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Cuba is certainly a much more strategic game than Puerto Rico. You basically plan your whole approach right from the start and then make it happen as best you can. I can see how that would be stressful. One of the appeals of Puerto Rico is that decisions are simply presented and not too difficult to understand on the surface. It's accessible, notably tactical, but also very deep.

I would imagine that high-level play in Puerto Rico is much more demanding than high-level play in Cuba. But I would also imagine that Cuba is the more daunting game at first - for the reasons you mention.

Who said Puerto Rico is harder than Cuba? They both have a weight of 3.3.

I think that's her point. The weight is the same on this site but she feels that Cuba is the heavier game.

I dont think there is any stress in Cuba on the level I could understand Agricola for example, there the stress, even as an accomplished player is pretty much there the whole time, and PR I think is a lot more tense than Cuba. I didnt find Cuba stressful at all, but again this is a 2P experience, I found it pretty meh, and I really do want to like it. It just feels kind of boring....I am going to give it more chances but I could see the interest in PR and Agricola from the very first game and I think there is a lot more going on in both of those games

I know for myself there are games I have played often enough that I can sit and play them almost on auto pilot which means almost zero stress.

I cant help wondering if familiarity with the games in question are having a bearing. Have you perhaps played Puerto Rico and/or Agricola way more and so that they just comes more naturally now having played it so often. Is that perhaps adding to your feeling for Cuba. I know for myself there are games I have played often enough that I can sit and play them almost on auto pilot which means almost zero stress.

I must hold up my hands and say that I haven't played Cuba at all, although this post has left me wanting to learn more about it.

I am all ears for pushing this game up. For instance, what would you say about the role cards? It seems like there is little incentive to go away from the order of


worker (get goods)
seller (modify your stock)
builder (convert goods to points)
mayor (ship goods)

i mean, would you ever take the worker after activating the builder or mayor?

Maybe you just need time to "know" all the buildings, but you probably dont want to buiild all 6 buildings and cover all your plots do you, but then I think we only bothered building 1 or 2.

likewise the statute cards, we very rarely came to a situation where one player could get the full 5VP and the other one not.. sometimes, but it didnt feel like that was the result of cunning play saving the right voting card and picking the right card.

Anyway, theres something about the game thats keeping it on my shelf, I do want to like it so I will try the reduced shipping idea and try to get some more plays in to see the buildings in action a bit better.

I am all ears for pushing this game up. For instance, what would you say about the role cards? It seems like there is little incentive to go away from the order of


worker (get goods)
seller (modify your stock)
builder (convert goods to points)
mayor (ship goods)

i mean, would you ever take the worker after activating the builder or mayor?

Maybe you just need time to "know" all the buildings, but you probably dont want to buiild all 6 buildings and cover all your plots do you, but then I think we only bothered building 1 or 2.

likewise the statute cards, we very rarely came to a situation where one player could get the full 5VP and the other one not.. sometimes, but it didnt feel like that was the result of cunning play saving the right voting card and picking the right card.



Anyway, theres something about the game thats keeping it on my shelf, I do want to like it so I will try the reduced shipping idea and try to get some more plays in to see the buildings in action a bit better.

I cant help wondering if familiarity with the games in question are having a bearing. Have you perhaps played Puerto Rico and/or Agricola way more and so that they just comes more naturally now having played it so often. Is that perhaps adding to your feeling for Cuba. I know for myself there are games I have played often enough that I can sit and play them almost on auto pilot which means almost zero stress.

I must hold up my hands and say that I haven't played Cuba at all, although this post has left me wanting to learn more about it.

I am not yet really grasping Cuba at all, first of all, the 6 rounds of play just seem incredibly short, not short in the usual euro "you cant quite get enough done" way but in the "whoah hang on, this is actually just too short to really do anything!"