{"product_id":"zapotec-pre-order","title":"Zapotec","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNumber of Players: \u003c\/strong\u003e1-4\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlaying Time:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e60-75 Minutes\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecommended Ages: \u003c\/strong\u003e12+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Zapotec were a pre-Columbian civilization that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca in Mesoamerica. Archaeological evidence reveal their culture going back at least 2,500 years. Remnants of the ancient city of Monte Albán in the form of buildings, ball courts, magnificent tombs, and finely worked gold jewelry testify of this once great civilization. Monte Albán was one of the first major cities in Mesoamerica and the center of the Zapotec state that dominated much of the territory that today belongs to the Mexican state of Oaxaca.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a game of Zapotec, you build temples, cornfields and villages in the three valleys surrounding the capital to generate resources needed for building pyramids, making sacrifices to the gods, and performing rituals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach round, players simultaneously pick a card from their hand to determine their turn order and the resources they collect. Players then perform individual turns and spend resources to build new houses, gain access to special abilities, make sacrifices to the gods and build pyramids. The played action card determines three important aspects of each player's turn:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe resource printed at the top of the card determines the row or column to activate on the resource grid to collect income.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe icon in the middle of the card matches one of the nine properties of the building spaces on the map (one of three building types, one of three regions, or one of three terrain types). On their turn, players may build only on spaces that match that icon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe number at the bottom of the card dictates the turn order for the round when the card is played.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the end of the round, players draft new cards from the central offer, with the final undrafted card becoming the scoring bonus card for the following round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter five rounds, players score points for pyramids, for their position on the sacrifice track, and for their ritual cards. The player with the most victory points wins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 Main board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4 Player boards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e36 Trade tiles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9 Scoring tiles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e45 Building tiles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4 Palace tiles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15 Wood tokens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15 Brick tokens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15 Stone tokens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15 Corn tokens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15 Gold tokens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15 Priest tokens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e27 Action cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10 Ritual cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e27 Cocijobot cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4 Reference cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e36 Wooden houses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e20 Wooden discs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12 Small pyramid pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8 Medium pyramid pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4 Large pyramid pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 Rulebook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Board And Dice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42305540391050,"sku":"","price":42.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0261\/9795\/0486\/files\/zapotec-810.jpg?v=1775026619","url":"https:\/\/hobbiesville.com\/products\/zapotec-pre-order","provider":"Hobbiesville","version":"1.0","type":"link"}