Setup for 4 Player a Game of Puerto Rico

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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

Player Setup

Player Holding	Turn Order	Starting Plantation	Starting Doubloons
Corn	1
Sugar	2
Tobacco	3
Indigo	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. Villa Cost: 7 doubloons     VPs: 3 Mayor Phase: Before taking your first colonist/noble from the supply ship, take 1 noble from the supply (or colonist if no nobles are left in the supply). Forest House Cost: 2 doubloons     VPs: 1 Settler & Builder Phases: Place forest instead of face-up plantation. For each pair of forest, get additional 1 doubloon discount when building. NOTE: Cannot be chosen with hacienda. Office Cost: 5 doubloons     VPs: 2 Trader Phase: Sell a good to the Trade House for its normal cost, even if that good is already in the Trade House. 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) 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. Small Wharf Cost: 6 doubloons     VPs: 2 Captian Phase: Ship any number of barrels of any type of good on your own ship. Get 1 VP for every 2 barrels shipped. 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 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. Royal Garden Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 4 End of Game: Receive 1 bonus VP for each noble on your island. 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. Statue Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 8 End of Game: No bonus; receive face value VPs only. No colonist needed.