Watch “Tzolkin: The Mayan Calendar - Gameplay Runthrough - Part1,” a how-to-play guide for Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Boardgames with Niramas on YouTube:
In Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar we aim to please the Gods and grow our corn as well as our victory points. The game is a real beauty to look at and the mechanics are solid. Worker placement but with the added strategic element of having to take those workers back home in order to get the rewards from their work. The cogs rotating is also a unique system and adds to the feeling of time passing during the game. Hope you will enjoy this playthrough of Tzolkin: The Mayan Calendar!
Part2: https://youtu.be/ka7HCgYLa6o
BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/126163/tzolk-mayan-calendar
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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...