Setup for 4-Player a Game of Puerto Rico

Generated on 6/5/2026 8:25:58 AM EST
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Setup Summary
- 4 Players
- Including Base game & Expansion 1
- Players staring with Corn plantations start with 1 less Doubloon.
- The price (and location) of the Factory and University have been swapped.

Game Setup

Victory Points Reserve	100 VPs
Colonist Reserve	75
Starting number of Colonists on Colonist Ship	4 Colonists
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 Coffee 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 Lighthouse receives 3 VPs.

Player Setup

Player Holding	Turn Order	Starting Plantation	Starting Doubloons
Indigo	1
Corn	2
Sugar	3
Tobacco	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. Small Market Cost: 1 doubloon     VPs: 1 Trader Phase: Get 1 additional doubloon when trading 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. 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. 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. 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. Church Cost: 5 doubloons     VPs: 2 Builder Phase: Take 1 VP when building a small building from columns 2 and 3. Take 2 VPs when building a large building. Library Cost: 8 doubloons     VPs: 3 All Phases: Take double the role bonus privilege when you choose the role. (ex. Get 2 extra VPs when you choose Captain and you ship a good) 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. 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 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). 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. 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. 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.