Puerto Rico is a great game because each and every player is involved in every turn. Some of the popular stratagy games alternate turns between every player, these games can move slow and can really get bogged down if you have a player that takes a lot of time considering every move. In Puerto Rico each turn you decide what role you are going to play on the island of San Juan. You take your turn and play that role, but then every other player gets to take a turn as that same role.
Puerto Rico is a great board game because everyones turn applies to you, helps you and ultimately can set you up to win the game. Within each role that are so many decision to be made that the game is extremely engaging and helps move your forward. You will be making decision on where to place your workers, what crop to produce and harvest. what buildings to build and what goods should you trade or ship off.
Because puerto rico is such an engaging game it is great to play with family and friends. It is a strong enough game to keep the gamer having a good time and versitile enough to keep a new player coming back for more.
