
2021 · Expansion for Base-game
Teotihuacan: Expansion Period
Players expand the city's reach and project influence into distant regions while managing resources, workers, and technologies. New modules add a powerful wildcard resource (obsidian), alternate action boards, movable shamans on altar spaces, and a dedicated Empire/Conquest track that converts warriors into settlers and opens new settlement options. The expansion also adds Major Discoveries, expanded mask-set scoring, additional priest/royal/season/technology tiles, and updated solo bot functionality to integrate all new content.
- Players
- 1–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 90–120 min
- Age
- 12+
- Complexity
- 3.9 / 5
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Full stats in Ludoya- 19
- Plays logged
- 13
- Players
- 1h 25m
- Average play
- 50
- In collections
- 4
- On wishlists
8.1/10
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Rules questions
Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.
Can I take obsidian whenever an effect lets me take “any” resource?
No. Obsidian can replace wood, stone, or gold when paying a cost, but an effect that lets you take “any” resource does not let you take obsidian (p. 5).
Do Major Discovery tiles count as regular Discovery tiles for effects that manipulate or count them?
No. They otherwise function like regular Discovery tiles, but effects that manipulate or count Discovery tiles do not affect Major Discovery tiles (p. 4).
Can I take the Major Discovery tile on the Mansion without taking a Royal tile?
No. You may pay 1 cocoa extra to take the Major Discovery tile, but you cannot take only that tile (p. 6).
When do I claim Mansion Ownership, and what happens when someone uses my claimed Royal tile?
The first player to reach the first major step of one of the three temples with a Mansion Ownership tile takes it, along with the normal Discovery tile or printed reward, and places a Claim marker by the matching Royal tile. When anyone uses that Royal tile’s Worship space, you immediately get a free power-up; the user may also pay 1 cocoa to advance on that temple (p. 6).
When does my Shaman help my workers, and when do I lay it down?
A standing Shaman adds a virtual worker, with power equal to your lowest-power worker on that Action Board, when you take its pointed-to board’s Main action. Lay it down after that action; on the Mansion, it instead adds +1 power when you use a pointed-to Worship space, then lies down (p. 7).
Can my Warriors switch paths, and can I build in any region where I have one?
A Warrior must stay on the upper or lower path it started on and can never cross between them. You may build only in an unsettled region where you have a Warrior—not in Teotihuacan, the farthest region, or a region already settled (pp. 9–10).
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