Puerto Rico 1897

10/10 games with poor re-implementation of UX/UI, no building text, and errors here and there, the updated version has no sign to tell the buyers. this is an act to conceal the error version. not nice at all.

After two 2-player games (using the modified rules suggested here, including only 5 turns per round and having a random selection of commercial buildings), I'm really enjoying it! It's devilishly cutthroat without feeling too trashy (though we're playing vanilla, without the expansions). It looks beautiful and it behaves nicely on a small outdoor table. It feels different from the other games it (very) superficially resembles, like our beloved Uwe Resenberg titles.

I'd rate it higher but I got the "botched" version: incorrect number of estates, buildings without explanatory text, some incorrect text in the reference section of the rulebook. It is unnecessarily difficult to teach ("Sorry, I know I said you needed a warehouse to avoid losing all your stuff after shipping, but that fruit warehouse isn't actually a warehouse. Oh, and for that large building bonus, it turns out the small production buildings say they are small, but the large production buildings don't necessarily say they are large. Yeah, sorry, I know it's frustrating")

I expect this is even more fun with more players, but with the modified 2p rules I see a lot of potential!

I love action sélection games where every one does the action and the person who picked gets a bonus. I do struggle with games where you have to switch from engine building to points making but this one goes fast and was enjoyable. Not going to be one I always reach for but I liked it well enough.

2-5 players

Puerto Rico is one of the games I love most. I own the first English edition and the Italian anniversary edition: it deserves to be reprinted until the end of the days but by professionals.

Incredibly 20 years later this new edition, no changes in the rules, is very poor, for example it has no text on the buildings, mistakes and missing parts: it is quite unplayable. Unacceptable.

I suggest to buy an old edition and enjoy this masterpiece.

Классика в новой красивой обертке. Уже анонсирована обертка покруче, посолиднее и дороже, но если вы не фанат, то хватит и такой. Игра для любителей логистики и чтения мыслей оппонента. Приятно, лаконично, в меру разнообразно и глубоко. Но возраст даёт о себе знать.