Teotihuacan: Shadow of Xitle

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 10 out of 10

   chillenniumfalcon

   The best kind of expansion. Just 10 more technology tiles and 10 starting tiles that add zero new rules or mechanics to the game, just a little more variety.

2. 8 out of 10

   brenthenson

   Teotihuacan: Shadow of Xitle 8/10 Excellent expansion, adds variability without much time or complexity. Would play with or without it. Teotihuacan: Late Preclassic Period 3/10 Don’t like this expansion, over all adds time and complexity but doesn’t make the game better. ▪ Priests and Priestesses (M1): Devout worshippers grant special effects and abilities. Don’t want to play with it, adds additional time and complexity and doesn’t make the game better. Feels like the powers are not fully balanced, some are better than others. ▪ Height of Development (M2): Expanded board and new temple offer fresh challenges. Don’t want to play with it, adds additional time and complexity and doesn’t make the game better. Feels way stronger than the other 3 temples. ▪ Seasons of Progress (M3): Variable effects impact each season and eclipse. Don’t want to play with it, adds additional time and complexity and doesn’t make the game better. Feels fiddly and often forgotten until a few turns into the round. ▪ Architecture (M4): Renewed plans for beautifying the Pyramid of the Sun. This one I don’t mind, would play with or without it. Makes decorating stronger. ▪ Development (M5): Build the pyramid using new engineering techniques. This one I don’t mind, would play with or without it. Makes building the pyramid levels a bit more challenging. Teotihuacan: Expansion Period 3/10 Don’t like this expansion, over all adds time and complexity but doesn’t make the game better. The whole expansion is bloated and it actually makes the game worse. ▪ Obsidian (M6): a new, "wild" resource in the game, more powerful than others, used for special actions in other modules, as well as for faster gameplay, added onto the new resource collection action boards. Don’t want to play with it, adds additional time and complexity and doesn’t make the game better. Abusable resource when certain combinations of technology tiles are setup, ruined the game. ▪ Mansion (M7): a new action board is added to the game to replace the Palace board, providing new options to climb temples and power up your workers. Don’t want to play with it, adds additional time and complexity and doesn’t make the game better. Makes the 1 spot a bit more appealing but unbalances the promotion of workers. ▪ Altars and Shamans (M8): this module adds a whole new dimension to the game. Previously empty spaces between Action Boards are now dedicated to Altars, home to Shamans — new game pieces which move counter-clockwise and perform their own set of powerful actions. I actively dislike this module. Just pure bloat. ▪ Expanding the Empire (M9): the new Empire board comes with a wealth of opportunities, while integrating perfectly with the base game. The new Conquest board, compatible with previous expansions, allows players to use warriors to reach new lands and then turn them into settlers to advance on the Avenue of the Dead. Won’t play with it, adds additional time and complexity and doesn’t make the game better. Adds uninteresting decisions and bloat.

3. 9 out of 10

   frangnavas

   Más losetas de tecnología e inicio. Las losetas de tecnología nuevas no son gran cosa. Aunque hay alguna que, en las condiciones adecuadas, puede ser muy potente. Me gusta la variedad de beneficios de inicio que aporta este nuevo set de losetas.