Cult of the Old - Puerto Rico

Welcome to the latest episode of Cult of the Old!   Each episode your hosts Iain McAllister, Matt Thrower, and Nate Owens are going to turn back the clock to look at games that are at least 10 years old. They’ll give their own critical impressions, tell you about the history of the game and its impact, and what relevance these games still have in the modern hobby landscape.    Good games being lost in the shuffle is not a new phenomenon as Puerto Rico knows only too well. Overlooked for a Spiel des Jahre award the year of release this game has always had a controversial place in the hobby. Hugely influential but with a setting that could be easily described as insensitive, this game has had a massive impact on the hobby and recently had an attempted re-release to get rid of some of the more problematic elements. We will discuss that, and everything else about this game in this episode.    Puerto Rico was designed by Andreas Seyfarth with art from Franz Vohwinkel.   Show Links   Below are links to the games and anything else that the team mention during the course of the cast.  We will be linking to BGG for games, designers, artists, and publishers as that is a good place to start for raw information about the game in question.   Games Mentioned   Manhattan Thurn & Taxis Citadels El Grande Ra Taj Mahal Princes of Florence Power Grid Tigris & Euphrates Paths of Glory Crokinole  Eminent Domain San Juan Brass Five Tribes Twilight Imperium 3rd San Juan  Race For the Galaxy  Other Mentions   Puerto Rico Evolver Digital Antiquarian Privilege of Play   Team Links   Websites you can find the cast on There Will Be Games   Iain The Giant Brain Bluesky Matt Bluesky   Nate Bluesky Threads   Support us on Ko-Fi   https://ko-fi.com/cultoftheold   Support us on Patreon   https://www.patreon.com/CultoftheOld   Email us at [email protected]