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wakkin
@wakkin
This is the deluxe edition of the classic board game Puerto Rico. In recent years, the latest version, Puerto Rico 1897, changed the color of the settler pieces from brown to purple. Although Puerto Rico is a classic, it has faced criticism for its colonial themes. Whether changing the color to purple was really necessary is a tough question. In response to such criticism, many board game companies are avoiding historical themes and opting for space or sci-fi themes instead. As someone who developed an interest in civilization and history through board games, I find this a bit sad. What do you think??
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iSpeakNerd 🧙♂️
@ispeaknerd.eth
We don't need to perpetuate the idea of owning people no matter how "historical" it is. Changing the color of the cubes does very little about the fact that the "colonists" (slaves) you use as free labor are the heart of the economic engine you build Here's a thread with a much better written explanation and critique than I can do on mobile in a single long cast https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/j7xelv/puerto_rico_a_game_about_trading_the_elephant_in/
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meepleinsaigon
@meepleinsaigon
This is treasure right now mate ! Wish I have one
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Dr. Dan
@anthromancer
The little brown tokens in Puerto Rico was always jarring to me. I don't think purple really makes it better. In either case, though, it's what the game is about. Maybe there's nothing to be done. It would work great as a piece of commentary; a part of the reason something as evil as chattel slavery was possible is because the people who created, enforced and benefitted from it saw those people as such -- just little brown tokens to be placed in roles, whose names and stories were not a bit relevant to the game being played. Perhaps there could be a Haitian edition where the tokens kill all the players if the game goes on too long
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