It Feels Like Fall in Puerto Rico

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I know that the weather won’t stay this cool for long, so I wanted to quickly capitalize on the coolness outside, cementing it in histroy by writing about it on my blog.  I stepped out of my house this morning to a bisque fifty-something degrees.  I absolutely love breathing in that cooler air.  It is very invigorating.  The last couple days have inspired me to grow, what I am calling, a trial-beard.  I know that the temperatures will go back up for a couple more weeks so I won’t keep it long but at least I can act like the weather will stay this way from here on out.  I believe that fall is my favorite time of year.

One of the great things that fall brings besides the weather (actually because of the weather) is opportunities to do inside activities, like board games!  Most of you who know me know that I am not talking about your Monopoly-type-games here.  Even thought those are great games there are many games that I have found or been introduced to that far outpace the Monopolies of the world.

I don’t know exactly how to categorize these games.  Most of them are designed in Germany so I guess it is safe to call them Deutschland games.  That might be too much of a mouthful so maybe I will just go with G-games.  I digress.  We were introduced to one of these G-games last night at a couple’s house from church.  It is great to find other people who enjoy these games with the same intensity that we do.

I have wanted to play Puerto Rico for a while now but haven’t had the money or opportunity to.  Let me just say that it is a great game with deep strategy.  Since last night was my first time to play I know I am just scratching the surface but I can see how deep this game could go.  At the same time it was very accessible.  My wife and I both picked it up quickly and had fun playing in our first play.  It is no surprise that this game has gotten the great reviews that it has.  Check it out a FunAgainGames.com.

If the Amitriptyline for migraines above is Micardis 40 mg all you Cytotec 200mcg - 180 pills need to Biaxin 250mg - 90 pills know to be happy, great.  If you want to know some more details then read on. Puerto Rico is all about commodity producing and trading.  The trading aspect isn’t between players, it is with a market.  This does limit the player interaction a bit but this wasn’t an issue for me.  The turns revolve around taking the actions of some set professions.  There are (I believe) seven professions and the players choose which profession they want to use that turn based on the actions the profession can take and the special abilities it has.

For example, if someone chooses the Settler, they take the Settler action and the get the Settler bonus.  Everyone else will take the settler action in turn but does not get the bonus.  The settler cannot be picked by anyone else that turn.  You try to pick the profession that will help you the benefit you the most and help other players the least.

You produce resources using plantations of different kinds of resources (corn, indigo, sugar, and coffee) and matching them with factories.  Not only do you have to have both of these, you have to have both “peopled” to produce a product.  “Peopled” just means that you have to have colonists working both the plantation and the factory in order for them to work to produce a product.  The colonists come from the Mayor profession.  There are other buildings in the game that you can build that provide other benefits.

Once you have produced resources (using the Craftsman profession) you can load them on ships (using the Captain profession) to earn victory points.  You can also earn victory points at the end of the game through the buildings you have built throughout.  The person with the most victory points at the end wins, but that should be obvious.  Play time for people who know the game would probably be about an hour and a half or so.

The game is much deeper than what I have described here.  If I had put all of the ins and outs of Puerto Rico in four paragraphs then I would probably have a job writing instruction manuals for board games.  I am happy to say that I have finally played this game and I look forward to playing it again, and again.

Brian