Fields of Arle
104 questions players ask about Fields of Arle. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-06.
Setup and Components
Course of the Game
- Can I pay Timber instead of Wood, or Brick instead of Clay?
- Who is starting player next half year, and what happens when someone takes the Special Action?
- Is there any cost to the starting player for using the Special Action?
- Can both players use the Special Action in the same half year, and can it be used in the final half year?
- Why are there two starting player markers (lighthouses), and which one counts?
- How much Food does Milking give, and do the tiers stack?
- During Sustenance, when can I pay Grain, Animals or Wood instead of Food and Peat?
- Can I use the Peat Boat or the dark green anytime buildings during Inventorying?
- When do the light green "before November" buildings trigger?
Action Spaces
- Can I convert fewer times than my tools allow, or take only part of an action?
- Can I build a building or use its effect if I cannot do every part of it?
- At the Farmer, can I plow Fields without building a new Plow?
- What does a Plow cost, and can I get the Animal back later?
- Does a building's "cut peat" effect use the Peat Cutter and my Spades?
- Do I pay the printed cost on an action space, and what do the Frisian-pattern cells mean?
- Can I pay Grain instead of Food for an action cost, for example when imitating with the Laborer?
- How does the Laborer work: can I copy my own action, an action of the other season, or use it in solo play?
- Can the Winter Carpenter exchange more than one Stall for a Stable in a single action?
- How do I get a Stable or a Double Stall?
Tools and the Master Action
Animal Husbandry
Vehicles and the Barn
- When can I load Vehicles, and does a Vehicle have to be full?
- Can I upgrade Wood to Timber or Clay to Brick without a Vehicle, and when can I use the upgraded goods?
- Can I stack goods, split a double space, or combine a Wagon's spaces?
- Can fabrics be loaded on a Handcart or Wagon?
- Can I load goods I do not own, or Peat from the supply, onto a Vehicle?
- Can I buy a Horse Cart, Wagon, Carriage or Droshky directly, and does a flip cost anything?
- Can I flip a Vehicle with a Warden action while it is loaded?
- Can the Smithy exchange a loaded Vehicle for a Plow?
- Can I get a Plow without paying an Animal?
- How many Vehicles and Equipment fit in my Barn, and can I own duplicates?
Travel Destinations
Buildings
- Can I pay two Timber or two Bricks for an Inn that needs two different building materials?
- What does the Colonist's House cost, and can I skip the Peat?
- Can I mix light and dark green buildings, and how often can dark green ones be used?
- Can I mix goods to pay for the Mill or Weaving Mill?
- Does the Village Church's free Carriage cost Wood or a Horse?
- Does the Sluice Yard Inn move the Fish Trap indicator one or two spaces?
Scoring and End of Game
- How are Animals scored, including ties and a type I have none of?
- Are Winter Wear and Leather Wear worth 2 VP or 2.5 VP at game end?
- Do I lose 3 VP if I own only small Vehicles?
- Can multiple Depots double my Goods Track points more than once?
- Do I still pay Food and Peat in the final November, and what can I do after?
- How does Food on the Goods Track work with two indicators?
Fields of Arle: Tea & TradeExpansion
- Can I pay for a double Grandmother action with East Frisian Tea she gives me in the first half?
- Can goods from the first half of a double action pay for or feed the second half?
- Does spending two East Frisian Tea to take an action twice use an extra worker?
- How much Tea can I use to improve a single action?
- Does a Tea paid on the Master action count for the upgrades I make during that same action?
- With two East Frisian Tea, can the Master action move the same Tool Indicator twice?
- Can Tea become East Frisian Tea on a Vehicle or ship, and do boats upgrade goods like Vehicles?
- Are Fishing Cutters and Trading Ships Vehicles, and can I build them on their large side directly?
- On a trade route, do the goods I pay come from the ship or from my supply?