Setup for 4-Player a Game of Puerto Rico

Generated on 4/19/2026 4:44:16 AM EST
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Setup Summary
- 4 Players
- Including Base game & Expansion 1 & Expansion 2 (The Nobles)
- Players staring with Corn plantations start with 1 less Doubloon.
- The price (and location) of the Factory and University have been swapped.
- The Expansion 2 buildings have been drafted along with the other builings.

Game Setup

Victory Points Reserve	100 VPs
Colonist Reserve	100+ Colonists (all) 20 Nobles (all)
Starting number of Colonists on Colonist Ship	3 Colonists 1 Noble
Cargo Ships
Roles
Plantation Tile Stacks (5 stacks + Quarries)
Number of Plantation Tiles & Distribution	50 (all) - Corn 10, Indigo 12, Sugar 11, Tobacco 9, Coffee 8
Number of Quarry Tiles	8 (all)
Number of Goods Barrels & Distribution	50 (all) - Corn 10, Indigo 11, Sugar 11, Tobacco 9, Coffee 9
Festival Expansion Setup	Plantation Objective The 1st player to have 3 Sugar plantations receives 3 colonists. Plantation Objective , , The 1st player to produce these 3 types of goods on one turn receives 3 doubloons. Construction Objective The 1st player to builds a Special Factory receives 3 VPs.

Player Setup

Player Holding	Turn Order	Starting Plantation	Starting Doubloons
Tobacco	1
Indigo	2
Corn	3
Sugar	4

Building Setup

Quarry Discount Builder Phase: Provides a maximum discount of 1 doubloon when building a building in this column Quarry Discount Builder Phase: Provides a maximum discount of 2 doubloons when building a building in this column Quarry Discount Builder Phase: Provides a maximum discount of 3 doubloons when building a building in this column Small Indigo Plant Cost: 1 doubloon     VPs: 1 Craftsman Phase: Produce 1 indigo with a manned indigo plantation. Large Indigo Plant Cost: 3 doubloons     VPs: 2 Craftsman Phase: Produce up to 3 indigos with manned indigo plantations. Tobacco Storage Cost: 5 doubloons     VPs: 3 Craftsman Phase: Produce up to 3 tobaccos with manned tobacco plantations. Small Sugar Mill Cost: 2 doubloons     VPs: 1 Craftsman Phase: Produce 1 sugar with a manned sugar plantation. Large Sugar Mill Cost: 4 doubloons     VPs: 2 Craftsman Phase: Produce up to 3 sugars with manned sugar plantations. Coffee Roaster Cost: 6 doubloons     VPs: 3 Craftsman Phase: Produce up to 2 coffees with manned coffee plantations. Aqueduct Cost: 1 doubloon     VPs: 1 Craftsman Phase: Get 1 additional barrel of each when crafting. Only affects Active Large Indigo and Sugar buildings. Guesthouse Cost: 4 doubloons     VPs: 2 All Phases: Place 2 of your colonists here during Mayor Phase. At any other time, move them to another building, plantation or quarry (to active them) where they must stay until the next Mayor Phase. University Cost: 7 doubloons     VPs: 3 Builder Phase: Take 1 colonist from the supply and place it on the building just built. Black Market Cost: 2 doubloons     VPs: 1 Builder Phase: Turn in VPs, goods, or colonists for a 1 doubloon each discount when building. Limit 3 per Builder Phase. Trading Post Cost: 5 doubloons     VPs: 2 Trader Phase: Trade to your own Trading House instead of the regular Trading House. Small or Large Market bonuses don’t apply, but Trader bonus does. Jeweler Cost: 8 doubloons     VPs: 3 Captian Phase: When crafting, get 1 doubloon for each noble on your island (plantations, not buildings). Construction Hut Cost: 2 doubloons     VPs: 1 Settler Phase: When settling, choose a quarry instead of a plantation even if you didn’t choose the phase. Large Market Cost: 5 doubloons     VPs: 2 Trader Phase: Get 2 additional doubloons when trading. Special Factory Cost: 8 doubloons     VPs: 3 Craftsman Phase: Other than corn, take the good you produced the most barrels of and take doubloons equal to one less than the number of barrels produced. Small Warehouse Cost: 3 doubloons     VPs: 1 Captian Phase: When spoiling, keep 1 barrel of any type plus any number of barrels of another type. Royal Supplier Cost: 6 doubloons     VPs: 2 Captian Phase: Before shipping, return barrels to the supply for 1 VP each, up to the number of Nobles on your island. Wharf Cost: 9 doubloons     VPs: 3 Captian Phase: Ship any number of barrels of the same type of good on your own ship. Get 1 VP per barrel.

Quarry Discount Builder Phase: Provides a maximum discount of 4 doubloons when building a building in this column City Hall Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 4 End of Game: Receive 1 additional VP for each voilet building on your island including the City Hall. Cloister Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 4 End of Game: Receive bonus 1/3/6/10 VPs for 1/2/3/4 sets of 3 like plantation/forest/quarry tiles on your island. Statue Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 8 End of Game: No bonus; receive face value VPs only. No colonist needed. Residence Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 4 End of Game: Receive bonus VPs based on the number of plantation/forest/quarry tiles on your island. 4 VP for <= 9 tiles, 5 VP for 10 tiles, 6 VP for tiles, 7 VP for 12 tiles. Customs House Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 4 End of Game: Receive 1 bonus VP for each set of 4 VPs earned during the game (building VPs don’t count).