Before the Wind
A harbor trading game of stocking goods and timing full deliveries to ships before the fleet sails away.
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- Designer
- Torsten Landsvogt
- Published by
- Mayfair Games
- Editions by
- Phalanx Games B.V.
As harbor traders you fill your warehouse with goods, then load them onto waiting ships that each want a specific combination. But a captain only accepts a complete delivery from a single trader, and the fleet sails once storage is full and the winds are fair, so timing your transfer is everything.
Who it's for
Players who like mid-weight card-driven economic games with set collection and satisfying timing decisions.
Not for you if…
You want fast, light play or heavy direct conflict. At 75 minutes it asks for patience, and it is an older title that can be tricky to find.
Vibe's take
A tense timing puzzle: build toward a complete matching load, but commit too late and the ship you wanted simply catches the wind and leaves.
Published 2007 · 19 years ago
older than 84% of games
In 2,148 collections
collected more than 34% of games
2–4 players · ages 12+
Best with 4 · publisher: 10+
about 75 min
longer than 71% of games · typical 30–90 min
Complexity: medium
One warm-up round · 2.6 out of 5 · heavier than 72%
Opinions: usual spread
A normal range of ratings
Language: no text
Playable without the language
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