RULE BOOK

Introduction

In a game of Zapotec you build temples, cornfields and

villages in the three valleys surrounding the capital
The Zapotec were a pre-Columbian civilization to generate resources needed for building pyramids,
that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca making sacrifices to the gods and performing rituals.
in Mesoamerica. Archaeological evidence reveal
Each round, players simultaneously pick a card from
their culture going back at least 2,500 years.
their hand to determine their turn order and the
Remnants of the ancient city of Monte Albán resources they collect. Players then perform individual
in the form of buildings, ball courts, magnificent turns and spend resources to build new houses, gain
tombs, and finely worked gold jewelry testify access to special abilities, make sacrifices to the gods
of this once great civilization. Monte Albán was and build pyramids.
one of the first major cities in Mesoamerica and
After five rounds, players score points for Pyramids,
the center of the Zapotec state that dominated
for their position on the Sacrifice track, and for their
much of the territory that today belongs to the Ritual cards. The player with the most victory points
Mexican state of Oaxaca. is the winner.

Pronunciation Guide
Zapotec za·puh·tek /’zʌpətek/
Oaxaca wa·ha·ka /wʌ’hʌkʌ/
Monte Albán mon·te al·ban /mɔnte ʌl’βʌn/
Cocijo ko·si·ho /ɔ’sɪhɔ/

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 Component list

1 main board 36 Trade tiles

12 from each of 3 levels

9 Scoring tiles

4 player boards

15 Wood tokens

15 Brick tokens

45 Building tiles

15 Stone tokens

15 Villages 15 Cornfields 15 Temples

4 Palace tiles 15 Corn tokens

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 15 Gold tokens Components in 4 player colors:

36 Houses

15 Priest tokens

9 per player
20 discs

27 Action cards (numbered 1–27)

5 per player

12 small Pyramid pieces

10 Ritual cards

3 per player

8 medium Pyramid pieces (2 per player)

27 Cocijobot cards (solo mode only)

2 per player

4 large Pyramid pieces

4 Refference cards

1 per player

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 Components overview and game setup

1. Prepare the main board and resources

Place the main board in the middle of the table. on the outside (brown), Hills in the middle (grey) and
Separate the resources — Wood, Brick, Stone, Gold, Forests toward the center (green).
Corn, and Priests into piles and place them within easy
Each of these nine sections has 5 spaces with 3 types
reach of all players.
of buildings (Temples, Villages, and Cornfields).
The board is divided into three regions (described as
Some of these spaces are marked with “3+”or “4”, meaning
Etla, Ocotlan and Mitla in the illustration above, each
that those spaces will be in play only for games with
with its own symbol). Each region is further divided
at least that number of players.
into three sections with different terrain types: Plains

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 2. place The Building Tiles on 4. Place Scoring Tiles
the main board on the board

Sort the 45 basic Building Randomly draw a number

tiles by type (i.e. 15 Temple of scoring tiles equal
tiles, 15 Cornfield tiles, to the number of players
15 Village tiles). plus one (3/4/5 scoring
tiles with 2/3/4 players).
If playing with 3 players,
Place the selected tiles
remove all tiles marked
in their holding area
with “4” on their backs.
on the left hand side
If playing with 2 players,
of the board. Remove any
remove all tiles marked
unused scoring tiles from
with “3+” or “4” on their backs. Removed tiles should
the game by returning
be returned to the game box — they will not be used
them to the box.
during the game.
Place all remaining tiles randomly on the matching
spaces on the board face up (the resource side should 5. Prepare The Action Deck
be visible). If playing with 3 players, leave all building
spaces marked with “4” empty. If playing with 2 players, Shuffle all Action cards and place one face up on
leave all building spaces marked with “3+” or “4” the scoring space of the main board. Draw a number
empty. of cards equal to the number of players plus one
(3/4/5 cards with 2/3/4 players) and place them face
up in a row next to the board, creating the Offer. Place
3. prepare Trade Tile stacks 4 cards face down to form a small deck next to the row
of face-up cards. Then,
Separate the Trade tiles into three stacks depending on If playing with 2 players, deal 6 Action cards to each
their level (1, 2 or 3). Shuffle each stack and place it face player, and remove the remaining 7 cards from the
down on the matching space on the board. Then reveal game by returning them to the box.
the top three tiles of each stack and place them face up
If playing with 3 players, deal 5 Action cards to each
on the three spaces beneath each stack.
player, and remove the remaining 3 cards from the
game by returning them to the box.
If playing with 4 players, deal 4 Action cards to each
player, and remove the remaining card from the
game by returning it to the box.

