2022 · Ancient
Zapotec
Players develop a Mesoamerican valley by building temples, cornfields and villages to generate resources for pyramids, sacrifices and rituals. Each round, players simultaneously choose a card that sets their resource row/column, restricts which map spaces they may build on, and determines turn order. On individual turns, players collect income, spend resources to construct buildings, unlock special abilities, make sacrifices to a shared track, and build pyramids. After each round, players draft new action cards from a central market; one undrafted card becomes the next round’s scoring bonus. After five rounds, points come from pyramids, sacrifice position and ritual cards.
- Players
- 1–4 best 3
- Playing time
- 60–75 min
- Age
- 12+
- Complexity
- 3 / 5
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Full stats in Ludoya- 54
- Plays logged
- 70
- Players
- 1h 8m
- Average play
- 46
- In collections
- 7
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6.9/10
from 15 Ludoya reviews
Onbase5.0 Too many unconnected ways to score - I prefer something more focused like Lupiano's other design Calimala. Absolutely nothing about this game hooked me, but at least it was pleasantly short.
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