The Tzolk’in is the name of the Mayan’s Mesoamerican calendar, which lasted 260 days. (This ain’t just a board game run-down; we’ve throwing out some great pub quiz nuggets, too!) Tzolk’in is a worker placement game that lasts for 26 rounds – see what they did, there? – which is the entire turn of its giant cog. The aim here is for players to climb temples of worship, build monuments and feeding their people at quarterly points during the game. The game quite literally revolves around that giant central cog. It’s the five ‘satellite’ cogs themselves where players can place their workers. Time is arguably the most important resource in Tzolk’in – we’ve gone a bit philosophical; bear with us. Yes, there’s corn (the main ‘currency’ you’ll need to feed workers and pay to place them out), and wood, stone, gold and even crystal skulls. You’ll need to acquire these in various ways to pay for increasing your tech trees, or purchasing buildings or monuments, b