<p>No, the players are not <strong>required</strong> to pick a plantation.</p>

<p>From the rules, emphasis mine:</p>

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  <p>The player who chooses this role may take either a quarry tile as his privilege or one of the face-up plantation tiles and place it on any empty island space on his player board. Afterwards, each other player, in clockwise order, <strong>may</strong> take one of the face-up plantation tiles (not a quarry tile! - exception: construction hut) and place it on any empty island space on his player board.</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>In Puerto Rico, during the Settlers phase, are players required to pick a plantation? Do they have the option to skip picking a plantation?</p>

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In Puerto Rico, during the Settlers phase, are players required to pick a plantation
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# In Puerto Rico, during the Settlers phase, are players required to pick a plantation

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-09-29)

In Puerto Rico, during the Settlers phase, are players required to pick a plantation? Do they have the option to skip picking a plantation?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-09-29. Score: 14 | Accepted answer

No, the players are not **required** to pick a plantation.

From the rules, emphasis mine:

> The player who chooses this role may take either a quarry tile as his privilege or one of the face-up plantation tiles and place it on any empty island space on his player board. Afterwards, each other player, in clockwise order, **may** take one of the face-up plantation tiles (not a quarry tile! - exception: construction hut) and place it on any empty island space on his player board.


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