I remember there was an underrated game a few years ago called Corrosion that people complained was too long because they did not play it as a race.

Action/Role Selection (is how BGG categorizes the game mechanisms for Puerto Rico) -- Keep running, Rahdo.  Thank you for the passion!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts about how these games differ in implementation of the Follow mechanism. It's one of the favorites for my wife an I, and we also prefer not to feel like we're in complete control.

Have you playtested the die idea to see if it would work?

Income tucks?  Do you have to deal with the IRS  for those?

I can back this or Arctica….any input?