2022 · City Building
Founders of Teotihuacan
Players take on the role of early architects shaping a nascent Mesoamerican city, placing buildings, temples, and a central pyramid across their personal city board. On each turn a player either takes an Action or passes: Actions are executed by placing 1–3 action disks onto an action space of the main board that already contains disks, forming stacks that determine Action Strength and available bonuses. Actions provide resources, allow construction on specific districts, or advance pyramid building within limited placement zones. Architect position rotates after each action, changing reach and placement options. Play proceeds through multiple rounds until all players pass, then districts and pyramid alignment are scored to determine the winner.
- Players
- 1–4 best 2
- Playing time
- 45–60 min
- Age
- 14+
- Complexity
- 2.9 / 5
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On Ludoya's tables
Full stats in Ludoya- 27
- Plays logged
- 50
- Players
- 1h 20m
- Average play
- 34
- In collections
- 3
- On wishlists
5.7/10
from 9 Ludoya reviews
Multiplier is the most optimal way of scoring, but it is still a good and engaging game
Kush4.6 I am always on the hunt for a polyomino tile-placement game (my fave mechanism) that checks all my boxes. Founders of Teo join other recently highly anticipated but major disappointments — Planet Unknown & Tenpenny Parks. The game wants to restrict you in every way possible and takes away all the joy of putting fun shapes together. The mediocre gameplay is made worse by a full-size box and really boring/lazy art, graphic design & lack of quality components. Considering how uninspiring the production quality is, this would have done better in a dry-erase drawing format with some additional components like Isle Of Cats: Explore & Draw.
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