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¿Question #4635?
verandi: If San Juan had come out before PR, would it be in the top 10 on BGG rankings?

Jrtolf: No.
MARCUSRPG: Mebbe
Woelf: No
weed131: no, but it is a good game
landru: Still not sure why either are in the top ten.
Narl: It could be, however as soon as PR had show up, it would have fallen out of the top 10.
jasta6: no...........................................................................................................................................
Felimid: No clue.
jessitron: No, because it gets boring after a few dozen plays.
tiggers: unlikely
TrojanDan: Yes
ZeroZilla: Interesting question. You know, I think in that case that neither one would be...
WatchmanX2000: would I care?
manutd03: I hope not
mtlawson: No.
42ndSSD: Should fire be fitted nasally?
ping9x: No
DHEK: Maybe not. I think San Juan is popular now in part because of Puerto Rico's popularity.
diemacher: No
gf_ripper: umm probably not, but maybe
rootbeer: Nope. Not a chance. (By "it," you mean San Juan, right?)
Shannon Ferguson: hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Cthugha: That's a great question. I don't think it would. But it's a great game.
KentuckyKid: No.
ZiggyZambo: No
brainrob: Never
SisyphusX: No - it's still a lighter game than PR.
JonBen: Yes
mrbeankc: no
falloutfan: No. After the initial newness of a game, there is a certain amount of levelling that occurs in the rankings. Games typically slip to a more reasonable and appropriate place after some time has passed.
vampywife: dunno
darquil: I think it would not.
joebelanger: Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future. I dunno give a copy or SR to Doctor Who and let's find out.
Hoju: perhaps
FrozenHoHos: Doubtful.
scriptorum: I suspect no. I think coming out after PR has helped San Juan. It's a good game on its own, but people tend to take a card game less seriously.
Mordachai: Probably not.
Laudwic: no
janiera: Yes
Chris Page: No.
Fawkes: No. There are no fillers in the BGG Top 10. The first game of SJ's weight class to appear in the Top50 is M'44 at #20. The first card game is Up Front at #23.
Salt-Man Z: Doubtful.
Loquutus: Probably.
LemonyFresh: No. People fear cards.
richdknows: who cares
Great Dane: Not quite
mgringo: No. San Juan is not as good of a game as Puerto Rico.
Yollege: yes
JamesT: No
ssmooth: I don't think so. It's much less a strategy game.
Jim_P: I doubt it... but I think PR would have rated lower.
djlg: No
bjonenplota: Yes. It's a very good game
Dave: No. Card games don't do as well due to luck-of-the-draw.
Randy Cox: No. It's a gravy trainer, which is why expansions, spin-offs, rethemings, etc should be left out of the BGG Top X list entirely.
skelebone: Doubtful, I don't think card games can rank so well.
CDRodeffer: No, but I still like San Juan better than I like Puerto Rico.
Lord_Prussian: I think it might. After trying it out recently, it seems like a great game.
chaddyboy_2000: No.
CortexBomb: I don't think so, but it would be in the top 50. I think people would have still pushed PR over it, and that SJ would have suffered, but that it would have been more likely to cling to the top 50
puffinge: No, it rode the PR wave.
jttm: Maybe
Spielfreak: No. Card games never elicit the same ground-swell of support as board games.