This player takes the Starting player tile. Further explanations of the building cards are included in the Buildings overview, which contains a full listing of all building cards. Players must carry out first a Supply action and then a Main action. New buildings can be built using the "Construction Firm" and the two "Building Firms". Home | Board Game Podcasts | Board Game Videos | Board Game Top 10s | Board Game Awards | RSS© 2015 The Dice Tower. The required building materials are shown at the top of the building card (and are repeated at the bottom of the card as well). The player taking the turn places his Ship marker on the next free Supply tile (in the direction of the arrow). 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Le Havre is a board game about the development of the town of Le Havre.It was inspired by the games Caylus and Agricola and was developed in December 2007.. This site is dedicated to promoting board games. The game was edited by Uwe Rosenberg and Hanno Girke and the former gets the main cover credit. These ships may be built at one of the Wharves (one ship per visit). This site is dedicated to promoting board games. The only building that may not be entered is the one that the Person disc is already on. At the end of each round, when the Round card is turned over, a new Ship card is introduced into the game. In most cases, the purchase price is the building's value; if this is not the case, the purchase price is indicated separately (as 'Cost') beneath the value. Buildings are explained on page 6 and in the Buildings overview. The board with the Treasury is to the left, the board with the three Building Proposals is in the center and the board with the Ship spaces is to the right. Ships: Only the topmost face-up card on each ship pile may be purchased. A player who does not have enough food must choose either to sell buildings or to take a Loan card (or cards). Finally, the Round card is turned over to show the ship on its reverse. They are numbered in the top left-hand corner. A player with at least 2 cattle receives 1 additional cattle. Le Havre - £37.50 - and many other great board games are available for the lowest prices at Zatu Games UK! A player who does not take much grain or cattle at the start of the game should build or even buy a ship early in the game - otherwise, it is possible that she will spend much of the game just trying to get food. The remaining Special building cards are not required and are returned to the box. We do video reviews, and an audio show, and more. Playing pieces: Each player takes 1 Person disc, 1 Ship marker and 1 Game turn overview card in his or her color. A player entering a building must carry out the building's action. Through extensive research, we bring everything you need to know about board games. The first row on the card shows the Round number in a brown circle. Buildings may not be sold and then bought again in the same game turn. (The people are sent home). One side gives the overview for the full version and the reverse for the shortened version. Players can pay all or part of their food requirement in Francs. A player's wealth is calculated by adding: Goods in a player's supply have no value (exception: the Storehouse). to build additional buildings) or to convert standard goods to upgraded goods. In this game, long-term planning to meet food requirements is immensely important. In the long term, building ships is important for every player. We do video reviews, and an audio show, and more. Note: In the Final stage only, Person discs may be moved to buildings which are already occupied by one or more other Person discs. Through extensive research, we bring everything you need to know about board games. A player may enter buildings that are owned by the town or by any player. The third line indicates whether a Standard or Special building is to be built at the end of the round, or whether the Harvest does not occur. Interest for Loan cards: The word "Interest" is written on one of the seven Supply tiles. A player need not own a Wharf to modernize it. ), Current Top Ten List: Games that Break Vasel's Law, Top 10 Most Played Games (with Paula Deming), The AlphaBest Series: Part IX - The Letter H, Tom Vasel's Top 100 Games of all Time: # 10 - # 1, Best Games of all Time! Sorting the standard buildings: The table on the back of each Standard building card shows whether the card is used in the game. The border on the goods token shows which is the standard side. Our mission is to produce engaging articles like reviews, tips and tricks, game rules, strategies, etc. Each player, therefore, has the chance to visit one building of his choice during the Final action. A player who cannot pay this Franc must either sell a building or ship or take another loan card and must then pay the 1 Franc. The Ship cards, which range from Wooden ships to Luxury liners, are read in the same way as the Standard building cards: the first line gives the build costs; the second shows the value (with the cost to buy shown below), the type of ship and the ship symbol. Starting Money: Each player starts the full game with 5 Francs and 1 coal. Special Case: