Le Havre

So after reading multiple recommendations in comments on this blog, I purchased and played Le Havre this week. It seems good, but why do you guys think it's a better board game than Agricola?

I'm happy to own it and I look forward to playing it more, but it doesn't look like it's going to have nearly the replay value of Agricola. Without much randomness to either the set-up or the gameplay, what stops it from bogging down into one reasonably-solved puzzle after the first couple of games? With Agricola (which is by the same designer), I find that your random hand of Minor Improvements and Occupations does a lot to make each game that you play a pretty different experience. All those cards can make Agricola feel a little bit busy, but it's not like Le Havre constrains your actions down to a small number of options. If anything, the late turns of Le Havre seem to present you with even more options that you can potentially spend your turn doing. Plus it's almost twice as long to play (so far in limited smaple size, anyway).

Anyway, like I said, I'm not complaining; but I would enjoy hearing more from someone who loves Le Havre. I'm probably missing something.
 

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