Tzolk'in: De Mayakalender

I honestly didn't expect the corn-as-currency mechanic to create so much tension — every placement on the gears feels like a real decision because you're paying for it. My first game ran long since we all kept second-guessing when to pull our workers off, but that's exactly what kept everyone leanin

Spinning those interlocking gears to line up my workers never gets old, and the corn-for-placement cost makes every turn feel like a real decision. First playthrough took us almost three hours with the rules, but by the second game it clicked and we were hooked.

The gear mechanism is the whole game and it works beautifully — you place workers knowing they'll rotate later, so every turn feels like a bet on future planning. Corn as currency for placing workers forces genuinely tough decisions early on. First playthrough took us about two hours and nobody want