Each
round, a set of new, predefined buildings is added to the market. Both
players now takes turns by either building one of these buildings or by
using an existing building's effects. To construct a building, players
have to pay a certain amount of money and/or resources from their
warehouse. Most of these buildings, in turn, allow to change the amount
of resources on a player's warehouse board in a specific way when used.
This is crucial to the game as players are restricted on how to fill or
empty their warehouse. They have to combine and optimize these steps to
max out the capacity of their warehouses. Players can even use their
opponent's buildings, but they have to pay them one Franc (=money) to do
so. When a building is not used during a round, it steadily increases
in worth as its effects can be used up to four times in subsequent
rounds. But a building that is not used for too long has to be sold to
the market for half its value! The game uses an Ora et Labora-like wheel
to track this status of each building in play.
Although Le Havre:
The Inland Port shares gameplay elements with Ora et Labora and is
linked in theme with Le Havre, it is a distinct game with its own
mechanisms and gameplay.
Card Sleeves
Dice / Tower
Components
Organizer
Metal Coins
Mat & Board
Promos
Storage Box
