{"id":242,"date":"2007-04-15T17:13:21","date_gmt":"2007-04-15T21:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/15\/95-san-juan\/"},"modified":"2014-02-10T17:51:43","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T22:51:43","slug":"95-san-juan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/95-san-juan\/","title":{"rendered":"9.5 San Juan"},"content":{"rendered":"

This game always seems to be billed as second-in-line, because it’s a two-player spin-off of Puerto Rico, a bigger game. But dig around for it, it’s worth it – a great game of skill building up your base city before time runs out. There are lots of ways to achieve that goal – Andrea used a new one on me today (monument-building) to sneak up and clobber me. I guess it’s not too new, Reiley has won before that way. Wait a minute, I think I better reassess… :> Anyway, we play a lot of two player games, and this is one we keep coming back to for its well-balanced strategy options and manageable scope. Here’s Andrea whooping it up on me today… I’m so glad for the little ways I can make her happy. UNTIL NEXT TIME! :><\/p>\n

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This game always seems to be billed as second-in-line, because it’s a two-player spin-off of Puerto Rico, a bigger game. But dig around for it, it’s worth it – a great game of skill building up your base city before time runs out. 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