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 6. Prepare The Ritual Deck 7. distribute Player Pieces

Shuffle the Ritual cards, draw three and place them Each player receives the following pieces in their
face up in a row next to the main board. Remove the player color:
remaining cards from the game by returning them
9 Houses,
to the box.
5 discs,
6 Pyramid pieces,
plus 1 player board and 1 Palace tile which should be
placed on its dedicated space on the player board.
Each player also receives 1 Wood, 1 Brick and 1 Stone.
Each player also places one of their discs on the 0 space
of the Scoring track and another disc in the lowest
(bottom) space of the Sacrifice track. The remaining
3 discs should be kept near their player board.

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 Game setup for 4 players.

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 Game Concepts

Resources buildings

In Zapotec, there are three basic resources (Wood, There are three types of buildings. Each building type
Stone, Brick) and three advanced resources (Corn, Gold, costs two basic resources and provides one advanced
Priests). Players spend basic resources to expand their resource and one variable basic resource:
presence on the board with their buildings and, at the Cornfield — costs 1 Wood and 1 Stone; provides
same time, develop their economy. Advanced resources Corn and one of three basic resources,
are used to gain Trade tiles, advance on the Sacrifice
Temple — costs 1 Brick and 1 Stone; provides Priest
track, and claim Ritual cards. A combination of basic
and one of three basic resources,
and advanced resources is required to build Pyramids.
Village — costs 1 Brick and 1 Wood; provides Gold
and one of three basic resources.

Buildings are constructed on building spaces on the

board. Each building space has three distinct properties:
T he type of building that can be constructed there
(Cornfield, Temple or Village);
A type of terrain (Plains, Hills, Forest);
A region: Etla in the top left corner, Ocotlan in the
bottom left corner, and Mitla in the bottom right
corner. Each region is represented by a god (an Owl
for Etla, the Rain Goddess for Ocotlan, and a Bat
for Mitla).

Building Tiles

At the beginning of the game, each available building

space on the main board contains a Building tile
matching the building type.
When players build a building, they resolve the
following steps in order:
1. Take the Building tile that was on the selected space.
2. Place one of their Houses on a matching building
space on the main board.
3. Place the Building tile on one of the nine building
spaces forming the resource grid on their player
board.
Players are only allowed to place new Building tiles on
empty spaces of the resource grid on their player board.
Stacking or overbuilding is not allowed. Once placed,
a Building tile is never moved.

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 Playing the game

The game consists of five rounds. Each round

consists of two phases. The first phase is conducted Phase 1 : Select Card
simultaneously by all players while the second phase
is divided into two steps carried out individually by
each player, in turn order. All players simultaneously pick one card from their
hand and place it face down in front of them.
Phase 1: Select Card
The resource printed at the top of the card determines
Phase 2: Income and Actions (in turn order) the row or column to activate on the resource grid
Step A: Income to collect income.

