by archipel
We tried the variant created by Ponton in a two player game last week.We really liked it. I could even say that it was the first time that we really used specials buildings in our games and they had a impact in our strategies.
Of course we are not experts at Le Havre (we have played 23 games) but for us the interest was that we were able to plan our actions during the firsts turns in such a way that permitted us to take advantage of the specials buildings we had in hand at the start of the game.
It also permitted us to see that those specials buildings, when used, modify the game and add variability in the game.
So it will be a variant that we will use systematically in our 2 player games.
:)