San Juan Card Game By cybeeb on Oct 30, 2007 - Updated Oct 15, 2011

A card game based on Puerto Rico. The cards consistof production buildings (indigo, sugar, tobacco, coffee, and silver) and "violet" buildings that grant special powers or extra victory points. Cards from the hand can be either built or used as money to build something else. A seven-card hand limit is enforced once per round. You can get special cards that allow you to hold more cards.

In each round each player selects from one of the available roles, triggering an event that usually affects all players, such as producing goods or building. The person who picks the role gets a privilege, such as producing more goods or building more cheaply.

Victory points are gained exclusively by building, and the game ends as soon as one player has put up 12 buildings. You get points for building special buildings like palaces and monuments but you have to build production buildings to earn more cards to be able to build. A good balance has to be made.

this is a very fun game. One I would recommend to anyone.