The players are plantation owners in Puerto Rico in the days when ships had sails. Growing up to five different kind of crops: Corn, Indigo, Coffee, Sugar and Tobacco, they must try to run their business more efficiently than their close competitors; growing crops and storing them efficiently, developing San Juan with useful buildings, deploying their colonists to best effect, selling crops at the right time, and most importantly, shipping their goods back to Europe for maximum benefit.
The game system lets players choose the order of the phases in each turn by allowing each player to choose a role from those remaining when it is their turn. No role can be selected twice in the same round. The player who selects the best roles to advance their position during the game will win.
This is an insert to help organize the game Puerto Rico for quicker setup and tear down times. I used a Plano ProLatch "Stowaway" 2-3650 Utility box with 6-21 Adjustable Compartments for this insert. The red numbers represent number of players you are playing. You pull from each compartment for the number of players down to 2. In other words, a 4 player game would get compartments: 4, 3, then 2 to play a four player game.
Set up more quickly with these guides for 2, 3, 4, and 5 players. Each card has the needed ships and shows number of victory points and colonists used. 2 & 4 player cards are on one file, 3 & 5 on another. Print on letter-size photo paper, and glue back to back. Trim around cards and they're ready to use.
This is a play-by-play of the final game from the Puerto Rico tournament at the 2002 World Boardgaming Championships, won by Arthur Field. This replay includes commentary by the GM and some of the players.
This is a play-by-play of the final game from the Puerto Rico tournament at the 2003 World Boardgaming Championships, won by Nicholas Anner. The replay includes commentary by the GM, the players, and a special guest commentator, Jim Campbell (Jim C on BGG aka "icetrey" on BSW).
This is a play-by-play of the final game from the Puerto Rico tournament at the 2004 World Boardgaming Championships, won by Barbara Flaxington. The replay includes commentary by the GM and some of the players.
This is a play-by-play of the final game from the Puerto Rico tournament at the 2005 World Boardgaming Championships, won by Bill Murdock. The replay includes some commentary by the GM and some of the players.
This is a play-by-play of the final game from the Puerto Rico tournament at the 2006 World Boardgaming Championships, won by Chris Moffa. This replay does not include any commentary.
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