10 Rules You Might Have Missed - Tzolk'in The Mayan Calendar

In this video I take a look at 10 rules you might have missed for the excellent 2012 Essen hit, Tzolk'in The Mayan Calendar. If you like the video, please thank the Gods by clicking on the like button and subscribing for future offerings.

[@vxm]

In your example the reason you can't advance the wheel two stages is that the green player would be pushed off, not the blue player. Blue's worker will be off the gear regardless, and the rule is that you can't force off a worker who normally wouldn't be forced off using the gear advancement ability. Thus his worker is irrelevant, and it's the green worker that's blocking the action.

[@kriba6755]

Rule 6, moving the calender. Not "any" player can move 2 days. Only the player who has a worker on the first player spot has that option to move two days

[@M3tabolic]

1:25 is either incorrect or unclear. While it is correct that only 1 building can acquire the architecture bonus, it is not true that the 2nd building must be built without using the bonuses. The rule is that architecture bonus can be used for *either* the first or the second building, but not both. Specifically in the rules it says “if you construct two buildings, you can apply your architecture technologies to the first or the second, but one of them must be built without architecture technologies”
....This can make a big difference because it means you could build building 1 which advances you upwards on the architecture tech track, then use architecture bonus on the second building (and thus immediately benefitting from the increased tech that the first building gave).

[@Hakucho64]

Yeah he said "your second building", which wasn't technically wrong, but it would have been clearer still if he'd said "your other building".

[@BoardGameAids]

Thanks ! I'm sure you are going to enjoy Tzolkin - its a bit of a brain burner so probably best to start early.

[@HenrikForsberg]

Nice video, I hope to get the game to the table for the first time today and I'm sure we'd miss a couple of those...

[@LinkCloud84]

@Aung1988: My group uses the starter cards and whoever draws the highest number goes first. If there is a draw, those who draw for the highest numbers draw again.

[@Aung1988]

question: Who gets the starting player marker during the setup? In other words, who takes the first turn?

[@Hakucho64]

There's a cheesy rule about whoever last sacrificed something, but we simply choose someone at random.

[@piotrpabis8953]

Nice video but:
8. Technology is in the 3rd row
6. ... green player will fall off (6 action space)

[@kosterix123]

4:05 is it true you get also the lower stuff?

[@agreatmemory]

Kosteri x
Yes. For both the middle of age food days (Brown/orange,) the rewards include all resources below your current space.

[@grzegorztalar]

Nice video but You have got number 1 rule wrong. If You are at the lowest position of all temples You can still beg for corn. In that situation Gods take pity on You and You suffer no penalties.

[@eveningchaos1]

I think the rules state that you can't beg for corn in this situation, but you are allowed to place a single worker on the board in the lowest possible spot on one of the wheels.

[@grzegorztalar]

Yep, You are correct. I got the rules wrong as well :) Thanks for clarification.