'Puerto Rico' may be offensive for many players, but also Chess: it is a
war simulation in which you use your mind trying to surrender the other
player, and in which at least the Pawns die, they never return to the
game. If you are thinking that 'Puerto Rico' is an unknown game that
moves in the shadows, sit down: It is one of the top sellers in Europe and
it is perhaps the most awarded game in the history of board games:
Deutscher Spiele Preis 2002, Essen Feather 2002, Strategy game of the year
in USA 2003, International Gamers award 2003, actually ranked number 1 in
the Internet Top 100 list -everybody can vote- (GO is number 68 and Chess
is number 242), and PR is ranked number 1 in the independent BoardGameGeek
list, etc... The ideas behind some aspects of the game may be vomitive,
but, being absolutely objective, considering its abstract value as game, I
have to admit that it is really good.
