a new game in my collection: At the Gates of Loyang

I bought a new game from my first pay. Its name is At the Gates of Loyang and it is considered another entry in so-called Harvest Trilogy by Uwe Rosenberg, the same guy who is behind Agricola.

The game is based on the plant-sow mechanism of Agricola with some additional tweaking. Since it lasts only 9 turns, the game is much much quicker than its more famous sister.

So far I've played it only once after some heavy studying of the rules. However, the game is actually not too difficult to understand once the player sees the cards and stuff. It seems to be heavy on math skills and  future planning.

I really like the graphic design and the veggiemeeples are a nice and cute touch. I bought the game in German so I have some difficulties understanding Helper Cards but I plan to print out translated versions and glue them on the cards.

Nevertheless, I'm gonna write a longer post once I play it couple more times. So far it seems like a game that even my parents might enjoy.