Cover art for Palenque

Palenque

2011 · BGG
Avg rating
6.12
Bayes rating
5.55
Weight
2.22 (Medium Light)
Players
2-6
Playtime
1 hr
Ratings count
209

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Description

Pacal, king of the Maya city Palenque, is trying to control all of the Yucatan's resources. As kings of other cities, his opponents have their own ideas. By using your influence to control resources in Kingdoms across the Yucatan, you can establish yourself as the greatest king of the Maya. Build Temples. Alter borders. Control resources.

During the game, players represent the kings who oppose Pacal and use the ten different resource cards and spend action points to expand their empires, dominate the 14 Yucatan kingdoms through their control markers, exchange the opponents control markers, reserve control markers and/or build Temples, scoring every time a Score Card is played by any player.

The player who has amassed the greatest amount of control over the Yucatan Peninsula in each of the scoring rounds is the winner.



Mechanics

Action Points Area Majority / Influence Enclosure Grid Movement Hand Management Open Drafting

Themes

Ancient Theme Mayans

Publishers

Z-Man Games

Designers

Alan D. Ernstein