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Puerto Rico

In Puerto Rico players assume the roles of colonial governors on the island of Puerto Rico. The aim of the game is to amass victory points by shipping goods to Europe or by constructing buildings.

Each player uses a separate small board with spaces for city buildings, plantations, and resources. Shared between the players are three ships, a trading house, and a supply of resources and doubloons.

The resource cycle of the game is that players grow crops which they exchange for points or doubloons. Doubloons can then be used to buy buildings, which allow players to produce more crops or give them other abilities. Buildings and plantations do not work unless they are manned by colonists.

During each round, players take turns selecting a role card from those on the table (such as "Trader" or "Builder"). When a role is chosen, every player gets to take the action appropriate to that role. The player that selected the role also receives a small privilege for doing so - for example, choosing the "Builder" role allows all players to construct a building, but the player who chose the role may do so at a discount on that turn. Unused roles gain a doubloon bonus at the end of each turn, so the next player who chooses that role gets to keep any doubloon bonus associated with it. This encourages players to make use of all the roles throughout a typical course of a game.

Puerto Rico uses a variable phase order mechanic, where a "governor" token is passed clockwise to the next player at the conclusion of a turn. The player with the token begins the round by choosing a role and taking the first action.

Players earn victory points for owning buildings, for shipping goods, and for manned "large buildings." Each player's accumulated shipping chips are kept face down and come in denominations of one or five. This prevents other players from being able to determine the exact score of another player. Goods and doubloons are placed in clear view of other players and the totals of each can always be requested by a player. As the game enters its later stages, the unknown quantity of shipping tokens and its denominations require players to consider their options before choosing a role that can end the game. (BGG)



BGG Rank: 5
Designer: Andreas Seyfarth
Artist: Franz Vohwinkel
Year Published: 2002
Playing Time: 90-150 minutes
For Ages: 13+
Category:

• City Building
  
• Economic
  
• Farming

Mechanic: Variable Phase Order
Best played with 4 Players
Recommended with 2,3,4,5 players
Honors:

• 2002 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Family/Adult Game Winner
  
• 2002 Essener Feder Best Written Rules Winner
  
• 2002 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Advanced Game Nominee
  
• 2002 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Advanced Game Winner
  
• 2002 Meeples' Choice Award
  
• 2002 Spiel der Spiele Hit für Experten Recommended
  
• 2002 Spiel des Jahres Nominee
  
• 2002 Tric Trac Nominee
  
• 2003 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Winner
  
• 2003 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee
  
• 2003 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Winner
  
• 2004 Hra roku Nominee
  
• 2005 Hra roku Nominee
  
• 2005 Hra roku Winner
  
• 2006 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee
  
• 2007 Juego del Año Finalist
  
• 2008 Gra Roku Game of the Year
  
• 2010 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection

PDF Rule Book (English): http://riograndegames.com/getFile.php?id=675
BGG Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3076/puerto-rico

• 5 Player Boards
  
• 1 Governor Card
  
• 8 Role Cards
  
• 1 Game Board
  
• 49 Buildings
  
• 54 Doubloons (Custom Models)
  
• 58 Island Tiles
  
• 1 Colonist Ship
  
• 100 Colonists
  
• 1 Trading House
  
• 50 Goods (Custom Models)
  
• 5 Cargo Ships
  
• 50 Victory Points (Custom Models)
  
• The Setup Notecards

The board game Puerto Rico is designed by Andreas Seyfarth and owned by Rio Grande Games.
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