I finally won with a shipping strategy
We played two interesting Puerto Rico games this evening. I made a ton of mistakes in the first game, and got completely waxed - 20 points behind the pack. The second game was pretty cool. I went straight out for a shipping strategy - I managed the corn boats pretty well early, and got a wharf - after which the VP's just flowed in.
By the end of the game I had 40 shipping points, which is pretty amazing. I even managed to get the Residence - so I cleaned up. I can't get too big a head over this though - that first game I was buried so deep no one could find me :)
Comments
[Sean M] May 30, 2005 3:22:21.211
Hey James, Any other board games you tend to play? I'm looking at various euro games. Having gotten into Carcasonne, but while it's fun, the random nature of tile selection sort of grates with me. Be nice to pick up a game where there is less chance, and more planning, but to me Peurto Rico is sort of every man for themselves, and no real interaction between the players? Mostly anyways. Thanks for posting about Peurto Rico way back when. Your post is what got me tuned onto German/Euro games in the first place.