Chapel in the board game San Juan

   Recently Yunxia and I played quite a few San Juan - which is a simplified version of the board-game Puerto Rico. Since it is a simplified version, the playing time is much shorter. Because I have used to the minimal randomness in the Puerto Rico, I felt not confortable with the relatively higher randomness in San Juan, especially the card "Chapel". As long as the player build the chapel, he/she will get one victory point in each governor phase, until the end of the game. I complained to Yunxia that this is a "bug" of the game design and should be removed. In one game, as Yunxia build the Chapel in the second round, I tried to go through all of the card by continuously using "Councillor" in order to get another chapel, but with no luck. It was quite frustrating. However, Yunxia seems like the game very much. She said I should have a positive view for the role of the chapel. She convinced me by formulating strategy based on the card in hand and could also win the game.

   Gradually, I accepted this card and realized it is just like the lucky factor in our lives. Life is like a big game, if you always complain those non-lucky factors, you will never concentrate on the positive cards in your hand.