Step B: Actions: The icon in the middle of the card matches one of the
nine properties of the building spaces on the map (one
Capital Actions step of three building types, one of three regions, or one
Buy Trade tiles of three terrain types). On their turn, players may only
build on spaces that match that icon.
Build Pyramid level
The number at the bottom of the card will dictate the
Perform a Ritual turn order for the round when the card is played.
Sacrifice
Construction step
Turn Scoring step
Draw Card step

Card anatomy

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 Step B: Actions
Phase 2 : Income and Actions
After collecting income, the active player will start
their Action step.
After every player has selected their card for the round,
all players reveal cards and establish turn order. The The active player may perform any number of Capital
player with the lowest number will go first, followed Actions, followed by any number of Building Actions.
by the player with the next higher number and so on.
Then, in this turn order they will collect income (step
Capital actions step
A) and carry out Actions (step B).
Any number of Capital Actions can be performed
Step A: INCOME in a turn. All Capital Actions must be taken before
starting Building Actions.
To collect income:
1. Observe the basic resource type that corresponds TR ADE ACTION
to a row and a column on your player board.
With a Trade Action, the active player spends Gold
2. Pick the row or the column with the matching to acquire available (face-up) Trade tiles.
resource symbol.
Each tile costs 1, 2 or 3 Gold (depending on which
3. Collect all income from the column or row selected: section on the board it belongs). Trade tiles come
for each icon in that row or column including in three categories:
the resource icon above or next to it, collect one
T he tiles from the top row cost 1 Gold and provide
resource of the depicted type.
resources immediately after buying. Flip them right
Example: after use and place next to your player board.
The player has chosen a ‘Wood’ card 1 and may gain T he tiles from the middle row cost 2 Gold and
resources corresponding to either the middle row or the middle provide a special ability that can be performed once
column. They pick the middle row 2 , and collect (left to right): per round. This ability is available immediately upon
1 Wood; 1 Stone and 1 Gold from the Village tile; and 1 Brick purchase. Once used, flip the tile face down (and
and 1 Priest from the Temple tile. flip it back face up at the start of next round).
T he tiles from the bottom row cost 3 Gold and
1 provide a more powerful ability that, depending on
the tile, could be performed immediately, once per
round, or could be a permanent ability.

A player may purchase only 1 Trade tile from each row

(1, 2 and 3 Gold) per round. At the end of the active
player’s turn, Trade tiles are replenished: new tiles are
revealed from their respective stacks to replace the tiles
which were purchased.
2 Detailed descriptions of all Trade tiles are available
in the Appendix at the end of these rules.

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PYR AMID ACTION RITUAL ACTION
With this action a player spends 1 Priest, 1 Wood, Players that have already built at least one Pyramid
1 Brick and 1 Stone to build one level of a Pyramid. level can perform a Ritual. When performing a Ritual,
Each Pyramid level is represented by one plastic piece a player spends 1 Priest and places one of their discs
in that player’s color. on 1 chosen Ritual card on display, observing the
following rules:
To build a Pyramid level, a player must select either
an empty available Pyramid space, or an unfinished T hey may not place a disc on a Ritual card which
Pyramid that comprises of one or two pyramid levels: already has a disc of their player color.
If you build a level of a Pyramid on an empty space, T hey may place a disc on a Ritual card which has
start by selecting one of the available Scoring tiles discs belonging to other players but they must pay
on display. Put it next to your chosen Pyramid space, 1 Gold per each opponent disc already on the Ritual
and then place the largest Pyramid piece in your card (this Gold is spent normally — not paid to the
color still available to you on that space. disc owners).

A lternatively, if you decide to contribute to an T he number of Ritual cards a player can have a disc
existing incomplete Pyramid, place a new level on on is limited by the number of Pyramid pieces they
top of it (the new level must be exactly one size have built (but no more than three). The location
smaller than the current top piece). of Pyramid pieces does not matter, only the total
number of pieces built.
A Pyramid is completed when no more pieces can
be added to it (its top piece is the smallest Pyramid At the end of the game, each player that placed a disc
level). A finished Pyramid may comprise of one, two on a Ritual card will gain victory points according
or three pieces: to the scoring conditions from that Ritual card.
A small Pyramid is completed with a single piece, but
it can be built only by a player who has already used
all their large and medium pieces on other Pyramids.
A medium Pyramid requires a medium size piece
and a small size piece.

