Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
The players are ranchers in Argentina. They acquire land, build haciendas, harvest and herd animals to the markets to sell them.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Enclosure
Surround spaces or pieces to claim territory, capture, or score.
Network and Route Building
Create connected routes that improve reach, delivery, control, or scoring.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Hexagon Grid
Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
Read the full game description
The players are ranchers in Argentina. They acquire land, build haciendas, harvest and herd animals to the markets to sell them. Players score points by placing tiles, connecting these in long chains, connecting them to water, building haciendas, herding animals to the markets and making money. The winner is the player with the most points at the end of the game Hacienda (second edition) is a revised and upgraded version of the Hacienda game that debuted in 2005 that features: New artwork 2 double-sided game boards (four different game boards including a two-player board) with special rules 2 variants inside the box —description from the publisher