Thread: Le Havre:: Rules:: starter cards Black market and Sawmill for 1 player
by yairdoza Hi, I was setting up the game for solo and saw that these cards: Black market and Sawmill have the 'Start' printed on the back. This let me use the black market first term and collect 2...
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by seepieceeggshell That’s for the short game, note the word START is printed hollow/light.
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by grant5 Just to piggyback off of Eric’s answer, since Black Market is only a start building in the solo SHORT game, and since all offers start with at least one good in the short game, you will not...
View ArticleThread: Le Havre:: General:: Blank Custom Special Building Write-Ins
by Regel_Fleck Curious, what kind of special buildings have you all created?
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by Regel_Fleck Anyway, I haven't had the opportunity to play with mine yet and I simply read the Wiki articles for some ideas and my wife likes a little randomness and luck in her games I created...
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by Fishticuffs Liking 5 & 6: carriage maker and espionage.
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by Regel_Fleck I would like to see what others come up with. I think the blockade should go onto the next empty shipyard to be covered by a round card as temporary. I think the 2p short game could...
View ArticleWhy I'm Excited to NOT Be Going To Essen. i.e. Cardboard Caucus is Coming!
by David Wiley This is the time when we see all those posts to make us jealous: “Here’s what I am excited for at Essen!” and if you are like me, going to conventions is a luxury rather than a plannable...
View ArticleThread: Le Havre:: General:: Are people playing with the offical variant for...
by Solipsiste I played this game a long while ago, then bought the game recently and replayed.In my rules, there is some kind of official variant for loans (it increases the cost of the interests...
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by lostphd My group sticks with the original rules, the few times we are able to get Le Havre to the table.
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by seepieceeggshell I use the original rule, I think it is prone to abuse by expert players but we aren’t concerned about that. We played several times with the mistaken “one franc per loan” wrong rule...
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by gillumlostphd wrote:I just checked some online rules and I couldn't find any with a variant rule for loans. What is your source?I have this same question.I couldn't find any variant rules in the...
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by lostphd I found it. It's on page 12 of the GERMAN rules, just above the credits. Loosely translated, it says:"In the loan payment phase, players pay an additional franc interest if they have 2/3/4/5...
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by Solipsiste Well, my English version of the game has the rules. It took me a while to see it, because instead of putting it in the rulebook per se, it appears on the sheet explaining the different...
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by marcuslind1 I prefer the advanced loan rules. Loans are still good.
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by SolipsisteOh Well, no need for the photograph, the rules are indeed in this version here:https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/155430/official-english-r...posted above. Same as with my game, it appears...
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by sidjmt Honestly, I don't play with either. I go the natural route of 1 franc per loan per week. That rule would probably be way too punishing with 4-5 players, but we normally play with 2-3, so it's...
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by Karlsenmarcuslind1 wrote:Loans are still good. There is a sweet spot for loans, some years ago I was experimenting and had discovered that sweet spot was more than 4 but less than 26.Further...
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by VinegarBob If you're paying extra money for loans, remember to put it all into Free Parking.
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by doctoryes0 I’ve always played 1/2 interest rounded up. So, 2f for 3 loans, 3f for 5, etc. No one goes over four loans though because it’s obviously a hole you can’t get out of, which is the point of...
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