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Oct 1, 2026
Joe WigginsGUEST
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Joe WigginsGUEST
in Puerto Rico.
Joe WigginsGUEST
Like, I'm like, like, uh, it, it, it, like I'm surprised that, uh, gamers at Gen Con would jump to that as their conclusion, that we just, like, stole-
Christina HaHOST
[laughs]
Ben MaddoxHOST
And so there are many games.
Ben MaddoxHOST
Puerto Rico is an explicitly, whichever theming you have, it is an explicitly capitalist game.
Ben MaddoxHOST
You are the management apportioning work to workers and you're reaping the profit, right? It is not a socialist game.
Ben MaddoxHOST
You don't fairly redistribute the profits.
AJ BrandenHOST
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Peter C. HaywardHOST
Juan and presumably Puerto Rico which I've played less and Twilight Imperium all have this thing of like I take the main action and you get the secondary everyone gets the secondary action and you are strongly strongly strongly incentivized to play it at the worst time for everyone else like you want to play it where you're and so almost like the opposite of that where you are strongly incentivized to play it in such a way that everyone like the more people that take the action the better you get.
Peter C. HaywardHOST
That would be the opposite of the begrudging for what you're looking for.
Peter C. HaywardHOST
Exactly.
Luke O'GradyHOST
Yeah.
Luke O'GradyHOST
Those actions are going to be- So it's Puerto Rico.
Luke O'GradyHOST
It's basically Puerto Rico.
Luke O'GradyHOST
But Canada.
Chris LemieuxHOST
Yes, it's Canadian.
Corey ThompsonHOST
And the thing is, you can't really link individual games.
Corey ThompsonHOST
game mechanisms or individual game genres to political things but you can link theme and that's where we get a lot of politicization politicization in our industry uh one of the biggest things out there are games that uh deal with colonialism and the biggest hotbed there has been the classic game puerto rico great game great mechanics but the theme around puerto rico especially with uh dealing with slavery and colonization and politics and all that has made it a political hotbed.
Corey ThompsonHOST
And a lot of people won't play Puerto Rico just because of the political aspects of it.
Corey ThompsonHOST
So I think we do have political nuances within our industry.
Corey ThompsonHOST
I don't think anybody...
Lucky PhilGUEST
Andy's favourite.
ShaneHOST
Puerto Rico.
ShaneHOST
Andy's favourite game of all time.
ShaneHOST
Puerto Rico is my number 35.
ShaneHOST
It's fun.
ShaneHOST
It's just fun.
ShaneHOST
And I know he hates it, but we just punish him by playing it as a night group.
SteveHOST
We've just talked about a whole slew of games that talk about paying attention when other people have their turns and getting things when other people have their turns.
Rosco SchockGUEST
First of all, like, even if you're right, like, even if this game is not for you, you know, I had an old BGG account before I got my designer one, and I just stopped using that one.
Rosco SchockGUEST
And that one, yeah, I graded Puerto Rico and these games from 10 years ago or whatever on there, but I wasn't in competition with them now.
Rosco SchockGUEST
I hadn't put out any of my own art.
Rosco SchockGUEST
So there's a little bit of difference when you're just kind of like, hey, I didn't really enjoy this, and give your feedback or whatever.
MarkHOST
In a way, it's probably not worth it to buy all these extra stuff.
MarkHOST
But when I'm playing Puerto Rico Special Edition compared to the standard one, and they're sitting out on the table, I'd much rather play...
MarkHOST
Even though the game plays exactly the same, I'd rather play that Special Edition.
RobHOST
Of course.
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RobHOST
It's like, hey, you got little people.
RobHOST
Let's call them meeples.
RobHOST
And, you know, evolving to now you have these like insane games like Nemesis or Puerto Rico, right? Just amazing production.
RobHOST
These detailed sculpts and stuff.
Mark BigneyHOST
If I could be paratrooped into a group that has played Avalon: The Riven Veil 10 times over and weren't obnoxious about it, right? I've talked...
Mark BigneyHOST
Remember when we were talking about Barrage and, and, uh, in, in, in particular as an instanciation of the, the sort of Puerto Rico problem that's like, "Oh, well this is the standard.
Mark BigneyHOST
Okay."
Michael WalkerHOST
Heav- heavily versed in the game mechanics, but not in the strategy
ShaneHOST
I'm gonna say probably three.
ShaneHOST
But we all know you love Puerto Rico.
ShaneHOST
I should have put Puerto Rico as your number one, Andy.
SteveHOST
[laughs] It's a very, uh, divisive game it appears with our listeners and, and people we play with, uh, Puerto Rico.
SteveHOST
It's been on, you know, it was on, um, Manuel's top 10.
SteveHOST
It's been, it was Andy's shit can game.
ShaneHOST
[laughs]
SteveHOST
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