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The Great Harbor

The Great Harbor

2026·Matteo De Nardis

Videos
8
Creators
6

Mostly reviews. The Great Harbor is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 6 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 1 unboxings.

1 - 4 players
45 - 120 min

From BoardGameGeek

Build your Roman colony in the Mediterranean, trade and engage with the Great Harbor of Carthage, construct mighty trading ships to trade with the cities along the Mediterranean, and fight the Cilician pirates in this dice drafting, worker placement game for 1-4 players! In The Great Harbor, you play as a powerful Roman governor of a Mediterranean colony. The game is played over multiple rounds where players will draft dice from a common dice pool, and will use those dice as workers to place them on the tiles of the Great Harbor to play the corresponding actions. In order to place a die on a certain slot, the die must match the color of the slot of the tile. The die power (ranging from 1 to 6) will determine the strength of your action on that tile. Once someone places a die on a slot, that slot is taken, and no other dice may be placed there until the end of the round. The actions that can be played include: gaining resources that are important for shipbuilding, scheduling workers to work on building the ships, increasing your colony capacity to dock ships and population, sending your ships to trade along the Mediterranean and be on the lookout for pirates, hire special workers and diplomats and more. The game ends after six rounds after which victory points from the constructed ships, buildings, senate influence, and objectives are then calculated, and the player with the most points is the winner of the game and proclaimed the most powerful governor of the Mediterranean! -description from the publisher

The Great Harbor

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Learn to play

The Great Harbor - Dice drafting and worker placement goodness.9:17

The Great Harbor - Dice drafting and worker placement goodness.

Meeple University

Meeple University

Review

The Great Harbor Do you like innovation in your worker placement?1:11:51

The Great Harbor Do you like innovation in your worker placement?

Rahdo Runs Through

Rahdo Runs Through

Which video should I watch for The Great Harbor?

The Great Harbor has 8 videos from 6 creators: 6 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide and 1 unboxing. They date from 2023 to October 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "The Great Harbor - Dice drafting and worker placement goodness." by Meeple University, which runs 9 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "The Great Harbor Do you like innovation in your worker placement?" by Rahdo Runs Through. 5 creators have reviewed it.

If you like it, try Magna Roma, also by Matteo De Nardis, or Dwellings of Eldervale, Golem and 51st State: Master Set, which share several of its mechanics.

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The Great Harbor Do you like innovation in your worker placement?Review1:11:51

The Great Harbor Do you like innovation in your worker placement?

Rahdo Runs Through

Rahdo Runs Through

The Hungry Gamer Previews Great HarborReview13:58

The Hungry Gamer Previews Great Harbor

Hungry Gamer

Hungry Gamer

The Great Harbor - Dice drafting and worker placement goodness.How to play9:17

The Great Harbor - Dice drafting and worker placement goodness.

Meeple University

Meeple University

6 Unexpected New Games! 11 Fun Videos! | Rahdo Recaps the Week in Board Games (Sept 17th-Sept 23rd)Review22:38

6 Unexpected New Games! 11 Fun Videos! | Rahdo Recaps the Week in Board Games (Sept 17th-Sept 23rd)

Rahdo Runs Through

Rahdo Runs Through

The Great Harbor - Prototype Unboxing & Impressions (EN) by EpitrapaizoumeUnboxing19:43

The Great Harbor - Prototype Unboxing & Impressions (EN) by Epitrapaizoume

epitrapaizoume

epitrapaizoume

The Great Harbor - A Preview Video (EN) by EpitrapaizoumeReview1:04:53

The Great Harbor - A Preview Video (EN) by Epitrapaizoume

epitrapaizoume

epitrapaizoume

Is The Great Harbor for you? A Quick Overview!Review1:24

Is The Great Harbor for you? A Quick Overview!

ShelfClutter

ShelfClutter

The Great Harbor (2026) - Kurzreview und RegelüberblickReview33:26

The Great Harbor (2026) - Kurzreview und Regelüberblick

Brettspiel - Snob

Brettspiel - Snob

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epitrapaizoume
epitrapaizoume
2 videos of this game
Rahdo Runs Through
Rahdo Runs Through
2 videos of this game
Brettspiel - Snob
Brettspiel - Snob
1 video of this game
Hungry Gamer
Hungry Gamer
1 video of this game
Meeple University
Meeple University
1 video of this game
ShelfClutter
ShelfClutter
1 video of this game

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About The Great Harbor

From BoardGameGeek:

Build your Roman colony in the Mediterranean, trade and engage with the Great Harbor of Carthage, construct mighty trading ships to trade with the cities along the Mediterranean, and fight the Cilician pirates in this dice drafting, worker placement game for 1-4 players! In The Great Harbor, you play as a powerful Roman governor of a Mediterranean colony. The game is played over multiple rounds where players will draft dice from a common dice pool, and will use those dice as workers to place them on the tiles of the Great Harbor to play the corresponding actions. In order to place a die on a certain slot, the die must match the color of the slot of the tile. The die power (ranging from 1 to 6) will determine the strength of your action on that tile. Once someone places a die on a slot, that slot is taken, and no other dice may be placed there until the end of the round. The actions that can be played include: gaining resources that are important for shipbuilding, scheduling workers to work on building the ships, increasing your colony capacity to dock ships and population, sending your ships to trade along the Mediterranean and be on the lookout for pirates, hire special workers and diplomats and more. The game ends after six rounds after which victory points from the constructed ships, buildings, senate influence, and objectives are then calculated, and the player with the most points is the winner of the game and proclaimed the most powerful governor of the Mediterranean! -description from the publisher

Designer

Matteo De Nardis

Artist

Daniel Cunha

Publisher

Archona Games

Categories

AncientPirates

Mechanics

Action SelectionDice RollingModular Board & Variable SetupHand Management
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