Teotihuacan: City of Gods

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 8 out of 10

   Anbucku

   Great game. Fun thinky mechanics + variable set up. Sadly a lot of tedious upkeep, which you could tend to forget on your turns.

2. alfonzos

   This game has a multitude of set up variations and uses a rondel to give the players plenty of options. I found the game a lot of work but I can the game's attraction.

3. 8.5 out of 10

   ajewo

   Worker (dice) placement rondel game by Daniele Tascini (Tzolkin) and David Turczi (Anachrony). + Very modular, big game board + Player build cooperatively the pyramid in the middle. Matching symbols on stones provide additional boni. + 3 temple tracks that grant victory points, bonus resources, and bonus tiles + Dice (workers) are usually upgraded (increased pip value) after doing a core action which makes them more effective but potential more expensive in the Eclipse phase (scoring phase / end of the round) + Workers are moved clockwise up to 3 steps (rondel). The more workers are on a location the more effective. However, the more worker of other players, the more cacao has to be paid. + Players have to time and position their workers to be most efficient (plus having enough resources and accounting position of workers of other players). Moreover, workers have to be in the right position to be able to do a certain action. + No worker blocking: the more workers in a location the more cacao have to be paid. Workers can also be bumped out of a location. + Multi-used locations: on most locations the pip value and the number of dice determine the power of the action. Instead of doing the core action of a location, a worker can harvest and collect as much cacao as different players are in that location + Collecting masks on different track for set collection which generates a lot of victory points during the game + Motivating chain reactions / combos + Player scaling is handled by reduced rounds and randomly placing workers of non-player colors. + Smooth and simple core game: move one worker up to 3 locations and do one of the available actions. + Ascending dice (upgraded to level 6) provides additional boni + Players' actions influence the time of the eclipse (end of the round) + Starting tiles determine how each player starts + Solid components # Game board looks dry and colorless # Theme is okay but abstract # Minimalist artwork (clean look) # Point salad # Potentially prone to analysis paralysis # Some non destructive player interaction: workers on locations, worker bumping, competing for different tracks (temple, death) - Hard to teach: a lot of locations and tracks need to be explained + overwhelming board with all its components Similar games: * Tzolkin (multiple rondel worker placement, resource management, temple tracks) * Luna (rondel with worker placement, majority, spatial puzzle in the temple center) * Panthalos (dice worker placement where dice can be upgraded, resource management, duels, semi cooperative city defending) * Praetor (lighter, quicker dice worker placement)