Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Recruit heroes, invoke Mayan gods, and contest sacred sites across six rounds of action selection and dice-driven combat.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Majority
Compete to have the strongest presence in areas that award control or points.
Worker Placement
Commit limited workers to action spaces before opponents occupy them.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
End Game Bonuses
Earn additional points for meeting conditions evaluated when the game ends.
Variable Set-up
Starting conditions, resources, or layouts change between plays.
Read the full game description
Chichén Itzá is Stefan Feld’s ninth City Collection design, set around a sacred Mayan city threatened by legendary creatures. Across six rounds, each player takes four actions to recruit heroes, gain god cards, develop a personal engine, move forces, and compete for villages, temples, and ruins. Action timing affects cost, area control creates pressure on shared sites, and dice add uncertainty to battles against creatures and rival players. Final scoring rewards a carefully coordinated mix of achievements, controlled areas, defeated creatures, heroes, god cards, and crystals.
