Date: 7th November 2008
Game played: Le Havre ( Lookout Games ) BGG Id: 35677

Five of us this week tried out Le Havre for the first time. Le Havre is designed by Uwe Rosenberg and published by Lookout Games. Now the rules suggest not playing with five until you have tried the game before but we were all keen to give it a go.

Le Havre has a number of similarities to Agricola in that it is a game of developing capabilities in order to make yourself richer. There is a lot going on with a wide variety of buildings that players can utilise to their advantage. It definitely takes a while to work out what you need to do, although Mark K rightly concentrated from an early stage on building buildings. I'm not sure how loans might affect play. Nobody took one in our game and it seemed strange that you could not take one unless you were unable to feed your workers. Seemed a bit restrictive to me.

I found the game quite a bit drier than Agricola and it seems to take longer to play. Our short game took all evening. For me, therefore, the jury's out on Le Havre. I need to play again now I understand how each of the goods helps you progress. Maybe playing with 3 or 4 will give more opportunities to advance quicker as you get more turns between each feeding phase.

 
Player
Rating
Score
Position
Winner
Mark K
8
88
1
Garry
7
57
2
Mark G
7
52
3
Nige
6
50
4
Guy
8
37
5

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