A large Pyramid requires three pieces, one
of each size.

At the end of the game, Pyramids will award points for

buildings matching that Pyramid Scoring tile (see End
Game Scoring section).

Each player may only build one level

of the same Pyramid per round. However,
within the same round, a player is allowed
to contribute to more than one Pyramid, or
for different players to add a level each to the
same Pyramid. A single Pyramid can (and
usually will) be made of Pyramid levels
of different colors!

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SACR I FICE ACTION Construction step
With the Sacrifice Action, a player advances on the
After performing any number of Capital Actions, the
Sacrifice track (located on the right side of the main
active player may spend basic resources to build any
board). To perform this Action, the player:
number of buildings.
1. Spends exactly one Priest and between 1 and 5 Corn.
In order to build, you must pay the resource cost
2. Moves their disc one step up per Corn spent. of a building. Each building type requires different
3. As they move their disc, they collect the bonus resource types, as follows:
depicted on each step. If they advance multiple Village: 1 Brick and 1 Wood
steps, they gain all bonuses depicted on each step
Temple: 1 Brick and 1 Stone
they advance.
Field: 1 Wood and 1 Stone
If there are any other discs on the space the player lands
Palace: 1 Wood, 1 Brick and 1 Stone
on, they place their disc on the top of them.
Some steps of the Sacrifice track award points Next, select a space for your building. It must be
immediately, some provide one basic resource of your one with a building tile (so unoccupied by a House
choice, and some provide permanent discounts for or a Palace) and it must be a space allowed by your
Trade tiles and Ritual cards. The discounts and special Action card:
abilities work as follows: If an Action card depicts a type of building, you can
T he third step offers a discount of 1 Gold for level only build that type (but you can choose any region
2 Trade tiles. and terrain type for every building you can build).
T he sixth step offers a discount of 2 Gold for level If an Action card depicts a region or terrain type,
3 Trade tiles. your chosen space must be located in that region
(you can choose any terrain type) or on that terrain
T he ninth step allows you to place discs on Ritual
type (but you can choose any region). However, you
cards without spending Priests (but still paying Gold
can build different types of buildings in this round,
for each opponent disc already present).
as long as you can afford them.
T he eleventh step allows you to immediately place
a disc on a Ritual card at no cost (this Ritual If you are unable to fulfill the conditions above, you
is completely independent from Pyramid levels are not allowed to build. If you meet the conditions,
built before or after this step is reached). replace the selected tile with one of your Houses, and
place the tile on any empty space of the resource grid
Effectively, reaching the sixth step means that Trade
on your player board. If the tile placed covers a space
tiles of any level can be now bought for 1 Gold each.
with an advanced resource, you also immediately gain
Note that the discounts never drop the price of a Trade
that resource. This only happens the first time the
tile below 1 Gold.
resource is covered.

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Example: BUILDING THE PAL ACE
The player played the depicted card 1 and has 2 Bricks,
Once during the game, you can build your Palace.
1 Wood, and 1 Stone 2 . They build a Temple 3 ( for 1 Brick
Unlike regular buildings, the Palace costs one of each
and 1 Stone) and a Village 4 ( for 1 Wood and 1 Brick). They
basic resource: 1 Wood, 1 Brick and 1 Stone.
place the two houses on a Temple spot 5 and a Village spot
6 in the Mitla region, and place the corresponding tiles on Like other buildings, the Palace can only be built on
their player board 7 . They decide to place them on the Wood a building space that matches the Action card.
row 8 , and, by covering the Gold space, also immediately gain When building the Palace, place your Palace tile on the
1 Gold 9 . main board and put one of your Houses on top of it.
Take the Building tile from that space and place it face
1 down on the palace space on your player board (so that
the building type of the space that was used is clearly
visible). This tile does not go to the resource grid. The
Palace does not produce resources but it counts as two
Houses for all scoring purposes.

