In Power Grid, your objective is to power as many cities as you can through a combination of purchasing power plants, keeping them properly fueled, and updating them for maximum efficiency. Offering a more historical approach, the central mission of Puerto Rico is to inhabit and develop a new land, outwitting your opponents in the process. Gameplay runs similar to Settlers of Cataan, only with less chaos and more strategy. For an even more peaceful form of world-building, try the card game Bohnanza, in which the object is to plant rows of beans and harvest them to accrue coins.