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Magnus Nyberg
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Just read this terrible news from the BSW forum.

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Dear players of Puerto Rico,

the rights for the electronic exploitation of the Puerto Rico gaming concept have been sold by alea to a new owner. Since there is no agreement with that new owner about whether or not the game may be offered here on BSW, Puerto Rico will unfortunately leave BSW tomorrow morning with the server restart.

We would like to thank alea for the good teamwork and the many great hours we had with this game.

Accordingly, the scheduled event of Puerto Rico at the BSW games will not take place. There will be a replacement event. More information on this in the BrettSpielWeltSpiele forum.

For now, the PR gaming rooms will be replaced with "Säulen der Erde". An exchange for other games will be possible for a limited time. More details upon this are to follow.


What am i supposed to do now? :soblue:
Jeremy Carlson
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060708
WHAT?!

Oh come on....that just blows. And not in the good way. But where chunks come out of your nose type way.

What is this new way they speak of?
Eddy Bee
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What a bummer. This was one of the primary draws for me on BSW...:cry:
Magnus Nyberg
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I was so close to 900 plays, just 5 more.

BTW here is the link to the BSW forum thread.

http://www.brettspielwelt.de/Forum/index.php/topic,85719.0.h...
John Paul Sodusta
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This is very unfortunate news. PR is the very main reason I log onto BSW.
Mike K
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Damn, that sucks.

Well ... I suppose, if anything, this will get me to play it more often face-to-face; I usually nixed ftf games simply because I could play it online.

Such is greed life ... oh be fair, greed.
Lowell Kempf
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Argh! Terrible news! On top of Alhambra being taken away again, this just feels awful. At least I knew that Alhambra was only back for a short time.
John Brier
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This is the worst boardgame related news I have heard ever... getting to play PR on BSW was one of the most memorable passtimes I ever had... this is devastating and I'm quite upset. :soblue:

I can't even imagine what I'll do instead

.... :soblue:
Eddie the Cranky Monkey
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Being able to play these games online for free was a gracious gift. One should not lament its passing, as it means perhaps it is destined for bigger, better, (and not free) things.
Lowell Kempf
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apotheos wrote:
Being able to play these games online for free was a gracious gift. One should not lament its passing, as it means perhaps it is destined for bigger, better, (and not free) things.


That is true but I am still going to indulge in self pity. It still feels like the passing of an era.
Happy Holidays!
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nybba wrote:
What am i supposed to do now? :soblue:


Play the Evolver? It ain't pretty, but the AI seems good to me (not that I've played hundreads of games on BSW or any such thing). It's in the files section here.
Nathan Baumbach
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jgerman wrote:
nybba wrote:
Just read this terrible news from the BSW forum.

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Dear players of Puerto Rico,

the rights for the electronic exploitation of the Puerto Rico gaming concept have been sold by alea to a new owner. Since there is no agreement with that new owner about whether or not the game may be offered here on BSW, Puerto Rico will unfortunately leave BSW tomorrow morning with the server restart.

We would like to thank alea for the good teamwork and the many great hours we had with this game.

Accordingly, the scheduled event of Puerto Rico at the BSW games will not take place. There will be a replacement event. More information on this in the BrettSpielWeltSpiele forum.

For now, the PR gaming rooms will be replaced with "Säulen der Erde". An exchange for other games will be possible for a limited time. More details upon this are to follow.


What am i supposed to do now? :soblue:


I'm just guessing here... but buying a XBox 360 might be in order.


I'm guessing your guess is correct. Considering that they are now pushing to remove Carcassone and Settlers from BSW as well, since those liscenses were sold to developers to make those games available only on XBox Live for the 360.

John Brier
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just finished my last game...

this is really the end of an era for me personally and I'm sure for many of us boardgamers that frequented BSW. I still am in a denial of sorts, as if my mind can't fathom the fact that PR won't be there tomorrow....

I remember clearly my first game on BSW, which was also my first game ever (I had bought the game but didn't have anyone to play it with at the time). That was in August of 2002 I believe. Now it is February 2007 and 525 plays later I can say those games were some of the best times I've had in my life, certainly the best times I've had sitting in front of a screen.

This whole experience comes to show that nothing lasts forever. I took for granted that I'd be playing PR on BSW for years if not decades more, and now I will never play again... all I have is fond memories of the best game I ever played at the best website for real time gaming.

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