MAYAN METROPOLIS

INTRODUCTION
Tile Laying game for 2+ players.
Mayan City Building Theme.

VICTORY
Score the most points by the end of the game.
The game ends when all pieces (tiles) are placed or discarded.

CARDS & PIECES
Players share a common deck of cards and set of pieces (tiles).
For every card there is a corresponding piece.
Pieces are placed on the board, cards are not.

THE BOARD
Use an 8 x 8 grid (Chessboard)

DOWNLOADS
Thanks to Peter Cobcroft (curufea@yahoo.com)
Click Here  for Board & Tile Pieces

SETUP
Randomly determine who picks first.

TURN SEQUENCE
The turn is divided into 3 phases:
Draw Phase
Place Phase

DRAW PHASE
Put the top 3X cards of the deck face up on the table.
X is the number of players.
Players take turns picking face up cards, one at a time.
(Each player will have picked 3 of the face up cards)
The player who picked second last turn picks first.
Pick order goes clockwise.
Players gather the pieces that correspond to the cards they picked.
The cards are then discarded.

PLACE PHASE
Players take turns placing the pieces onto the board.
Note that each piece will occupy 1 or more spaces.
The player who picked last this turn places first.
Placing proceeds counterclockwise.
If you are blocked from placing, you must discard a piece.
The turn ends when all 3X pieces are placed or discarded.

ADJACENCY DEFINED
Spaces that share a border are adjacent.
Spaces that touch only at the corners are not.

PLACING RULES
Pieces may not overlap (share the same space).
A piece may not be placed adjacent to another piece of the same type.

ZONES
The center 4 spaces are referred to as Zone 1.
The 12 spaces that surround Zone 1 are referred to as Zone 2.
The 20 spaces that surround Zone 2 are referred to as Zone 3.

SCORING
Scoring is done during Place Phase.
When you place a piece, you score points equal the number of 
Occupied spaces the piece is adjacent to.
If you finish filling in Zone 2, you get 4 points.
If you finish filling in Zone 3, you get 6 points.
Every Piece you place adjacent to a causeway gets 1 extra point.
Every Piece you place adjacent to a plaza gets 1 extra point.
If you finish off completely surrounding another piece, get 1 extra point.


CARD/TILE SET
Name:		#	Size & Shape of Tile:
Causeway	3	1 x 3 Linear
Acropolis	2	2 x 3 Rectangle
Reservoir	3	3 Space L-shape
Temple		4	1 x 2
Ball Court	1	1 x 2
Plaza		4	1 x 2
Market		1	2 x 2 Square
Palace		4	1 x 1 Single Space
Pyramid		2	2 x 2 Square