El Burro: A La Granja Game - Board Game Review & Comparison

[@jeffgoggin1394]

La Granja is a top 10 game for me for sure. I always thought it was underappreciated and honestly was surprised (pleasantly) that it got the deluxe edition treatment. I've been looking forward to this one for sure 😊

[@andreasodendahl]

Hi guys! Thanks for the great comparison video!!! Sadly you made a small mistake: The market bonuses on the VP track are not taken away. Once you reach the spot you just get the immediate benefit and leave the tile where it is. Every other player can get it as well!!! Once every player gained more then 12 points the tiles are removed from the game. So nobody with more than 80 points can claim them again.

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Awesome! That makes it better, and I now like every thing about the game! 🤩 Sorry we did that mistake :( Thank you for the fantastic game!

[@a-c-m]

I think I missed the answer to my key question: if I want to only get one of El Burro or La Granja Deluxe, which one should I go for ? (Or for you: if you could only keep one of them, which one would you keep ?)

[@jaroslawchmiel7193]

Yeah, exactly. The most important question has been left unanswered

[@rcbrice]

This is a tough question, but I’m personally keeping both. Ode is one of my favorite designers and both games have their merits. La Granja is the lighter experience of the two, but also much more modular. You’ll be better able to find to fine tune the game to your groups liking. El Burro gets going faster and leads to more massive combos, even from the very beginning. If you enjoy heavy combo games like White Castle, Darwin’s Journey, Inventions or Zhanghou, you’ll find a lot of that here. If I HAD to pick one, I’d choose El Burro, just cause of the bigger convos, higher complexity and preference for the donkey track over the local market area control in La Granja.

[@stormburns]

Johannes answered your question. Keeping both because El Burro is better at 2p and different enough. La Granja is better at 3-4p so they have space for both. So from that only you know what you need. A game better at 2p? or La Granja Deluxe's modularity? He also said he would not keep La Granja if he did not have the Deluxe Master set. The later will stay in collection because of the modularity. El Burro = La Granja Deluxe MS > La Granja

[@a-c-m]

I think he avoided the tough question a bit… 😂 But what if you stand in a shop and have only money in your pocket for one of them ? Which is the better “all-rounder” ? Currently I am leaning towards getting El Burro rather than La Granja Deluxe

[@uxjared]

Just played this and thought you both would enjoy it. I really like the goat deliveries and the donkey track replacing the area control market. For the goat deliveries, you are really incentivized to try to deliver to your opponent, as it lets you not just climb the reward tracks but nets you 2 points (in two player). You can even plan your market barrows around what your opponent might deliver or try to prevent them from getting the two points.

[@gs24-xor]

Good review, I'll definetily buy it, thank you guys!! . BTW Granja is pronounced like this "grahn hah" the way you pronounce house

[@VoiceofFox]

Yes, this. In Spanish, j is pronounced like h. La Granha.

[@darrengoff9986]

Thank you. This will be an instant buy.

[@bojantonkovic2877]

I kinda understand native english speakers trying to pronounce everything in english like there is no other language in the world, but you guys! cmon... type how to pronounce "la granja", you are better than this! Love your work, keep it up

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Haha, sorry 😅 We have been told the right way many times, but it’s one of those that we have always said this way, and it’s hard to change! Sorry!

[@VoidVerification]

I think it is a big misconception that all loan words, titles and names should be pronounced in another language as if you were speaking that native language. Anyone pronouncing "croissant" and "Paris" in English like you would do in French, sounds kind of pretentious. I am being reminded of Hermione: "It's Levi-oh-sa, not Levio-sah." 😂 So, to Johannes and Sunniva, you guys pronounce it however you see fit. Great video!

[@elqord.1118]

This is nonsense in my view. We can’t pronounce every foreign word perfectly. This happens all the time. Look at how Americans butcher Schwarzenegger or call cities like München Munich. Nobody cares

[@VoiceofFox]

Couldn’t quite make what Johannes said at the end about not being as good with 2 players - did you mean El Burro or La Granja?

[@stormburns]

He said EL Burro is better at 2p than La Granja, due to LG's area control part which is by defenition a mechanic that is better at higher player counts

[@stormburns]

El Burro or La Granja ? TLDR; El Burro = La Granja Deluxe MS > La Granja Only you know what you need. A game better at 2p? or La Granja Deluxe's modularity and interaction at higher player count? Don't like area control? -> El Burro People seem to have not followed your final thoughts well enough Johannes, please correct me if I missed something 🙂

[@mr_boom105]

First! Yay a new video!!

[@stevensum2011]

is this in top 100 now then? or 50?

[@BoardGamingRamblings]

Ohh, good question! It's hard to say, as I usually don't really think about my top 50/100 when I am not making it, hehe. I cannot say for sure, but I would be surprised if it didn't show up in the next top 100!