Description
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 mechanism in which 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.
In 2011 and mostly afterwards, Puerto Rico was published to include both Puerto Rico: Expansion I – New Buildings and Puerto Rico: Expansion II – The Nobles. These versions are included in the other game entry Puerto Rico, not this regular game entry for Puerto Rico. Some editions of Puerto Rico list the player count as 2-5 instead of 3-5, and they include variant rules for games with only two players.
Rental Information
Game rental is charged per week (7 days) with a minimum rental period of 1 week and a maximum rental period of 8 weeks per booking.
Rentals are available for pick-up after 12pm the day after you place your order. If you require same day collection please contact us to discuss before placing your order.
Rentals must be picked-up and dropped-off in person at Crafted Coffee which is located at 121 Blenheim Road, Christchurch, 8025.
Crafted Coffee's standard opening hours are:
7am - 2:30pm Monday to Friday
10am - 2pm Saturday
Closed - Sunday
Hours may change on public holidays. You can contact Crafted Coffee on 03 348 4833.
A 10% discount will automatically be applied to all rentals taken for more than 4 weeks. Discounts can only be applied at the initial time of booking and can not be applied at a later point.
We do our best to ensure every game is complete and fully playable but if you do find anything wrong with the game that prevents you playing it please let us know as soon as possible. We are happy to refund any hire fees once the game has been returned. Please advise us if you wish to return a game. You are responsible for the game until it arrives back at Meepleopolis. We will refund or credit only once we have received the game and determined its condition.
If you buy from us the same game you rented within 7 days of the rental period ending we will apply a discount on the purchase price equal to one week of the rental cost. Discount will stack with your member discounts, no other discounts or promotions will stack with this discount. The purchase is dependent on stock availability for which we make no guarantees.
You are responsible for returning the rented game(s) on time - by the end of the rental period. Failure to return the rental on time will incur late return charges. Late return charges are set at 200% of the rental price paid for each week (or part of) of late return.
If some components of the game(s) go missing and can be replaced from the manufacturer you will be charged for these replacements, if required. Due to some manufacturer replacement policies, it may be necessary to replace the entire game should some pieces get lost or damaged. You acknowledge, understand and accept this risk. If you should receive a game where there are pieces missing then please notify us promptly.
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