I have now played a 5 player, 4 player, and 3 player game of Le Havre. We finished the three player game in 2.5 hours although the time flew by and it felt more like 90 minutes. I am glad I gave this game another chance after being somewhat soured by the five player game. I would certainly play a four or five player game again but my mindset would be different knowing to expect to be playing for a good 3-4 hours.
The game seems perfectly tailored for three players. Each player gets 2-3 turns per round and the food demands per round really encourage you to buy or build a ship early. In the five player game, the low food requirement seemed more like a minor nuisance than an integral part of the game. On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 12:14 AM, M. Crane <cran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I promise you that Mark C did not spend 3.5 hours playing Le Havre. > Marc Johnston? Mark Eaton? > > On May 4, 11:35 am, Kenneth Li <kenli8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, I was planning to come, but since I was hit by a cold (I think it > is > > not A(H1N1) that I got), my wife do suggested me to stay home that night. > > > > Looks like there is a lot of good game being played (I am interested in > > playing SMALL WORLD too, since it is a wargame :) ). > > > > And looks like there is a lot of new faces, I do not recognized the name > > that you type in: Alison, Rich, and Andrea? Seems like this is a good > bunch > > of players. And they like Wargames?? > > > > Anyway, The Mark you mentioned in your Le Havre game, I bet that is not > Mark > > T? So is that Mark C? > > > > I hope to join you guys later in the month. > > > > --- Ken --- > > > > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Sylvus <mafis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Unlike last session where I was able to squeeze in six games in our > > > standard evening this one went the opposite direction – yet was still > > > as enjoyable. > > > After waiting well over two hours for Mark Tyler to show up - all the > > > rest of us decided that more than likely he was going to be a no-show > > > and we dove in. I'm not sure about these Tuesday night sessions going > > > on at BGR - it must be scratching his itch and he and Ken decided to > > > abandon ship... ;) > > > > > SMALL WORLD: After waiting, in reality, about 15 minutes to make sure > > > everyone that was going to show up was here we split up. Josh, > > > Alison, Rich, Andrea (hope I got the spelling right on all those!) and > > > I split off and decided to give Small World a go around. I thought I > > > was more likely to get other games to the table so I wasn't as brushed > > > up on the rules as I would normally have been and had to refer a few > > > times but we managed to fumble through. My biggest mistake was > > > putting the mountains on the tunnel spaces ;) > > > > > My first play through was quite enjoyable. With so many races and > > > never having played Vinci I just chose the top race and went for it to > > > get a feel for things. Andrea came out of the gate with a good > > > combination race where she could take water as if it was land, and > > > when the race went into decline all the characters stayed on the > > > board. We also had invasions of Ratmen, Amazons, Dwarves and merfolk. > > > > > I went into decline first as my ratfolk really had no power and has > > > stretched themselves into oblivion quickly. I ended up doing this a > > > total of twice and came out in second place in the end thanks to some > > > flying humans. Scores were all competitive at the end of the game but > > > Andrea came out on top thanks to some dang sorcerers with forts and > > > her previous race. I will enjoy playing this one again. > > > > > We wrapped up about the same time as the other group that played a > > > game of Goldbrau we shifted around again. NateT and Mark joined me in > > > a three player game of Le Havre (woohoo! finally got to play it!). I > > > know another group was able to get Pandemic in (which Andrew taught) > > > and there was another game going on as well but I can't remember what > > > it was. > > > > > I enjoyed LeHavre. It is certainly going to take a few games to wrap > > > my head around everything. Getting to know the standard buildings > > > will be one of those important things as we were pretty much learning > > > them as they came up after building or purchasing other buildings. > > > This is a game that builds up - starting out quickly but once about > > > 15-20 buildings are out there the decisions get much more agonizing > > > and can take longer as you decide what it is that you want to do. I > > > am sure it will play faster next time, but even with only three > > > players it took us over three hours to finish. > > > > > In the end that last special building couldnt' have played into my > > > hand better as it was the smokehouse and I already had a bunch of meat > > > from my slaughtered cattle and a bunch of wood which I quickly turned > > > to charcoal and got myself 24 gold. I will have to play a few more > > > times through as there is some initial concern that a card like that > > > could really throw the game to someone that happens to have the right > > > stuff when it comes up. > > > > > A great evening as always. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "utah county boardgamers association" group. To post to this group, send email to ucboardgamers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ucboardgamers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