Example:
The player spends 1 Brick, 1 Stone and 1 Wood 1 to build
their Palace 2 . Since they played a ‘Cornfield’ card 3 , they
build it on a matching building space 4 and place the Building
tile, face down, on the Palace space of their player board 5 .
4 3
2
5
3
7
8

9 2

3
1

4
4

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 Turn Scoring step
End of the Round Cleanup
After the Construction step, you score 2 Victory Points
for each House you have on the main board that matches
the Property (middle) section of current round’s bonus After the last player has taken their turn, the remaining
card (the Action card face up in the bonus space of the Action card is moved to the Round’s bonus space on the
main board). main board. If there are any cards already in the bonus
space, place this card face-up on top of the stack. This
Action card is now the bonus card for the next round.
Note: All your Houses on the main board count
toward scoring, not just those built in the current Collect all the Action cards that were played this
round. Also, your Palace counts as two Houses, round, add the top card from the deck and place them
hence it scores 4 Victory Points if it matches the in the Offer (there will be one more than the number
current Round’s bonus card. of players).
Skip this step in the last round of the game.
Draw Card step

Finally, pick one of the face-up Action cards in the

Offer and add it to your hand. Thus, you will end your
round with the same number of cards you started with.
Skip this step during the last round.

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 End of the Game

After 5 rounds, additional Victory Points are scored Example:

before the game ends: Orange and Purple have built one Pyramid piece each in the
Pyramid with the Forest scoring tile.
They gain one point for each House they have built on the
Sacrifice Track Forest. Because the Pyramid has not been completed, they do
not get the 5-point bonus.
The top three players on the Sacrifice track gain Orange has also built two Pyramid pieces of the Pyramid with
respectively 9, 6 and 3 points. the Temple scoring tile. Blue has built one Pyramid piece there.
Orange gains 2 points per Temple they have built, while Blue
Ties are broken in favour of the player whose disc gains 1 point per Temple. Since the Pyramid is complete, Orange
is closest to the bottom of the stack on the tied space gains a bonus of 10 points and Blue a bonus of 5 points.
(i.e. who got there first).
Finally, Purple has built two Pyramid pieces of the Pyramid for
Note: Only players that moved on the Sacrifice Etla, completing this Pyramid. They gain 2 points per House
track by at least one space are eligible for points in the Etla region and a bonus of 10 points.
there.

Rituals

Players score the Ritual cards on which they have placed

their discs during the game. For any cards that score
points based on Houses, Palaces count as two Houses.

Pyramids

Finally each Pyramid is scored:

1. Each Pyramid has a corresponding scoring tile.
2. Players that contributed to a Pyramid gain points
for each of their Houses matching the scoring tile.
Each Pyramid piece awards 1 point per House Winner
to its owner.
The winner is the player with the most Victory Points
3. For Pyramid scoring purposes, a Palace will count
at the end of the game. In case of a tie, the player whose
as two Houses.
disc is ahead on the Sacrifice track wins (with the disc
4. If the Pyramid is complete, each Pyramid piece closer to the bottom of the stack on the same space
awards a bonus of 5 points to its owner. breaking the tie). In the unlikely event of there still
being a tie (which can happen if none of the tied players
moved up the Sacrifice track), the tied players share
the victory.

