Teotihuacan Strategy

[@mathias.m5968]

Wished there were more strategy guides like this!! Very clear and concise. One thing I would suggest tho is to add timestamps for the various location's strategy, it will be super helpful. Anyways, great content, hope to see more strategy guides from you!

[@benlikesgames3177]

Thanks for the feedback! That's a great idea, I'll work on adding the timestamps.

[@shortydancer]

Interesting video. I dont think ive seen a strategy video on teo. A couple things i agree with and disagree with. Green , then blue, then red temples are about right when it comes to whats better. Masks are tough as worshiping isnt as easy as the expansion. My biggest disagreement is getting your 4th worker. Granted there are situations where you kinda farm ascensions with 4 workers and certain board placements and techs. But i almost never get all 4 workers. I was the #1 ranked player on BGA and still in the top 10. For me, i say you always want to pay three cocoa for two bumps on temples when you ascend. You want to aim for at least two temple scorings, but can backfire if people are rushing pyramid and techs are out that make it easier.

[@benlikesgames3177]

I'll defer to you since you have way more experience than I do, but I'm skeptical of forgoing the long term benefits of an extra worker for two temple track advances. Do you find that you are unable to reach two temple scorings if you don't use all of your ascensions for temple advances? I also haven't played the expansion so I'm coming from just the base game perspective.

[@shortydancer]

@@benlikesgames3177 Well, I should preface this to say that I have a specific way of playing the game. I've never found to be as efficient with three workers. I think that planning to get all your three workers to a 4 and 5 level at a single spot outweighs the benefit/cost of having that extra worker. The average number of times winner's ascend is 4.34 according to BGA stats. Using 1/4 of your ascensions I think is better used going up to temple tracks, because I always play to go up all three, or if not possible, then just two. The techs in the game and the palace spots, usually dictate if this is possible. A lot of times, I find my self barely reaching the end of all three temples as the game is finishing, I usually worship to get the bumps that I need. Most of my experience has been with the base game, since that is what BGA has. I also play with the expansion at home, but mostly 2 player. Are you on BGA? Here's a match where all my opponents get their 4th worker, and I manage to use three workers to win and reach all three temples. boardgamearena.com/gamereview?table=112284416 You can click the fast forward arrow and go to the end of the game for a quick loop. In general, I'd say look at the techs and build your game around that and try to be as efficient as possible. For example, I wouldn't start construction on the pyramid without the techs that activate on those bonuses.

[@benlikesgames3177]

@@shortydancer Cool I'll have to try that. I didn't even know BGA had Teo on it I'll def have to get some games in.