How to Play Harmonies Online
By the Tavernly team ยท
Harmonies is a tile-placing game by Johan Benvenuto, published by Libellud in 2024. You can play it on Board Game Arena; we found no Steam or App Store listing, checked 14 October 2026. We make Larkhollow on Tavernly.
The short answer (checked 14 October 2026)
- Play Harmonies: Board Game Arena has an authorized browser version.
- Choose our alternative: Larkhollow on Tavernly is free, with no account, for friends or bots.
- Learn through play: Choose Learn by playing for a coached game.
Which way is right for you?
| You want to | Choose |
|---|---|
| Play Harmonies | Board Game Arena |
| Start against computer opponents | Larkhollow on Tavernly, Play now |
| Send friends a private invite | Larkhollow on Tavernly, Play with friends |
| Learn while taking turns | Larkhollow on Tavernly, Learn by playing |
Method 1: Board Game Arena, in your browser (free to join)
Board Game Arena lists Harmonies as a browser game taking 17 minutes. BGA's announcement says Libellud's team authorized this version. The page says it is free, with no download.
You need: A free BGA account. Harmonies does not need Premium.
- Sign in with a free account. Create your account on Board Game Arena, then sign in. Friends need accounts too.
- Open the Harmonies page. Use the link above.
- Join or create a table. Enter an open table or create your own.
- Invite your friends. Ask them to sign in before they join.
Method 2: A Harmonies alternative: Larkhollow on Tavernly
A Harmonies alternative
Larkhollow on Tavernly is our valley building game, with wooden tokens for trees, mountains and water. You arrange your board and bring animals home by completing card patterns. A game takes about 20 minutes, and the table shows live points as you build.
You need: A browser, no account, and players aged 13+. On your first visit, When were you born? asks for Month and Year; select them and press Continue.
Play against bots
- Open Larkhollow on Tavernly. Use the game link above.
- Choose your bots. Set Opponents from 0 to 3 and Bots to Easy, Medium or Hard.
- Press Play now. Bots take empty seats within five seconds.
Play with friends
- Press Play with friends. Choose 1 to 4 under Seats at the table, then press Start a private table.
- Send the invite. Press Share invite, or tap the invite link to copy it.
- Start when your friends arrive. Press Start now: bots take the empty seats.
Try the guided lesson
- Press Learn by playing. Your first valley opens with you and one bot; the coach states your goal.
- Play the two coached turns. Follow the suggested dish choices, token placements and Kingfisher pattern, then use End turn (Space).
- Continue your valley. The 22 steps cover landscape scoring and the ending; afterward, suggestions continue, but you may choose any move.
Learn the rules of Larkhollow on Tavernly
You score your landscape and animal cards in Larkhollow on Tavernly. Each turn gives you a dish of tokens to place, plus optional animal actions. Plan where pieces go before you commit the turn.
| Plain word | Our name |
|---|---|
| A landscape piece | token: Water, Stone, Trunk, Leaf, Wheat, Roof |
| The tray of three tokens you take | dish |
| Your own board of 23 hexes | valley board |
| A building | cottage |
| A marker you put on a card | peg |
| Two or more touching Wheat | field |
Setup: Each player has a valley board. There are 32 animal cards; five appear in the row, or three for solo play.
Step 1: Take a dish. Choose one dish and take all three tokens. A multiplayer table has five dishes; a solo table has three.
Step 2: Place your tokens. Put them on your own board one at a time, on empty hexes or permitted stacks. Place all three before ending your turn.
- A tree is a Leaf on top of zero, one or two Trunks.
- A mountain is Stone stacked up to three high.
- A cottage is a Roof on top of one Trunk, Stone or Roof.
- Water and Wheat stand alone. Tokens never go underneath others.
Step 3: Take an animal card. This is optional, once per turn, while you hold fewer than four unfinished cards. Put a reserve peg on each slot of the card.
Step 4: Place a peg. When a card's pattern appears on your board, move its lowest covered slot's peg to the ringed target hex. You may repeat this action; turn patterns without flipping them, and add no tokens to a hex with a peg.
Step 5: End your turn. Press End turn (Space) to refill the dish and animal row. Until then, Undo (U) lets you revise your choices.
Step 6: Finish the game. The ending triggers when the bag cannot refill a dish or a board has two empty hexes or fewer. Every player receives the same number of turns.
Step 7: Compare totals. The highest score wins. If totals tie, the player who placed more pegs wins.
| What scores | Points |
|---|---|
| Tree | 1, 3 or 7 by height |
| Mountain | 1, 3 or 7 by height, only beside another mountain |
| Field | 5 per group, whatever its size |
| Cottage | 5 if at least three different token kinds touch it; count each neighbour's top token |
| River | Only your longest Water group: lengths 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 score 2, 5, 8, 11, 15; add 4 per token beyond 6 |
| Animal card | Highest uncovered slot's value; Otter slots are 2 / 4 / 8 |
Our version: These rules describe Larkhollow on Tavernly; our animals, patterns, numbers, names and look are our own.
Tips and warnings
- Finish your trees. A Trunk alone earns nothing; plan room for its Leaf.
- Keep unfinished cards. They still score and carry no penalty.
- Free a card space. A finished card stops counting toward your unfinished card limit.
- Read the move record. What happened lists every move.
- Check a rule at the table. Open How to play when you need a reminder.
- Use preset chat. Say something opens the available phrases.
Warning: With other people, you have 90 seconds per turn; if time expires, the server makes a safe move.
Questions people ask
Do I need to download anything?
Harmonies on Board Game Arena runs directly in your browser without installation. Sign in before choosing a table. If you choose Larkhollow on Tavernly, follow the browser link in this guide and pick a start option on the game page.
Can I play Harmonies online for free?
Yes. Board Game Arena's Harmonies listing says Free, and the game does not need Premium. Larkhollow on Tavernly is free, with private tables and bots included.
Can I play alone?
You can choose solo play through either route:
- Harmonies: BGA's announcement confirms solo support.
- Larkhollow on Tavernly: choose zero opponents or a private table with one seat.
In our solo game, the end panel gives your points and a rating in suns. One person against bots has no timer.
Can I play with friends?
For Harmonies, use the Board Game Arena route and arrange your table with everyone signed in. On Larkhollow on Tavernly, use the private invite route above. Your group can choose how many seats to reserve, then the host starts after friends arrive; any remaining seats go to bots.
Can I play on my phone?
Harmonies on BGA and Larkhollow on Tavernly both use a browser, so that is the route to try from your phone. We did not test a phone for this guide. The pictures show a desktop browser.
How many players?
Board Game Arena lists Harmonies for 1 to 4 players, and Larkhollow on Tavernly supports that range too. Choose your group size before sending invites. On the private Tavernly setup page, use Seats at the table before you start the waiting room and send its link.
Is there a Harmonies app on Steam or the App Store?
Our searches returned no Harmonies Steam listing and no Harmonies game in the US App Store search. The Libellud page also had no app link. BGA is the online version we found; these checks do not establish what every store or website might offer.
Sources
- BGA Harmonies page: listing, credits, duration and price.
- BGA announcement: publisher authorisation and solo support.
- Libellud: publisher page and digital links.
- Steam search: store listing check.
- US App Store search: app listing check.
- Larkhollow on Tavernly: controls, lesson and our rules.
We checked all outside pages on 14 October 2026. We did not check Google Play in full, and we did not test BGA while signed in or a phone.
Larkhollow is not affiliated with or endorsed by the owner of Harmonies. Harmonies is a trademark of its owner. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
If you want the physical game, here is Harmonies on Amazon.