A high-stakes strategy game of trade, power, and ruthless family ambition set in 17th-century New Amsterdam, the city that would become New York.
Built around four complete decks of playing cards, each family plays by its own rules.
Launching soon on Kickstarter.
Early supporters get first access and limited rewards.
Designed by Dutch Card House Company
Creator of 40+ successful Kickstarter card campaigns.
Players
2 - 4
Play Time
45 - 135 Min
Age
13+
New Amsterdam, 1653.
At the edge of a new world, fortunes are waiting to be claimed.
Four powerful families arrive from Europe, each driven by ambition, wealth, and influence. Trade routes are opening, districts are rising from the harbour, and every decision carries risk. Alliances are fragile. Rivals are ruthless.
Build your estate, secure valuable resources, and outmanoeuvre your opponents, before they seize control of the city and write history in their name.
A game of luck and strategy built around playing cards.
Each family commands its own complete 54-card deck. The cards you draw shape your options, your alliances, and your path to power. Every decision counts, and every hand can change the balance of the city.
New Amsterdam 1653
Four rival families cross the ocean, each seeking fortune, power, and legacy.
A Premium Table Presence
Harbour of Fortune can be upgraded with deluxe poker-quality playing cards and custom wooden card houses, designed as a gameplay enhancement for players and a standalone collector’s set for playing card enthusiasts.
Choose your allegiance
Each family is represented by its own complete 54-card deck, featuring fully unique court card artwork.
Everything you need to build
your dynasty
Cards
Each family commands a complete 54-card deck, traditional playing cards reimagined as a strategic engine.
Court cards represent key household members with unique influence. Jacks act as specialists with powerful abilities, while numbered cards and wilds introduce opportunity, conflict, and sudden twists.
Game Board
A beautifully illustrated board of New Amsterdam, where districts, influence, and fortune are contested.
The game includes a large harbour board, four family ships, twenty-four canal houses, tokens, custom dice, a rulebook, and player aids, everything needed for a complete and immersive experience.
How to play
A strategic game of medium complexity, where careful planning, timing, and calculated risks decide who controls New Amsterdam.
Action
Build your dynasty and outplay your rivals.
Recruit specialists, build canal houses, arrange strategic marriages, and use your court cards to react, or strike back.
Victory
Power, influence, and wealth decide the winner.
Earn income, control key districts, and survive the shifting dangers of the city to secure your legacy.
Set up
Choose a family, prepare your household, and begin your voyage from Europe.
Draw your starting hand, place your ships, and distribute starting money.
Movement
Sail, dock, and turn opportunity into progress.
Hire the Captain to move your ships, pay taxes, gain bonuses, and push deeper into the harbour.
Quick Start Rules (Core Rules Preview, optional download)
Full Rulebook on Kickstarter at launch.
Transform Harbour of Fortune into a true table centerpiece with the Collector’s Set.
This optional deluxe upgrade includes four poker-quality decks, one for each family, featuring fully unique court card artwork, deluxe embossed tuck cases, and wooden card houses matched to each family’s color and estate.
The wooden houses double as draw piles, creating a cleaner setup and a more tactile, immersive table presence.
The Deluxe Playing Card Set is an optional upgrade. The base game includes standard playing cards.