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 solo mode

It is possible to play Zapotec alone, against Cocijobot,

an automated opponent named after the Rain God Gameplay
of the Zapotec people.
In the rules below, “you” refers to the lone human player, The gameplay follows the same steps as in the
while “Cocijobot” or “it” refers to the automated opponent. multiplayer game, with a few exceptions.
After you select your Action card, reveal the top card
of the Cocijobot deck: it will show three large icons.
Setup A Building type, a Terrain type and a Region, and
a number at the bottom along with a smaller icon.
When playing solo, the main board setup is the same as If the number on that card is equal or lower than that
for 2 players (use all spaces except those marked with on your Action card, Cocijobot will perform its actions
3+ or 4), but place only two cards face up in the Offer first, otherwise you will go first.
(to select from at the end of your Actions turn), then
draw 6 cards into your hand and place a small face- Note: the numbers on the Cocijobot deck can be
down deck of 6 cards next to the two cards face-up. repeated and tend to be on average lower than
Return the remaining Action cards to the box. those on the main Action cards deck.
Place only three Trade tiles per type face up on the Note also that the back of each Cocijobot card
board, and put the remaining ones in the box (there provides a hint to one of the icons that could be
will be exactly nine tiles in play). on the front. For high numbered cards, that hint
After picking your own player board and setting it up is intentionally misleading.
normally, pick another color for Cocijobot, place its
discs normally (one on the 0 space of the score track, The rest of your turn proceeds as usual (Income step,
the other at the bottom of the sacrifice track), and place Capital Actions step, Construction step, Turn Scoring
its 9 Houses, its Palace, its three remaining discs and its step). During your Draw Card step, pick one of the two
6 Pyramid pieces next to its board. Action cards from the Offer to add to your hand and
Shuffle the Cocijobot deck (all 27 cards) and place it use the other one as next round’s bonus card. Then
next to the board, face down. (if it was one of the first four rounds) draw 2 new
Action cards from the deck to form next round’s Offer
Cocijobot ignores the Offer.

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 Cocijobot’s turn Place the tiles from the spaces next to Cocijobot’s
pieces, with the Building type facing up.
During Cocijobot’s turn (before or after you perform Depending on the Building type, there will also be
your actions, depending on the numbers on its card), a Capital action symbol at the bottom of the card
it will: (Sacrifice for Cornfields, Trade for Villages, and
Build 1 House, if possible, matching the three icons Pyramid for Temples). After resolving Construction
on its card at once (there is exactly one space on the (as outlined above, even if Cocijobot couldn’t place any
board for each combination). Houses), perform the Capital action shown on the card,
as described below.
It will also build a House, if possible, matching
two of those icons plus the icon for this round’s If this turn Cocijobot could not build any buildings
bonus card. (i.e. because the spaces were already taken by either you
or it, or because Cocijobot already built all 9 Houses),

If Cocijobot already built a Pyramid level (see
flip one more card and execute the Capital action on it
page 19), it will build one more House matching
as well as the one on the original card.
two of the icons on its card plus the scoring tile
of the Pyramid. This means that Cocijobot might execute up to two
Capital actions per turn.
Example: After performing the Capital action(s), score Cocijobot’s
With this card, assuming the Houses according to the current round’s bonus card
current round’s bonus card shows same as you would score your own.
‘Plains’, Cocijobot will place
1 House on the temple/Mitla/
forest space and 1 on the temple/ sacrifice
plains/Mitla space.
Advance Cocijobot’s disc by one space on the Sacrifice
If Cocijobot has also built a level track for each Cornfield tile it has collected so far.
on the Pyramid with a scoring Cocijobot will score the Victory Points along the track.
tile showing ‘Etla’, it will place
1 House on the temple/forest/ If Cocijobot reaches the third or sixth space it will
Etla space. If any of these options immediately get the leftmost Trade tile from the
are not possible, because they were second or third row respectively at no cost.
already built by you or Cocijobot, If Cocijobot reaches the eighth space (i.e. the third
it will simply skip them. free resource), it will immediately build a Pyramid
level (see rules governing Pyramid levels below).

If Cocijobot reaches the ninth and the eleventh
Rules for Cocijobot’s Palace space, it will place a disc on the leftmost ritual card
placement: that doesn’t have its disc yet.

