Well, at least partially. I made several comments in the days gone by on Puerto Rico being a flawed game.
I just found out we were playing two things in a wrong way. With the actual rules, it´s a much better game with so much mor replayability.
The game still suffers from the high dependance on all players being of about equally skilled in the game, though.
Quote from: SettembriniThe game still suffers from the high dependance on all players being of about equally skilled in the game, though.
I'd rather a game be weighted towards skill than luck any day of the week though... But I'm glad you gave the game another shot. I think its a pretty good game.
The problem is, that Puerto Rico is about "not letting the others win". If you have players of different skill levels, you could lose w/o ANY fault on your own part. Pretty frustrating, especially if it doesn´t come up in the end, but you understand the repercussion in the actual game.
F-r-u-s-t-r-a-t-i-o-n!
The only alternative is puppetteering the inexperienced players, but that´s a no-no, no matter on what part of the equation I stand.