Back in college, a group of friends and I were obsessed with Settlers of Catan, a super fun board game where you collect resources, build settlements, and try to be the first person to get 10 points. But one of those friends bought a new game for us to try near the end of our senior year, Puerto Rico, and we all fell in love with it. It is much more complicated than Settlers, with many more components and strategies to balance, but at its root, it's the same basic game, collecting resources, building factories and plantations, and trying to have the most points at the end. Of course, I own both of them (as well as a sequel to Settlers called Settlers of America, which I actually like better than Catan), but arguably Puerto Rico is my favorite of the three. It is not a 2 player game so we did not play it at all during the pandemic (however, in just recently googling the game, I found a 2-player variant that we will have to try! wish I had found that a year ago!) so playing it again during board game nights is delightful. We played a 5 player game of Puerto Rico on Sunday, and I taught one of the players how to play as we played. He and I both tied for first (I wonder if part of the reason was because I kept recommending "what I would do" and he almost always took my suggestions. It also didn't hurt that he is also super smart and catches on to new games well.) But it was also a super close game, each of us within just a few points of each other. I continue to delight in being able to have people over at our house for actual, physical game night; I hope that I never again take for granted this seemingly simple undertaking.
With delight,
♥Jamie
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