I f one of the spaces built by Cocijobot matches

both one of its Pyramids scoring tiles and the
current round’s bonus card, it will place its
Palace instead of a regular building (assuming
its Palace hasn’t been placed yet). Otherwise,
if this is the last round (or the last round for
which Cocijobot still has house pieces left) and
one of the spaces matches either the Pyramid or
the current round’s bonus card, and Cocijobot
has not placed its Palace yet, it will place it now
(so that it matches the Pyramid if possible,
otherwise the bonus card).

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 Trade
End Game Scoring
Cocijobot will select one of the three rows according
to the criteria below, and take the leftmost tile still
The game ends after five rounds, same as in the
available from that row.
multiplayer game.
If the row is already empty, it will pick the next best
You will score the same as you do with the multiplayer
row with at least a tile.
rules, but Cocijobot will score as follows:
The row is picked as follows:
If Cocijobot has collected four or more Village Sacrifice track
tiles, or if it has reached the sixth step on the If Cocijobot has advanced at least one step on the
Sacrifice track, it will pick the third row. Sacrifice track, it will score as usual (9 points if it’s first,
If Cocijobot has collected three Village tiles, or if 6 points if it’s second). If it did not advance on the
it has reached the third step on the Sacrifice track, Sacrifice track during the game, Cocijobot still scores
it will take the leftmost tile from the second row. 3 points.
Otherwise it will take the leftmost tile from the Trade Tiles
first row.
Each Trade tile gained by Cocijobot scores 3 Victory
Trade tiles have no effect on Cocijobot, but at the end Points per line on its back (level 1 tiles score 3 Victory
of the game they will score Victory Points for it. Points, level 2 tiles score 6 Victory Points and level
3 tiles score 9 Victory Points).

Pyramid Rituals
If Cocijobot has not built any Pyramid levels yet, it will Each Ritual card scores 10 Victory Points for Cocijobot
try to start a new Pyramid, otherwise it will add a level if it has only its own disc, but only 6 points if it also has
to the one it already started. yours. You score the printed condition normally.
If that Pyramid is already complete, Cocijobot will
place its disc onto the first Ritual card still without its Pyramids
disc (from left to right). Any completed Pyramids that Cocijobot contributed
to score as normal.
Note: Cocijobot will not contribute to more than
Cocijobot gains the 5-point bonus from all its Pyramid
one Pyramid.
pieces, regardless of Pyramids being complete.
When starting a new Pyramid, Cocijobot will choose
the best scoring tile as follows:
Adjusting difficulty
It will pick the scoring tile that matches most Houses
for Cocijobot.
To make the game easier: every time Cocijobot fails
I n case of a tie it will pick the one that matches the to build during the Construction Phase because your
least Houses for you. House is already there, you gain 2 Victory Points.
If there is still a tie it will pick the topmost scoring tile. To make the game harder: every time Cocijobot fails
to build during Construction for any reason, it gains
If you have already started both Pyramids, Cocijobot 2 Victory Points. (Therefore, if it only places 1 House,
will contribute to one of them, following the same it will gain 4 Victory Points for the other two houses it
criteria above for the associated scoring tile. could not build that round.)

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 appendix

Trade Tiles

Flip this tile face down and pay

Flip this tile face down to gain 1 Stone to gain 2 Wood. At the
1 Wood and 1 Corn. end of your turn, flip this tile
face up.
Z01, Z02 Z14

Flip this tile face down and pay

Flip this tile face down to gain 1 Wood to gain 2 Brick. At the
1 Brick and 1 Corn. end of your turn, flip this tile
face up.
Z03, Z04 Z15

Flip this tile face down and pay

Flip this tile face down to gain 1 Brick to gain 2 Wood. At the
1 Stone and 1 Corn. end of your turn, flip this tile
face up.
Z05, Z06 Z16

Flip this tile face down and pay

Flip this tile face down to gain
1 Stone to gain 2 Brick. At the end
1 Wood and 1 Brick.
of your turn, flip this tile face up.

