So, today, while the boys were playing the Wii, my friend JB and I took an hour to ourselves to enjoy one of his rarely played games, San Juan. San Juan is a good 2-4 person card game about building a profitable economy in Puerto Rico.
It's fun to lose ourselves in a thematic game. It's also fun to feel like you are building your little city. The game is basically an economic engine where you build buildings worth victory points which often produce goods that you can then trade for cards which allow you to build more buildings. When one player built 12 cards the game ends. It sounds complicated but it really isn't. The interesting thing is that the cards have dual roles - either as buildings (like a factory or market place) or money. Thus, you have to decide how to use your cards best.
We enjoyed this game a lot. There were many interesting decisions to make and the game seemed tight until the very end. I'm sure that both of us will remember this afternoon fondly as we return to our regular lives. Such activities provide a little mental vacation that make us happy. And being happy is important in Provence and the rest of the world.
This game can be found here:
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