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Founders of Teotihuacan is a strategy game where you compete to create the best design for the city of Teotihuacan. Over the course of three to four turns, you will place your action discs on the main board, forming towers of varying strength, strategically using the bonuses they offer, and building temples, resource buildings, and the pyramid at the heart of your Teotihuacan project. You will balance resource generation and resource use, as finding good locations on your city board becomes increasingly difficult, and you will try to outwit your opponents, using an innovative and interactive action system. Finally, once the eclipse arrives, all designs will be evaluated and the player with the most points will win and become the architect to join the ranks of the Founders of Teotihuacan!
Founders of Teotihuacan is a standalone game, linked to Teotihuacan: City of the Gods only by the shared setting of the ancient city of Teotihuacan. Thematically, the events of Founders take place in an earlier time in history, when what would become a magnificent city was still in its infancy and few people inhabited the area.
On your turn, you must either perform an action or pass. To perform an action, place between 1 and 3 of your action discs on an action space on the main map that already contains at least one disc (at least one bonus disc and possibly also one or more opponent discs), and perform a corresponding action. The action disc(s) must be placed on top of the disc(s) already present on that space, forming a stack. Each action space can contain a maximum of 4 action discs, including bonus discs!
Your personal player board is divided into four districts or quadrants. Buildings and temples can only be placed in the two districts closest to your architect. Pyramid tiles can only be placed in the six Pyramid spaces closest to your architect. Your Action Strength is equal to the total number of discs (whether your own, an opponent's discs, or Bonus discs) on an Action space.
After performing an action (not passing), move your architect clockwise to the next side of your player board, which signifies the end of your turn. This changes your architect's range for your next turn. Once all players have passed, the current turn ends. Once the game is over, players score additional victory points for how well their districts complete their pyramid.
Contents: 1 central board, 4 player boards, 15 mask tiles, 36 worship tiles, 90 building tiles, 5 gold size 4, 10 gold size 3, 5 stone size 4, 11 stone size 3, 14 stone size 2, 10 stone size 1, 11 wood size 3, 14 wood size 2, 10 wood size 1, 38 temple tiles, 46 pyramid tiles, 9 bonus discs, 1 sun marker, 1 eclipse marker, 1 first player marker, 24 action discs, 4 favor tokens, 4 score markers, 4 architects, 90 resource cubes (30 nuggets, 30 stones, 30 wood), 1 game rule.
