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Reply: Le Havre:: General:: Re: Le Havre 2017 - Mayfair Reprint

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by bandegames

Does anyone know if the (BGG) mini-expansion that was included in the last Z-Man Printing (Le Grand Hameau) is in the new 2017 printing? I am asking for someone who has opened the box to confirm :D

Reply: Le Havre:: General:: Re: Le Havre 2017 - Mayfair Reprint

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by nakedmeeple

bandegames wrote:

Does anyone know if the (BGG) mini-expansion that was included in the last Z-Man Printing (Le Grand Hameau) is in the new 2017 printing? I am asking for someone who has opened the box to confirm :D

Yes it's included. I think (from the sounds of it) it's stacked in with the other cards, as opposed to in a separate little tuckbox, as it used to be. This may be where some of the confusion is stemming from.

Reply: Le Havre:: General:: Re: Le Havre 2017 - Mayfair Reprint

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by bandegames

Thanks, I figured it would be something like that (when comparing boxes we figured that's where the extra cards went). Makes sense. Thanks!

Reply: Le Havre:: General:: Re: Le Havre 2017 - Mayfair Reprint

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by Hanno

coil23 wrote:

Simonjohn wrote:

I hadn't noticed any issues with the cards at first, possibly because I was just so excited to be playing the new game, and also the cardboard resource chits have a really nice feel IMO. Having read the comments about cards, when I played yesterday I did then think they felt a bit thin. I measured 50 Le Havre cards and 50 Agricola cards, and found that to my surprise the Le Havre cards were very slightly thicker (15 mm versus 14 mm for a pack of 50 if I remember right). I tried 50 of the Le Havre expansion cards and although they might be thinner, they were still at least as thick as the Agricola cards. So I don't think that the cards are actually thinner, but I admit they do have a slightly lighter feel - less substantial and more pliable possibly, perhaps this is down to a lighter coating. I am no expert in card manufacture, but would say the Le Havre cards just feel very slightly less substantial. But hey - I got all of the base game cards and all of the expansion cards there have ever been in one go for under £40 so who cares - the game is amazing.


Out of curiosity, were those Agricola cards from a Z-Man or Mayfair copy of the game?


Just for the curious:

both editions (ZMan and Mayfair) were printed at the same printer at the same facilities with the same card stock. There's what we call a "standard". Same is true for all Agricola editions (other than Russian and Brazilian language editions, IIRC).

Reply: Le Havre:: General:: Re: Le Havre 2017 - Mayfair Reprint

Reply: Le Havre:: General:: Re: Le Havre 2017 - Mayfair Reprint

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by AlexYeager

To repeat what Hanno said: all of these cards (Agricola, Caverna, Grand Austria Hotel and Le Havre) all are the same cardstock, from the same factory, and even, quite literally, the same press in the factory.

The board error (2 hides, not 1) is an unfortunate holdover, but as it's covered quickly, and seemingly hasn't hurt the game in the years since release, we'll make a note for the future.

The card count is correct in the rulebook (original cards + Grand Hameau + Essen promos); our website was using the old number, and should now have the corrected count.

As also noted, we think that we've improved the board by making it a single folded board, but that was the only component change to the edition (meaning that everything else is to original, German-production specifications).

That should take care of the list of concerns here...

Alex Yeager
Mayfair Games

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by nakedmeeple

AlexYeager wrote:

That should take care of the list of concerns here...

Thankyou Hanno and Alex! I feel comfortable with my preorder now. Cheers!

Review: Le Havre:: Review #3 - Le Havre

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by forlorn110

Hot on the heels of discovering Agricola, I looked up the designer Uwe Rosenberg and found out he had released another game the year after and that it also ranked in the top 10 on BGG at the time, so I had to try it out. Le Havre turned out to be another fantastic worker placement game that also became one of my first solo game endeavours as I tried to continually push the limits of the maximum VP score I could achieve.

In this game set in a French harbour, you take the role of a business owner trying to accumulate the most money by building or purchasing buildings and ships and by shipping goods. The winner at the end of game is the player with the most money. The gameplay is very simple - either move your single worker to an unoccupied building and use its effect or take one of the goods offers, which gives you resources you may need. You can also buy available buildings with coins or sell your buildings you no longer need at any time during your turn. In order to sell your goods, you will need to construct ships. The game is played over several rounds, at the end of which is a harvest, but it is significantly less difficult than the harvest in Agricola as you can always exchange money for food, you can take out loans and repay them before the end of the game, and you can use the previously mentioned ships to offset the food cost.

Somehow this straightforward “move your worker” or “take goods” choice tends to take a long time, probably because most players are trying to figure out the optimal moves to make based on the amount of money they have, plus have the additional buy/sell actions. The real key to a successful strategy is figuring out when to buy buildings before other players can either build or buy it themselves and selling buildings (for half the amount they are worth) when you no longer need the building or are in more need of cash to buy something else. The order that the buildings come out vary from game to game and there are a few special buildings that are added to the deck each game to spice it up, so your strategy will need to be adapted to what is available.

Because of this, new players may become overwhelmed as they see experienced players making multiple moves on one turn and can see themselves fall behind rather quickly as the best buildings get purchased or constructed and their engine stalls. During the last few turns, it is not uncommon to find players pulling out their calculators to try to figure out which moves will net them the most points. Optimization is key in this game and it may take a couple plays to really figure out which moves are best. So even though playing the game is very simple, the strategies are definitely not.

One of my favorite things about this game is seeing your little block of businesses growing as the game proceeds, giving this game a very light city-building feel. Also, the different uses for each building is always interesting, especially when one of the special buildings comes up. So although I prefer it’s older brother Agricola more, I can see this game being more “fun” for lack of a better word, as there is usually a best action to take, but also a bunch of good actions as well. Over all these years, it has consistently remained in my Top 5.

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New Video for Le Havre

New Video for Le Havre

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New Image for Le Havre

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by Simonjohn

<div>My storage solution, cardboard boxes with labels I printed off.</div>

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New Image for Le Havre

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by Simonjohn

<div>Storage solution boxes snug inside the game box.</div>

New Image for Le Havre

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by Simonjohn

<div>Cardboard boxes to store resources on the board.</div>
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