Rowan Tree and Red Thread

I played a game of Puerto Rico last night, the first I've played in several months. After it burst onto the scene we played it heavily, but the game managed to fall into that category of being loathed by one of our regular players. Now we rarely get to play it, so last night when the PR hater was at the cinema, three of us got together and shipped some corn. And, as it transpired, far more tobacco than I ever planned on shipping.

The three player game is quite different to the four and five player games I'm used to. There's far more money available, with a bonus gold on three roles out of six each turn, with a corresponding boost to the building strategies. I think we Crafted more than we would in a bigger game too, as the ideal position to craft comes up more often as the Governor moves round the table at quite a pace.

In the end I won the game, 64 points to Sam's 57 and Alex's 49. I went to bed smiling, despite the late hour. Even with 3 players, we didn't really get the game to come in under two hours playing time.