Cuba Libre

Follow the setup steps: place the board and 25 building tiles, set out ships, markers and goods, then give each player their pieces, plantation board, starting money, resource cubes and character cards as listed in the setup section (p.4–5).

The game is played over 6 rounds and each round has five phases: the Bills phase, the Action phase, the Parliament/Statute phase, then ship/stock adjustments and the end-of-round cleanup; see the round structure and phase details (p.6, p.12).

Activated plantation fields produce goods when used, while the Lot and the Tradeswoman are separate action options or alternative uses defined on the character cards; you must follow the specific rules and alternative-use text for each card (p.7–8).

The Mayor action has a normal effect and an alternative use described in the rules; one of the alternative Mayor uses allows changing the starting player marker, so follow the Mayor action text to change the starting player (p.9).

During the Statute (Parliament) phase players buy votes and propose/statute effects as shown on the statute cards; vote purchases and the Tax and Duty (and other) Acts’ costs and effects are resolved according to the statute rules (p.10–11).

A round ends after Parliament and any ship movement/stock adjustments are carried out according to the ship/stock rules, then proceed to the end-of-round steps; final scoring and victory-point sources are applied at game end as described in the end-of-game and scoring sections (p.12).