# Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is a board game for 3–5 players. It plays in 90–150 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 7.4 out of 10 by 175 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $63.14 (United States).

- **Players:** 3–5 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 90–150 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 3.3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2002
- **Categories:** City Building, Economic, Farming
- **Mechanics:** End Game Bonuses, Action Drafting, Variable Phase Order, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources, Turn Order: Progressive, Follow, Hidden Victory Points
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.4 out of 10, from 175 reviews
- **Owned by:** 185 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 964
- **Unique players:** 748

**Designers:** Andreas Seyfarth

**Artists:** Franz Vohwinkel

**Publishers:** Ravensburger, alea

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mono de Juegos | 44.95 € | https://www.monodejuegos.shop/juego-de-mesa/puerto-rico/ |
| La Gameria | 44.95 € | https://gameria.es/juegos-de-mesa/puerto-rico-1418.html |

## Expansions

- [Puerto Rico: Expansion I – New Buildings](https://www.ludoya.com/games/puerto-rico-expansion-i-new-buildings)
- [Treasure Chest](https://www.ludoya.com/games/treasure-chest)
- [Puerto Rico: Expansions 1&2 – The New Buildings & The Nobles](https://www.ludoya.com/games/puerto-rico-expansions-1and2-the-new-buildings-and-the-nobles)
- [Puerto Rico: Expansion II – The Nobles](https://www.ludoya.com/games/puerto-rico-expansion-ii-the-nobles)
- [Puerto Rico: Buccaneer](https://www.ludoya.com/games/puerto-rico-buccaneer)
- [Deutscher Spielepreis Classic Goodie Box](https://www.ludoya.com/games/deutscher-spielepreis-classic-goodie-box)
- [Puerto Rico: Festival en Puerto Rico](https://www.ludoya.com/games/puerto-rico-festival-en-puerto-rico)
- [Haiti (fan expansion for Puerto Rico)](https://www.ludoya.com/games/haiti-fan-expansion-for-puerto-rico)

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## Rules questions

### Do plantations and buildings produce goods automatically, or do they need colonists to work?

Tiles must be occupied to function — a tile needs at least one colonist (circle filled) to use its ability, otherwise it does nothing; production happens during the Craftsman phase when occupied production buildings let you take goods (pages 4–5).

### If I take a role, can I refuse to use its action or privilege?

You must take a role placard on your turn, but you may choose not to use its action or privilege; the action is optional (exceptions: the captain’s loading action must be followed when a player can load, and the prospector has no shared action) (pages 3, 6–7).

### Do quarry discounts stack with the Builder's “pay 1 less” privilege?

Yes — occupied quarries reduce building cost according to the column limits and the builder’s -1 doubloon privilege applies in addition, but a building’s cost cannot be reduced below 0 (pages 4–5).

### Can I sell a good to the Trading House if that same good is already there?

No — the trading house accepts only different kinds of goods (so you cannot sell a type already present) except when an office allows an exception; the trading house holds only four goods and a full house is emptied by the trader (page 5).

### During the Captain phase, must I load goods if I have goods that can be loaded, and can I choose how many to load?

If you can load goods you must do so, you may load only one kind per turn, and you must load as many of that kind as you can; if multiple empty ships could accept that good you must choose the ship where you can load the most, leaving none behind if possible (page 6).

### How many goods can I keep between captain phases without using warehouses?

Each player may store one good token on their windrose between captain phases; all other goods must fit into your small/large warehouses or be returned to the supply if you lack space (page 6).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/puerto-rico)
- [Puerto Rico in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/puerto-rico)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3076)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._