Yucatan

Description

--- "In Yucatan" is a strategic Mayan board game focused on city leadership, prisoner capture, and escalating sacrifices to appease demanding gods. Key mechanics include: - *Warlord deployment* Send warlords to capture enemies and prisoners across the Yucatan peninsula. - *Seasonal progression* Advance through four seasons of the sacred calendar, increasing city might. - *Ritual sacrifices* End-of-season sacrifices of prisoners for reputation, each more glorious than the last. - *Mythological aid* Enlist creatures and heroes to bolster power against opponents. - *Competitive balance* Rival leaders pursue dominance, requiring subtle decisions for godly favor. In Yucatan, players lead Mayan cities, vowing to secure the gods' favors amid their people's fate. Core gameplay spans four seasons of intense combat on the Yucatan peninsula, where warlords capture enemies to build prisoner stockpiles and enhance city might per sacred calendar cycle. Opponents mirror these efforts, necessitating recruitment of mythological creatures and heroes to restore divine energy through blood. At each season's end, players ritually sacrifice captives for reputation gains, but the gods demand progressively more glorious offerings, enforcing a delicate balance. Success crowns one's city as the eternal, glorious sanctuary of the mighty Mayan gods. ---