A strategic colony building game for 2-5 players where you build a Caribbean plantation and gain victory points for shipping goods back to the old world. The game revolves around the "variable phase order" mechanic--every player selects a general action to be taken by everyone while gaining a ...
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What's the difference between Puerto Rico and San Juan?
I've heard people describe San Juan as Puerto Rico's little brother. What's actually the difference?
How is the game-play changed?
Is it any easier to teach new people?
Is it worth buying if I ...
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Evaluating tactical situations in Puerto Rico
I've been playing a bit of Puerto Rico against computers (AIs) lately. I'm doing quite well against the easier AIs so I think my overall gameplay isn't so bad but I've realized that I still have ...
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Seating orders effect on Puerto Rico
Within my group its taken for granted that some seats in Puerto Rico are better (if only slightly) than others. There's a general consensus that 3rd and 4th seat are strictly better than 1st, where ...
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Clarification on the Royal Garden from Puerto Rico expansion 2
The Royal Garden states:
At game end, the owner of the occupied royal garden takes 1 VP for each noble on his island. As each noble is normally worth 1 VP (whether on a building, plantation or in ...
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Viable, alternative, first round role orders in 5-player Puerto Rico
I'm a big fan of Puerto Rico.
But one thing that bugs me a little bit in my (5 player) games is how stable the first round is, with regards to role choices.
It (almost) always goes:
Settler
...
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Can you build the same building more than once in Puerto Rico?
Is one player allowed to build the same building more than once in Puerto Rico? If so, do the bonuses stack, so that a player building both Large Markets would get +4 for trading? I wasn't able to ...
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Race for the Galaxy vs. San Juan and Puerto Rico
I've seen these games compared very often, with steadfast advocates on each side (that thread has a lot of interesting stuff as well). I'm mainly concerned with:
depth of strategy
suitability for ...
