Teotihuacan: City of Gods
Teotihuacan explained: move worker dice around a modular rondel, upgrade them, develop technologies, climb temples and build the Pyramid of the Sun.
Move worker dice around a circular arrangement of action boards, combining their values and locations to gather resources, unlock technology and build monumental structures.
Workers gain strength as they are used, creating a timing puzzle around when to exploit a powerful die and when to ascend it for bonuses and replacement.
Why We Love It
The worker dice change over time, so the same action space can mean something very different depending on which workers reach it and at what strength.
About Teotihuacan
Players move one worker die each turn and resolve the action or collection benefit at the destination. Workers improve, technologies alter efficiency, temples add tracks and the central pyramid grows tile by tile.
The game is divided into three eras, with eclipses evaluating progress and requiring players to feed their workforce.
Game at a Glance
Move Workers
Worker dice circle the modular action board and grow in power.
Build the Pyramid
Add and decorate pyramid tiles for immediate and long-term rewards.
Advance Temples
Climb divine tracks and unlock stronger rewards.
Prepare for Eclipse
Three scoring periods create a visible timing structure.
Who Teotihuacan suits
Players who enjoy heavy eurogames, evolving worker values and planning around multiple interlocking scoring systems.
Rules overview
Move one worker die clockwise one to three action boards, then resolve an action or collect benefit. Action strength depends on workers at the location and their values. Workers can gain pips, eventually ascending for rewards and restarting at a lower value. Players build the pyramid, develop technologies, decorate structures and climb temple tracks over three eras.
Key decisions
Editorial analysis: Worker growth is a resource. Strong dice produce better actions, but keeping them too long can delay valuable ascension rewards. Plan routes several moves ahead so upgrades and destination effects reinforce each other.
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Sources and edition notes
Facts checked September 17, 2026. This guide covers the base game.