Setup for 3 Player a Game of Puerto Rico

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Setup Summary
- 3 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	76 VPs
Colonist Reserve	100+ Colonists (all) 20 Nobles (all)
Starting number of Colonists on Colonist Ship	2 Colonists 1 Noble
Cargo Ships
Roles
Plantation Tile Stacks (4 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 Corn 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 Coffee Roaster receives 3 VPs.

Player Setup

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

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. 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. 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. Land Office Cost: 2 doubloons     VPs: 1 Trader Phase: When Colonist manned: buy 1 face down plantation for 1 doubloon. When Noble manned: discard 1 plantation and take 1 doubloon. 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. Chapel Cost: 3 doubloons     VPs: 1 Craftsman Phase: When Colonist manned: take 1 doubloon when anyone Craftsman. When Noble manned: take 1 VP when anyone chooses Craftsman. 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. 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 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). Fortress Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 4 End of Game: Receive 1 bonus VP for each set of 3 colonists on your island. 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. 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. 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.