St. Petersburg involves a lot of number crunching, which makes this PC version a welcome change for fans of the board game. The most important key to winning in this game is mastering the concept of min/maxing, wherein you must deploy a very limited amount of resources for maximum results. This is very important, especially since you are penalized (i.e. having points deducted from total score) for non-Aristocrat cards that remain in your hand at the end of the game. Since you only have to make up to only seven or eight choices each round, St. Petersburg has none of the "way too many choices syndrome" that plagues many a board game. The random element of card draw creates enough variety to ensure that no two games are alike. The computer opponent in this PC version is very good even on the easy levels, the user interface is intuitive and the graphics authentic – the author used scans of the actual cards. The only downside is that there are no built-in rules in English – the English patch only translates the menus – but at least you can find an English translation of rules on the Internet. Highly recommended for fans of quickie strategy games like Carcassonne that take only 30-40 minutes per game but involves a lot of strategy and number crunching.