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Description
Puerto Rico – International Gamer’s Award 2003
Prospector, captain, mayor, trader, settler, craftsman, or builder? Which roles will you play in the new world? Will you own the most prosperous plantations? Will you build the most valuable buildings? You have but one goal: achieve the greatest prosperity and highest respect! This is shown by the player who earns the most victory points. He will win the game!
Author: Andreas Seyfarth,
Type: Economic, City Building, Abstract Strategy
Number of players: 3-5
Age of players: 12+
Length: 60-90 minutes
Languages Available: ENGLISH
Suggested Retail: $44.95
Review by Dr. Matt J. Carlson
Leaning slightly to the complex side, but still capable of being a family game, Puerto Rico has risen to be one of the most popular board games of the past few years.
In 2002, it won first place at SpielePreis and was a finalist in the Spiel des Jahres. (See GamerDad Unplugged #2.) Games Magazine ranked it as the best advanced strategy game of 2003, and it is currently the top ranked game at www.boardgamegeek.com.
Each player is a plantation owner in Puerto Rico in colonial days. The object of the game is to acquire the most victory points by producing goods and shipping them back to Spain. Everyone begins with a small amount of cash and a production building. One player is chosen as the Governor and begins a round of play. The governor takes her turn by selecting a role: the mayor, builder, captain, settler, craftsman, trader, or prospector. Whichever role is picked, ALL players then perform the activities of that role. Once everyone has participated, if they can, play proceeds to the Governor
