Havana

Overview

Havana (La Habana) is a card-driven resource management game set in Cuba’s capital. Players use action cards to collect construction materials, rubble, pesos, and workers to construct buildings and earn prestige points. The two-digit number formed by your played cards determines turn order. The first player to reach the minimum prestige points wins.

Components

80 wooden bricks (4 sets of 10 colored building materials + 40 grey rubble)
4 sets of 13 action cards (1 per player)
36 structure cards
1 supply reminder card
15 worker tokens
60 peso coins
1 burlap bag

Setup

Each player takes 13 action cards (identical backs) + 1 peso + 1 grey rubble brick.
Mix remaining bricks in the bag.
Place pesos and workers in separate accessible piles.
Shuffle structure cards, make 2 rows of 6 face up. Ensure at least one 1, 2, or 3 PP structure is at a row end.
Place supply reminder card centrally with 3 pesos + 3 random bricks from the bag on it.

Turn Structure

First Round

Each player chooses 2 action cards from hand, places them face down. All reveal simultaneously.

Subsequent Rounds (4 Phases)

Phase 1 – Initiative: Form a two-digit number from your two cards (lower number on left). Lowest initiative goes first.

Phase 2 – Construction and Actions: In initiative order, perform your 2 actions (in any order). Then build as many structures as you can afford. Only structures at the ends of rows may be built.

Phase 3 – Supply: Add 3 pesos + 3 random bricks from the bag to the center of the table.

Phase 4 – Replacement: Keep 1 of your 2 played action cards (it carries over). Choose 1 new card from hand to replace the discarded one. Reveal new cards simultaneously. When only 2 cards remain in hand, reclaim your discard pile.

Actions

Card	Action
0	No effect (lowers initiative)
1	Protection from theft this round
2	Take 1 peso from reserve
2	Swap 1 hand card for 1 discard pile card (show to others)
3	Remove 1 end-of-row structure (once per round total)
3	Take all rubble from center of table
4	Take 2 workers (1 if not first to play this action)
4	Take 1 worker; required for structures with architect symbol (not consumed)
5	Steal 2 pesos from next player (3 if they have 6+ pesos)
6	Steal 1 brick from next player (2 if they have 4+ materials)
7	Draw 2 random bricks or choose 1 from bag (1 random if not first)
8	Take half the pesos from center (round up)
9	Take half the materials and half the rubble from center (round up both)

Scoring / Victory Conditions

The game ends immediately when a player reaches:

25 PP for 2 players
20 PP for 3 players
15 PP for 4 players

If all structures are built or all bricks used, the player with the most PP wins.

Building Structures

Pay the construction cost shown on the structure card.
Only structures at either end of a row can be built.
Building materials and rubble are discarded to the box; pesos and workers return to the reserve.
When a row drops to 2 structures, draw 4 new structures and place them between the remaining two.

5-for-1 Rule

During construction: 5 pesos = 1 worker (not reverse); 5 rubble = 1 building material (not reverse). May be used multiple times.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

Initiative ties: Broken by fewest PP, then fewest building materials, then fewest pesos, then fewest workers, then fewest rubble, then youngest player.
Theft targets: Cards 5 and 6 steal from the player going after you in initiative order.
Card 1 protection: Blocks all theft attempts against you for the round.
Card 4 (architect): Acts as a permanent qualifier for building, not consumed as a resource.
Card 3 (demolish): Only 1 structure can be removed per round across all players.
Cards 4 and 7: First player to use the action gets the better reward.

Player Reference

Initiative: Two-digit number from your cards (lower digit left). Lowest goes first.

Building: Pay costs on structure card. Materials/rubble consumed; pesos/workers returned.

5-for-1 Conversions: 5 pesos -> 1 worker

5 rubble -> 1 material (one direction only)

Victory: First to 25/20/15 PP (2/3/4 players)