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Repaint disc Tzolkin
Game board with gears and stickers
Final game board with gears and stickers.
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Central wheel as it will be in the game
Game Wheel painted 2
TZOLKIN: The Mayan Calendar prototype played at the Gathering of Friends
Game Wheel painted 4
Central Gear Painted

Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar (2012)

Players
2–4
Best: 4
Playing time
90–90 min
Age
13+
7.84
Average rating
42,845
Ratings
3.66/5
Weight
#77
BGG rank
Top 100
Alternate names:Tzolk'in: Calendarul Maiaș +15 more
Designer:Simone Luciani, Daniele Tascini
Artist:Milan Vavroň
Publisher:Rio Grande Games +16 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 9, Luck 3, Interaction 5, Complexity 7.3, Theme 6
Strategy9.0
Luck3.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity7.3
Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

Tzolkin: The Mayan Calendar presents a new game mechanism: dynamic worker placement. Players representing different Mayan tribes place their workers on giant connected gears, and as the gears rotate they take the workers to different action spots.

During a turn, players can either (a) place one or more workers on the lowest visible spot of the gears or (b) pick up one or more workers. When placing workers, they must pay corn, which is used as a currency in the game. When they pick up a worker, they perform certain actions depending on the position of the worker. Actions located "later" on the gears are more valuable, so it's wise to let the time work for you – but players cannot skip their turn; if they have all their workers on the gears, they have to pick some up.

The game ends after one full revolution of the central Tzolkin gear. There are many paths to victory. Pleasing the gods by placing crystal skulls in deep caves or building many temples are just two of those many paths...

Expansions

Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar – Mini Expansion 1
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar – Mini Expansion 2
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar – Tribes & Prophecies
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar – Tribes & Prophecies: Ek Chuah
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