Z07, Z08 Z17

Flip this tile face down and pay

Flip this tile face down to gain 1 Wood to gain 2 Stone. At the
1 Brick and 1 Stone. end of your turn, flip this tile
face up.
Z09, Z10 Z18

Flip this tile face down and pay

Flip this tile face down to gain
1 Brick to gain 1 Priest. At the end
1 Stone and 1 Wood.
of your turn, flip this tile face up.

Z11, Z012 Z19

Flip this tile face down and pay

Flip this tile face down and pay
1 Stone to gain 1 Priest. At the
1 Brick to gain 2 Stone. At the end
end of your turn, flip this tile
of your turn, flip this tile face up.
face up.
Z13 Z20

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 Flip this tile face down and pay
Flip this tile face down and pay
1 Stone to build a House on an
1 Wood to gain 1 Priest. At the
available Ocotlan space, ignoring
end of your turn, flip this tile
played Action card. At the end
face up.
of your turn, flip this tile face up.
Z21 Z29

Flip this tile face down and pay

Flip this tile face down and pay 1 Wood to build a House on an
1 Brick to gain 2 Corn. At the end available Etla space, ignoring
of your turn, flip this tile face up. played Action card. At the end
of your turn, flip this tile face up.
Z22 Z30

From this moment forward,

Flip this tile face down and pay building Cornfields costs you
1 Stone to gain 2 Corn. At the end exactly 1 Stone. Permanently
of your turn, flip this tile face up. keep this tile face-up next to your
player board.
Z23 Z31

Flip this tile face down and pay From this moment forward,
1 Wood to gain 2 Corn. At the building Temples costs you exactly
end of your turn, flip this tile 1 Brick. Permanently keep this tile
face up. face-up next to your player board.
Z24 Z32

Flip this tile face down and pay From this moment forward,
1 Brick to build a House on an building Villages costs you
available Plains space, ignoring exactly 1 Wood. Permanently
played Action card. At the end keep this tile face-up next to your
of your turn, flip this tile face up. player board.
Z25 Z33

Flip this tile face down and pay

1 Stone to build a House on an Flip this tile face down and pay
available Hills space, ignoring 2 Corn to advance 4 times on the
played Action card. At the end Sacrifice track.
of your turn, flip this tile face up.
Z26 Z34

Flip this tile face down and pay From this moment forward, during
1 Wood to build a House on an the Scoring step of your turn, you
available Forest space, ignoring may ignore the current round’s
played Action card. At the end bonus card and use, for scoring
of your turn, flip this tile face up. purposes, a card from your hand.
Z27 Z35 If you do so, after using it for
Flip this tile face down and pay scoring, you must discard that card
1 Brick to build a House on an (effectively reducing the number
available Mitla space, ignoring of cards in your hand).
played Action card. At the end
of your turn, flip this tile face up. Flip this tile face down to place
Z28
your disc on a Ritual card,
ignoring all requirements and
paying no resources.
Z36

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 Ritual Cards

6 VP for sets of three 6 VP for sets of three 6 VP for sets of three 6 VP for sets of three
buildings with same buildings with same buildings with same buildings with same
type and different terrain and different type and different region and different
region. Max 18 VP. region. Max 18 VP. terrain. Max 18 VP. terrain. Max 18 VP.

6 VP for sets of three 6 VP for sets of three 3 VP for each Pyramid 1 VP for each basic
buildings with same buildings with same level built. Max 12 VP. resource and 2 VP
region and different terrain and different for each advanced
type. Max 18 VP. type. Max 18 VP. resource. Max 12 VP.

Note: Remember that each Palace will

count as two Houses for Ritual cards
that award points to sets of buildings.
For example, a player that builds their
Palace on the Plains, then two Houses
on the Forest and two Houses on
the Hills, will have two sets of three
buildings on different terrain.
1 VP for each step on 1/2/3 VP for each
the Sacrifice track. Trade tile of level
Max 12 VP. 1/2/3. Max 12 VP.

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