Setup for 5-Player a Game of Puerto Rico

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Setup Summary
- 5 Players
- Including Base game & Expansion 1

Game Setup

Victory Points Reserve	126 VPs (all)
Colonist Reserve	95
Starting number of Colonists on Colonist Ship	5 Colonists
Cargo Ships
Roles
Plantation Tile Stacks (6 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

Player Setup

Player Holding	Turn Order	Starting Plantation	Starting Doubloons
Tobacco	1
Coffee	2
Sugar	3
Indigo	4
Corn	5

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. Small Market Cost: 1 doubloon     VPs: 1 Trader Phase: Get 1 additional doubloon when trading Hospice Cost: 4 doubloons     VPs: 2 Settler Phase: Take 1 colonist from the supply and place it on the face-up plantation or quarry just chosen. Lighthouse Cost: 7 doubloons     VPs: 3 Captian Phase: Get 1 doubloon everytime you load a ship or use a wharf. Also, get 1 Doubloon when choosing Captian. Hacienda Cost: 2 doubloons     VPs: 1 Settler Phase: May take 1 plantation face down from supply BEFORE choosing 1 face up. NOTE: Cannot be chosen with forest house. 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. Harbor Cost: 8 doubloons     VPs: 3 Captian Phase: Get 1 additional VP everytime you load a ship or use a wharf. 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. 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. Large Warehouse Cost: 6 doubloons     VPs: 2 Captian Phase: When spoiling, keep 1 barrel of any type plus any number of barrels of another 2 types. Union Hall Cost: 9 doubloons     VPs: 3 Captian Phase: Before shipping, receive 1 VP for every 2 identical goods you have on your island. (ex. 3 corn, 2 sugar, 1 coffee = 2 VPs)

Quarry Discount Builder Phase: Provides a maximum discount of 4 doubloons when building a building in this column Fortress Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 4 End of Game: Receive 1 bonus VP for each set of 3 colonists on your island. 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. 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). Statue Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 8 End of Game: No bonus; receive face value VPs only. No colonist needed. Guild Hall Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 4 End of Game: Receive 1 bonus VP for each small production building and 2 bonus VPs for each large production building.