San Juan (game)
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Game scene |
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Game data | |
author | Andreas Seyfarth |
graphic | Franz Vohwinkel |
publishing company |
alea / Ravensburger , Rio Grande Games , Filosofia Editions |
Publishing year | 2004 |
Art | Card game |
Teammates | 2 to 4 |
Duration | 45 - 60 minutes |
Age | from 10 years on
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Awards | |
à la carte card game prize 2004: 1st place |
San Juan is the card game version of Puerto Rico . The author is Andreas Seyfarth , the editing was done by Stefan Brück; Franz Vohwinkel designed the graphics. The game was published under the Alea brand by Ravensburger Spieleverlag .
construction
The background is not the economic development of an island, as is the case with Puerto Rico, but a city in the Caribbean. The players build buildings for the production of indigo, sugar, tobacco, coffee or silver, produce and sell. If there are 12 buildings in a city, the game is over and the points scored are compared.
In addition to a special notepad, the game box also contains 110 playing cards and a punching board with 5 role cards
- Builder,
- Overseer,
- Dealer,
- Councilor,
- Prospectors
and 5 trading houses. The cards themselves serve either as buildings, goods or currency, depending on how they are used. For example, to build a card with a building with a construction cost of 3 (i.e. to place it in front of you), you must pay with 3 other cards from your hand (i.e. to discard it).
rule
At the beginning each player receives four cards and an indigo shop (first building) for his city. The starting player selects a role and performs a role assigned to that person. All players also slip into this role and take a corresponding action. Then the next player chooses a role and so on.
The opener of a round always receives a privilege through the chosen role. Various buildings also have advantages, such as the poor house , which allows a poor person to draw a card if you only have one. You get victory points for the buildings erected and, in the end, expensive buildings such as the victory column can also prove to be decisive.
Comparison with Puerto Rico
Compared to Puerto Rico, the plantations, the maize and the shipping have been omitted, a silver smelter and many new buildings have been added. San Juan is explained and played much faster, which makes it very interesting even for "inexperienced" players.
San Juan has received the following awards
- à la carte card game award for the best card game 2004
- German Games Prize 2004, 2nd place
- Spiele Hit 2004 in the category games for two as part of the Austrian game award game of games
Web links
- San Juan in the Luding games database
- San Juan in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English)
- Instructions and online game in the board game world (requires Java)
- Brief review
- Brief review