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Ora et Labora
In Ora et Labora (Latin for 'Pray and work'), each player is head of a monastery in the Medieval era who acquires land and constructs buildings – little enterprises that will gain resources and profit. The goal is to build a working infrastructure and manufacture prestigious items – such as books, ceramics, ornaments, and relics – to gain the most victory points at the end of the game.
What is Ora et Labora
In Ora et Labora (Latin for 'Pray and work'), each player is head of a monastery in the Medieval era who acquires land and constructs buildings – little enterprises that will gain resources and profit. The goal is to build a working infrastructure and manufacture prestigious items – such as books, ceramics, ornaments, and relics – to gain the most victory points at the end of the game.
Ora et Labora, Uwe Rosenberg's fifth "big" game, has game play mechanisms similar to his Le Havre, such as two-sided resource tiles that can be upgraded from a basic item to something more useful. Instead of adding resources to the board turn by turn as in Agricola and Le Havre, Ora et Labora uses a numbered rondel to show how many of each resource is available at any time. At the beginning of each round, players turn the rondel by one segment, adjusting the counts of all resources at the same time.
Each player has a personal game board. New buildings enter the game from time to time, and players can construct them on their game boards with the building materials they gather, with some terrain restrictions on what can be built where. Some spaces start with trees or moors on them, as in Agricola: Farmers of the Moor, so they hinder development until a player clears the land, but they provide resources when they are removed. Clever building on your personal game board will impact your final score, and players can buy additional terrain during the game, if needed.
Players also have three workers who can enter buildings to take the action associated with that location. Workers must stay in place until you've placed all three. You can enter your own buildings with these workers, but to enter and use another player's buildings, you must pay that player an entry fee so that he'll move one of his workers into that building to do the work for you.
Game details
- Players
- 1–4
- Age
- +13
- Duration
- 180 min
- Difficulty
- Heavy
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2011
- Mechanics
- Increase Value of Unchosen Resources · Modular Board · Network and Route Building
- Categories
- City Building · Economic · Industry / Manufacturing
- Designer
- Uwe Rosenberg
- Publisher
- Lookout Games · 999 Games · Filosofia Éditions · Game Harbor
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Del creador de Agricola o Le HAvre, es un juego en que cada jugador tiene que gestionar su diócesis construyendo edificios, utilizandolos para transformar unos recursos en otros y ampliando su dominio. El juego tiene muchos recursos diferentes, pero su gestión durante el juego se lleva a cabo de una forma muy cómoda gracias a un inteligente rondel que va haciendo que la cantidad disponible de un recurso se vaya incrementado a medida que avanza la partida (si nadie lo toma claro). En cuanto a mecánicas, me ha recordado mucho a Le Havre, por aquello de transformar unos recursos en otros. Tambié
I was expecting cheese as a product :(, is a nice game that could be played faster that their kind; i place this game between the Harsh Agricola and the Simplier but heavy Le havre; with great game mechanics from both and the great advance is the timing with the resources roulette that keep track of what is to be harvested. Really like this game that require planification to get the game pace.
juegazo de uwe, las mecánicas son geniales y tiene mucha etrategia, feliz con el juego. 10-8-15: genial la version en solitario.
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How many players is Ora et Labora for?
Ora et Labora plays with 1–4 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 180 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 13.
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