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San Juan (2004)

Average Rating: 7.34/10
Board Game Rank: 119
Strategy Game Rank: 92
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Artist
Publisher
Year Published
2004
# of Players
2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(219 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(36 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups
(56 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
(96 voters) [vote]
Category
Mechanic
Expansion
Expands
Family
Primary Name
San Juan
Alternate Names
Puerto Rico Het Kaartspel
圣胡安
聖胡安
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A card game based on Puerto Rico. The pack of 110 cards consists of 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. Cards from the deck are used to represent goods produced by the production buildings, in which case they are left face-down. A seven-card hand limit is enforced once per round.

In each round or governorship, each player in turn 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.

Though similar in concept to Puerto Rico, the game has many different mechanics. In particular, there are no colonists and no shipping of goods; goods production and trading are normally limited to one card per phase; and trades cannot be blocked.

Victory points are gained exclusively by building, and the game ends as soon as one player has put up 12 buildings.

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This game is #5 in the Alea small box series.

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Components:

  • 110 Cards:
    • 42 Production Cards
    • 68 Violet Buildings Cards
  • 1 Governor Placard
  • 5 Role Placards (Builder, Producer, Trader, Councillor, Prospector)
  • 5 Trading House Tiles
  • 1 Scoring Pad
  • 1 Pencil
  • 1 Rule Booklet

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San Juan
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French edition
Publisher: Filosofia Édition
Artist: Franz Vohwinkel
Year: 2007
Product Code: 10062
Size: 9.21 x 7.24 x 1.57 inches
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Dutch edition
Publisher: alea, Ravensburger
Artist: Franz Vohwinkel
Year: 2004
Product Code: 26 941 9
Size: 7.09 x 9.06 x 1.57 inches
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San Juan
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Rio Grande First Edition
Publisher: alea, Rio Grande Games
Artist: Franz Vohwinkel
Year: 2004
Size: 9.00 x 7.10 x 1.50 inches
0.95 pounds
English
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San Juan
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German Edition
Publisher: alea, Ravensburger
Artist: Franz Vohwinkel
Year: 2004
Size: 9.10 x 7.10 x 1.60 inches
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Czech Edition
Publisher: alea, Ravensburger
Artist: Franz Vohwinkel
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2 San Juan Buildings
A player's aid listing all buildings in San Juan, including the "New Buildings Expansion" from Treasure Chest. This document is intended to be printed on a single sheet, double sided. The front side shows all buildings alphabetically, including costs, VP, and a description. The back side organizes the buildings by cost.
2012-05-20
3 San Juan Score Sheets (HUN)
Magyar pontozólap a játékhoz.
2011-04-08
3 Rules Summary and Game Management Cheat Sheet
Quick reference rules summary for teahing and remembering rules and game management.
2011-03-10
2 Kartenübersicht der Gebäude
1-seitige Übersicht über alle Gebäudekarten.
2011-02-17
1 Score sheets in French / Feuilles de score en français
Some additional score sheets in French. Des feuilles de score supplémentaires en français.
2010-11-07
5 Deutsche Übersetzung der SoloPlay-Regeln
[i]This is the German translation of the SoloPlay rules for San Juan.[/i] Deutsche
2010-05-05
6 Gamermike's Solitaire San Juan
Play against a "computer" whose actions are determined by the roll of a die. Only additional material needed is a print out of the computer's actions board (included) and 2 dice (not included). Contains 2 pdf files. One file is the rules and the other is the game board needed to play. Extensively play tested and complete.
2010-01-20
6 Russian player aid with card translation
Raspechatat' na standartnom A4 liste, perevernut', raspechatat' na obratnoi storone, razrezat' list popolam, zalaminirovat' poluchivshiesja A5-podskazki, kotorye svobodno pomeschajutsja v kororobku s igroi. Ja ne lublu pasteups po mnogim prichinam, i eti podskazki udobny dlja novyh igrokov v techenie pervyh pary igr. Potom, dazhe uchivshij jazyk po videoigrushkam zapomnit te neskolko slov chto on ne znal i legko budet obhoditsja bez nih. [hm, ajax-interface BGG ne rabotaet s kirillicej chtoli]
2010-01-10
0 San Juan Japanese Summary
San Juan Japanese Summary (Acrobat PDF)
2010-01-02
8 San Juan Card Strengths
Knowing which cards are most powerful is the key to winning play. Learn also which card combinations will maximize your hand.
2009-10-27
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 119
Strategy Game Rank: 92
Num Ratings: 12086
Average Rating: 7.34
Standard Deviation: 1.18
Num Views: 459876
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.3
Fans: 195
Personal Comments: 3849
Users Owning: 12819
Users Wanting: 361
Users Trading: 301 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 6
Want Parts In Trade: 1
Price History: View
Total Plays: 57955
Plays This Month: 252
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Wishlist 301
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Year Published 2009
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