pronounce it.
The game is set in Spain and the title is spanish for The farm, 'tis pronounced La GranHa, with the "h" sounding like habit or happy. I might be wrong but in spanish and portuguese, which are 90% the same, it's very, very rare to pronounce "J" like "y". In some spanish talking countries the pronunciation of Granja is with "J" sounding like "Geh" like in Jesus or Josh.
@@run_VNC yeah well I'm Spanish if it makes any difference. In Spain "J" sounds more like "kh" in Hindi or "Q" in Urdu which is a gutural sound. It is not a soft "h" sound as in happy, but with the "h" sound it's totally understood by all because other dialects pronounce it that way...but never as an English "J". In the video it is pronounced wrong, which is is an easy thing to solve with all the resources we have today. I just generally like to learn. That's all. Be it Pah-ree or Gran-hah or whatever comes my way.