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Puerto Rico - Rules - The Builder

The player who chooses this role, can immediately build one building for one doubloon less than the normal cost as his privilege. He pays the money to the bank, takes the building from the supply, and places it on any empty space in the city on his player board. When placing a large building, the player needs two adjacent empty spaces. Then, the other players, in clockwise order from the builder, may, in the same way, each builds one building (at normal cost).

Note: No player may build more than one building per round.

Further information on the individual buildings is at the end of the rules.

Quarry

Each occupied quarry that a player owns may reduce the player's cost for building a building by 1 doubloon. The limit for such reductions is shown on the game board: players building buildings in the first column can reduce their cost by at most 1 doubloon (1 occupied quarry), in the second column by at most 2 doubloons (2 occupied quarries), in the third column by at most 3 doubloons (3 occupied quarries), and in the fourth column by at most 4 doubloons (4 occupied quarries). The builder's privilege reduction is in addition to the quarry reduction, but the cost of a building may not be reduced below 0 doubloons. A player with 3 occupied quarries pays the following costs: construction hut: 1 doubloon; office: 3 doubloons; harbour: 5 doubloons; city hall: 7 doubloons.

Notes:

• Remember the special function of the university.
• If the builder does not build a building, he does not take 1 doubloon for his privilege!
• It is not possible to build on more than 12 city spaces. A player who has no empty city spaces may not build more buildings.

Action
Each player may build a building.
Privilege
The builder pays one less doubloon.

The building cost can be reduced with occupied quarries.