La Habana

Overview

• Title: Havana
• Players: 2–4
• Age: 10+
• Playtime: 30–45 minutes
• Designer: Reinhard Staupe
• Artist: Ian Parovel

Short description

• Help rebuild Cuba’s capital by gathering materials, rubble, pesos, and workers to construct beautiful buildings and earn prestige. Plan actions, manage initiative, and outbuild your rivals while avoiding thieves and sabotage.

Setup & mechanics (brief)

• Play action cards to collect resources and workers or perform special actions.
• Combine action card values to determine initiative order each round—higher or strategic totals act first.
• Spend resources to build structures that score prestige points; some actions let you steal or disrupt opponents.
• Timing and anticipating others’ plans are key to securing valuable buildings.

Goal

• Score the most prestige points by the end of the game through efficient resource management, smart use of initiative, and well-timed building.

Highlights

• Engine‑building/resource management with tactical planning
• Innovative initiative mechanic that shapes turn order and interaction
• Direct player interaction via theft and disruption
• Accessible rules with medium-length playtime

Ideal for

• Families and casual gamers who enjoy planning, tactical timing, and interactive building games.