Hi there
Le Havre is one of my favorite games, I own it since 2010 and have played it +30 times. Even though I like it a lot, I miss the hand management part of Agricola; moreover, through all my plays I've realized that the special buildings (SB hereafter) are barely used, so I thought about this variants:
Variant A.- Instead of following the official rules for SB, each player starts the game with 5 SB in hand. During the game a player may put into play one of his/her SB into his/her playing area paying its cost to the bank. This works exactly as the normal buying action in the rules (e.g. Isn't considered a principal action and can be executed at any time during a player's turn).
Clarifications and suggestions to play using this variant:
-Players (maybe) should start with $10 instead of $5 in order to make it easier the construction of their first SB.
-All SB with a lock icon in its top right corner* (Stadium, etc.) maybe should be removed from the SB deck before dealing starting hands.
-Immediately after a SB is put into play, players (including its owner) may use it normally.
Variant B.- Similar to variant A, except that players may put into play, in a common area, one SB from their hands without paying its cost.
Clarifications an suggestions to play using this variant:
-Thematically, this would represent the political influence of the players on the city, deciding which projects will be built by the municipality.
-Each player may only use this "political action" up to 3 times** per game and maximum once per complete round (so, at the end of the game each player should still have at least 2 cards in hand).
-The SB played this way should be placed in a common area where all players can make use of them following the normal rules (e.g. paying the entrance costs, if any).
-As per the official rules, at any time during their turn, players may buy one of the SB in the common area.
-All SB with a lock icon in its top right corner* (Stadium, etc.) maybe should be removed from the SB deck before dealing starting hands.
-Immediately after a SB is put into the common area, players (including the one who put it) may use it or buy it normally.
*About removing SB, I suspect only Stadium and Luxury Yatch would represent a problem.
**I'm not sure about the number of SB each player should be able to put into play in the common areas in the whole game
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That's it. So, what do you think? What variant (if any) do you think would work better? Please let me know.
Now, please guys, don't tell me there's an expansion deck of SB, I know that Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
The thing is I live in Ecuador, South America where there's not a single board game store, so I'd like to work with what I have at the reach of my arm Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Thank you for reading. Any feedback would be very helpful to me... Would you like to try my ideas to see how they work? Do you wanna share your own? Please feel free to do so.
Thanks again!
Le Havre is one of my favorite games, I own it since 2010 and have played it +30 times. Even though I like it a lot, I miss the hand management part of Agricola; moreover, through all my plays I've realized that the special buildings (SB hereafter) are barely used, so I thought about this variants:
Variant A.- Instead of following the official rules for SB, each player starts the game with 5 SB in hand. During the game a player may put into play one of his/her SB into his/her playing area paying its cost to the bank. This works exactly as the normal buying action in the rules (e.g. Isn't considered a principal action and can be executed at any time during a player's turn).
Clarifications and suggestions to play using this variant:
-Players (maybe) should start with $10 instead of $5 in order to make it easier the construction of their first SB.
-All SB with a lock icon in its top right corner* (Stadium, etc.) maybe should be removed from the SB deck before dealing starting hands.
-Immediately after a SB is put into play, players (including its owner) may use it normally.
Variant B.- Similar to variant A, except that players may put into play, in a common area, one SB from their hands without paying its cost.
Clarifications an suggestions to play using this variant:
-Thematically, this would represent the political influence of the players on the city, deciding which projects will be built by the municipality.
-Each player may only use this "political action" up to 3 times** per game and maximum once per complete round (so, at the end of the game each player should still have at least 2 cards in hand).
-The SB played this way should be placed in a common area where all players can make use of them following the normal rules (e.g. paying the entrance costs, if any).
-As per the official rules, at any time during their turn, players may buy one of the SB in the common area.
-All SB with a lock icon in its top right corner* (Stadium, etc.) maybe should be removed from the SB deck before dealing starting hands.
-Immediately after a SB is put into the common area, players (including the one who put it) may use it or buy it normally.
*About removing SB, I suspect only Stadium and Luxury Yatch would represent a problem.
**I'm not sure about the number of SB each player should be able to put into play in the common areas in the whole game
_______
That's it. So, what do you think? What variant (if any) do you think would work better? Please let me know.
Now, please guys, don't tell me there's an expansion deck of SB, I know that Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
The thing is I live in Ecuador, South America where there's not a single board game store, so I'd like to work with what I have at the reach of my arm Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Thank you for reading. Any feedback would be very helpful to me... Would you like to try my ideas to see how they work? Do you wanna share your own? Please feel free to do so.
Thanks again!
