2023Simone Luciani, Nestore Mangone
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1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight

2012Simone Luciani, Daniele Tascini
Mainly reviews. Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 35 reviews, 17 how-to-play guides, 5 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 6 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
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...
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar has 66 videos from 57 creators: 35 reviews, 17 how-to-play guides, 5 playthroughs, 3 unboxings and 6 other videos. They date from 2012 to December 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Gaming Rules! - Tzolk'in official rules video" by Gaming Rules!, which runs 20 min. For a quicker teach, "Board Game Blitz: How to Play Tzolk'in" by Board Game Blitz runs 8 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Rahdo Runs Through►►► Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar" by Rahdo Runs Through. 29 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Boardgame Night ; Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar" by Gaming Knights, one of 5 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Darwin's Journey, Nucleum, Tiletum and Barrage, also by Simone Luciani. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2012.
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2023Simone Luciani, Nestore Mangone
1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
2023Simone Luciani, Dávid Turczi
1 - 4 players60 - 150 minVery heavy weight
2022Simone Luciani, Daniele Tascini
1 - 4 players60 - 100 minHeavy weight
2019Tommaso Battista, Simone Luciani
1 - 4 players90 - 180 minVery heavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
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...
Designers
Simone Luciani, Daniele Tascini
Artist
Milan Vavroň
Publisher
Czech Games Edition (CGE)
Categories
Mechanics