Founders of Teotihuacan - EN

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Go back in time to the founding of one of the largest cities in Mesoamerica and become part of its history again. Design the foundations of a great pre-Columbian civilization with its buildings, temples, and a magnificent pyramid in the center. Find perfect spots for production buildings and grand temples, and build a powerful great pyramid overlooking your city. Establish yourself as the best among competing architects, and your project will secure you a place among the great founders of Teotihuacan!

Founders of Teotihuacan is a strategic game where you compete with your friends to create the best project for the city of Teotihuacan. Over three to four rounds, you will place action discs on the main game board, build towers of various strengths, strategically use bonuses offered, and construct temples, resource buildings, and the pyramid that is the centerpiece of your Teotihuacan project. You will balance between generating resources and using them, as finding good locations on your city board becomes increasingly challenging, and you will try to outsmart your opponents using an innovative and interactive action system. Finally, once the eclipse occurs, all proposals will be evaluated, and the player with the highest score will win and become the architect who joins the ranks of the founders of Teotihuacan!

Founders of Teotihuacan is a standalone game related to the game Teotihuacan: City of Gods, connecting them only through the shared setting of the ancient city of Teotihuacan. Thematically, the events in the game Founders take place in an earlier historical period when the city, which was to become magnificent, was still in its infancy and only a few inhabitants lived in its surroundings.

On your turn, you must either take an action or pass. To take an action, place 1 to 3 of your action discs on an action space on the main board that already contains at least one disc (at least a bonus disc and possibly also a disc(s) of an opponent) and perform the corresponding action. The action disc(s) should be placed on the disc(s) already on that space, creating a stack. A maximum of 4 action discs - including bonus discs - can be placed on each action space!

Your personal player board is divided into four quadrants. Buildings and temples can only be placed in two quadrants closest to your architect. Pyramid tiles can only be placed in six pyramid spaces closest to your architect. Your action strength equals the total number of tiles (whether yours, opponents', or bonus) on the action space.

After taking an action (not when passing), move your Architect clockwise to the next side of your player board, signaling the end of your turn. This changes the reach of your architect for the next turn. Once all players pass, the current round ends.

At the end of the game, players will earn additional victory points based on how well their quadrants complement their pyramid.