The first player to build a non-Wooden ship at a particular Wharf (an Iron or Steel ship or a Luxury liner) must modernize the Wharf by placing 1 brick on it. However, within these constraints you still can have a different strategy that focuses more on a single element of the game. Food Production Tokens: Place the Food production tokens beside the board. In theory, it’s fairly straightforward to grasp. Price: $137.82. Exception: If a card has the text 'Start' instead of a tick, it is placed with the 3 starting buildings. This introduces a new ship into the game. Ships help with this requirement: Each ship that a player owns reduces the amount of food that he must pay by the amount shown in the table on the ship card. Even if a player's ships provide more food than must be paid, or if a player cannot pay the right amount of food (e.g. It must be paid to the owner of the building, either in food or in Francs, before the building can be entered and used. Building actions allow players to upgrade goods, sell them or use them to build their own buildings and ships. The top cards are the buildings that can be built or purchased next. In the first round, the Supply tiles are face-down until they are occupied; once they are occupied, they are turned over and remain face up until the end of the game, without changing their position. Supply Tiles: Shuffle the 7 Supply tiles and place them face down on the round spaces on the game boards. He also designed Agricola, a game that dethroned Puerto Rico as the highest rated game on BoardGameGeek.com. Deduct 7 Francs for each loan that has not been repaid. As an action, players may choose either to take all goods of one type from an offer space or to use one of the available buildings. Any card that does not have a tick beside the appropriate number of players is removed from the game. All rights reserved. Buildings and ships are sold for half of their value. SleeveYourGames.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. The player takes 1 token from each of these Supply spaces and places them with the standard side up on the appropriate Offer spaces. Each player must pay the amount of food shown on the Cooking pot symbol on the Round card. Follow us on: Note: Brick can always be used instead of clay and steel can always be used instead of iron. When a player sells a ship, it is placed on top of the pile of Ship cards of that type. Place players' Ship markers beside the first game board, near the first Supply tile. All of those actions are unavoidable. To build a Ship, a player pays any required entry fee to the owner of the Wharf and then pays the building resources and 3 energy that are required to build the ship (see Ships on the reverse side of the Round cards). Le Havre was designed by getting rid of some of the tenser moments in Agricola which make you feel like you’re scraping by as a medieval farmer to a more of a game about optimizing your choices as you deliver, sell, and pick up goods as shipping company in France without big penalties. The game can be played locally against the computer, in hot-seat mode or online -- competing against friends or global players in order to advance in the rankings. Twitter The fourth and fifth lines show which Ship card will be introduced to the game when the Round card is turned over: for example, "2" and "Wood" means a Wooden ship with a value of 2 Francs. Rule changes for the shortened version are described at the end of this section. Designed by: Uwe Rosenberg. Browse our online store today! Newest Board Game Content. Afterwards, the players count their wealth. Players: 1-5. *We only recommend the 5-player game for experienced "Le Havre" players. The second number - below the Round number and in a cooking pot - shows the amount of food that each player must consume at the end of the round. At the start of the game, these buildings are owned by the town. Facebook. After his turn, players take turns in clockwise order around the table. On your turn, your ship chugs its way to the next available supply tile spot, left-to-right across the board. The illustrator was Klemens Franz while the English translator was Melissa Rogerson. Building cards: There are two types of building cards: Standard building cards and Special building cards (shown by the anchor). Buildings: At any time, all buildings that are owned by the town and the buildings on the top of the three Building Proposal piles are available for purchase. Le Havre. The Starting player begins, then each other player takes a turn. Le Havre is a successor to that game, and the second in Rosenberg's series of economic-themed building games. by paying with a "meat" token), she may not take the excess food. Special Buildings: Shuffle the special building cards and place 6 cards face-down on the "Special buildings" space. That is, you have to construct buildings, gather food and goods, and build ships. A player may buy more than one building from the same building pile in sequence. 20 Round cards with "Ship" on the reverse, The indicated values of her buildings and ships (the number to the left of the card name), The additional value of buildings with a plus symbol (e.g.