Watch “Board Game Blitz: How to Play Tzolk'in,” a how-to-play guide for Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar from Board Game Blitz on BoardGameVideo.
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This is a quick and comprehensive video that teaches you how to play Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar. It helps if someone in the group already knows how to play (eg. you can use this as a replacement to teaching others how to play right before you play), but all the rules are covered in case you haven’t played.
Note: The gears don't come painted
Intro: 0:00
Turn Overview: 0:13
Placing Workers: 0:27
Removing Workers: 0:46
Food/Wood Gear (green): 1:04
Resources Gear (tan): 1:48
Chichen Itza Gear (blue): 2:03
Buildings/Tech Gear (red-brown): 2:21, 3:49
Uxmal Gear (yellow): 4:28
Tech Tracks: 2:26
Agriculture Tech: 2:44
Resource Tech: 3:07
Buildings Tech: 3:21
Chichen Itza Tech: 3:32
Quarter End: 5:00
Start Player Space: 5:38
Begging for Corn: 6:17
God Track Movement: 6:35
Starting Game: 6:48
Refreshing Game: 6:55
End Game: 7:00
Setup, game refresh, and tile explanation: https://youtu.be/5UhA7nr_yic
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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.
2 - 4 players
90 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar, 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...