Setup for 2 Player a Game of Puerto Rico

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Setup Summary
- 2 Players
- Including Base game & Expansion 1
- Players staring with Corn plantations start with 1 less Doubloon.
- The price (and location) of the Factory and University have been swapped.

Game Setup

Victory Points Reserve	65 VPs
Colonist Reserve	40
Starting number of Colonists on Colonist Ship	2 Colonists
Cargo Ships
Roles
Plantation Tile Stacks (3 stacks + Quarries)
Number of Plantation Tiles & Distribution	35 - Corn 7, Indigo 9, Sugar 8, Tobacco 6, Coffee 5
Number of Quarry Tiles	5
Number of Goods Barrels & Distribution	35 - Corn 8, Indigo 9, Sugar 9, Tobacco 7, Coffee 7
Festival Expansion Setup	Plantation Objective The 1st player to have 3 Sugar plantations receives 3 colonists. Plantation Objective , , The 1st player to produce these 3 types of goods on one turn receives 3 doubloons. Construction Objective The 1st player to builds a Coffee Roaster receives 3 VPs.

Player Setup

Player Holding	Turn Order	Starting Plantation	Starting Doubloons
Indigo	1
Corn	2

Building Setup

Quarry Discount Builder Phase: Provides a maximum discount of 1 doubloon when building a building in this column Quarry Discount Builder Phase: Provides a maximum discount of 2 doubloons when building a building in this column Quarry Discount Builder Phase: Provides a maximum discount of 3 doubloons when building a building in this column Small Indigo Plant Cost: 1 doubloon     VPs: 1 Craftsman Phase: Produce 1 indigo with a manned indigo plantation. Large Indigo Plant Cost: 3 doubloons     VPs: 2 Craftsman Phase: Produce up to 3 indigos with manned indigo plantations. Tobacco Storage Cost: 5 doubloons     VPs: 3 Craftsman Phase: Produce up to 3 tobaccos with manned tobacco plantations. Small Sugar Mill Cost: 2 doubloons     VPs: 1 Craftsman Phase: Produce 1 sugar with a manned sugar plantation. Large Sugar Mill Cost: 4 doubloons     VPs: 2 Craftsman Phase: Produce up to 3 sugars with manned sugar plantations. Coffee Roaster Cost: 6 doubloons     VPs: 3 Craftsman Phase: Produce up to 2 coffees with manned coffee plantations. Small Market Cost: 1 doubloon     VPs: 1 Trader Phase: Get 1 additional doubloon when trading Guesthouse Cost: 4 doubloons     VPs: 2 All Phases: Place 2 of your colonists here during Mayor Phase. At any other time, move them to another building, plantation or quarry (to active them) where they must stay until the next Mayor Phase. Lighthouse Cost: 7 doubloons     VPs: 3 Captian Phase: Get 1 doubloon everytime you load a ship or use a wharf. Also, get 1 Doubloon when choosing Captian. Forest House Cost: 2 doubloons     VPs: 1 Settler & Builder Phases: Place forest instead of face-up plantation. For each pair of forest, get additional 1 doubloon discount when building. NOTE: Cannot be chosen with hacienda. Trading Post Cost: 5 doubloons     VPs: 2 Trader Phase: Trade to your own Trading House instead of the regular Trading House. Small or Large Market bonuses don’t apply, but Trader bonus does. Harbor Cost: 8 doubloons     VPs: 3 Captian Phase: Get 1 additional VP everytime you load a ship or use a wharf. Construction Hut Cost: 2 doubloons     VPs: 1 Settler Phase: When settling, choose a quarry instead of a plantation even if you didn’t choose the phase. Large Market Cost: 5 doubloons     VPs: 2 Trader Phase: Get 2 additional doubloons when trading. Special Factory Cost: 8 doubloons     VPs: 3 Craftsman Phase: Other than corn, take the good you produced the most barrels of and take doubloons equal to one less than the number of barrels produced. Storehouse Cost: 3 doubloons     VPs: 1 Captian Phase: When spoiling, keep 1 barrel of any type plus 3 barrels of any type. Large Warehouse Cost: 6 doubloons     VPs: 2 Captian Phase: When spoiling, keep 1 barrel of any type plus any number of barrels of another 2 types. Wharf Cost: 9 doubloons     VPs: 3 Captian Phase: Ship any number of barrels of the same type of good on your own ship. Get 1 VP per barrel.

Quarry Discount Builder Phase: Provides a maximum discount of 4 doubloons when building a building in this column Cloister Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 4 End of Game: Receive bonus 1/3/6/10 VPs for 1/2/3/4 sets of 3 like plantation/forest/quarry tiles on your island. Fortress Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 4 End of Game: Receive 1 bonus VP for each set of 3 colonists on your island. Customs House Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 4 End of Game: Receive 1 bonus VP for each set of 4 VPs earned during the game (building VPs don’t count). Statue Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 8 End of Game: No bonus; receive face value VPs only. No colonist needed. Residence Cost: 10 doubloons     VPs: 4 End of Game: Receive bonus VPs based on the number of plantation/forest/quarry tiles on your island. 4 VP for <= 9 tiles, 5 VP for 10 tiles, 6 VP for tiles, 7 VP for 12 tiles.