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Dec 13, 2017·Review·01:50:14·722·Watch on YouTube

The Long View of Ora et Labora with Tony Fryer

The Long View Podcast

The Long View Podcast

Watch “The Long View of Ora et Labora with Tony Fryer,” a board game review for Ora et Labora from The Long View Podcast on BoardGameVideo.

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The Long View welcomes back Tony Fryer to talk about his favorite Uwe Rosenberg game, Ora et Labora. Featuring no randomness, a resource wheel, a dollop of monastery building, and a massive helping of resource conversion, Ora et Labora sits firmly in the boardgamegeek top 100. Listen as Tony takes us on a trip to Ireland or France (your choice!) in this deep dive about a modern classic. Thanks to our sponsor www.gamesurplus.com for their continued support of the show. Go and check out how Elaine and Carmen are bringing the world of board games to youl! Thanks as well to Punchboard Media! Check out a wealth of excellent board game media at www.punchboardmedia.com Thanks, of course, to YOU for listening! The episode can be found here on Youtube in raw live form or once finished through iTunes and Stitcher. Follow T.C. and Joe on twitter: @TatteredBoard and @goodboardugly Join The Long View guild on boardgamegeek here: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/1325 And please hit that subscribe button here on Youtube to keep up with our content creation for passionate board gamers. Enjoy!

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Ora et Labora

Ora et Labora

2011·Uwe Rosenberg

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48
Creators
36

Mainly reviews and playthroughs. Ora et Labora is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 16 reviews, 9 how-to-play guides, 15 recorded sessions, 4 unboxings, and 4 other videos.

1 - 4 players
60 - 180 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

About Ora et Labora, from BoardGameGeek:

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. Ora et Labora features two variants: France and Ireland.

Designer

Uwe Rosenberg

Artist

Klemens Franz

Publisher

Lookout Games

Categories

City BuildingEconomic

Mechanics

Market & TradingModular Board & Variable Setup
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