Hey, my friends and I just picked up Le Havre, and we got through a game last weekend. It seemed as if we had the rules down pretty well, but we also grabbed the application for our iPhones just for fun, and also to see if we were doing things correctly. We may have run into problems with our loans.
We understood the rule to be that if you couldn't feed your workers, then you gave all that you could. Then you received a Loan Card, and four francs, and that was the end of it. This allows for some abuse, but seemed to be what we read.
However, when we were playing on our iPhones, it took what you had, issued a loan and four francs, and then took however many francs were needed to finish the feeding. This messed up my turn, but more importantly, it made me question how it was actually supposed to work.
I see some discussion on variants in here, but we are really just interested in finding out how it is actually supposed to work based on the original rules. Any help would be appreciated.
We understood the rule to be that if you couldn't feed your workers, then you gave all that you could. Then you received a Loan Card, and four francs, and that was the end of it. This allows for some abuse, but seemed to be what we read.
However, when we were playing on our iPhones, it took what you had, issued a loan and four francs, and then took however many francs were needed to finish the feeding. This messed up my turn, but more importantly, it made me question how it was actually supposed to work.
I see some discussion on variants in here, but we are really just interested in finding out how it is actually supposed to work based on the original rules. Any help would be appreciated.