Cuba is fun, but it's one of those puzzling state machine games with lots of moving parts. It's in the same vein as Pillars Of The Earth, Puerto Rico, Goa, and Leonardo da Vinci. You get resources, you use the resources to get funds, tech improvements (buildings), and victory points. Our first try was fun and compelling, not as addictive as Pillars Of The Earth, but obviously a more challenging game as well. I'd say that if you liked any of the "sort of like" games in the list above, then you should try Cuba. It's perhaps least like Puerto Rico (it has similarities in that you select different roles to do different things, and in that you build "buildings" with powerz that help ratchet up your efficiency at gathering cash and points).