卓尔金曆是马雅古文明所使用的一套260天曆法，盛行于当时所有中美洲社会。这款游戏将会带领我们穿越时空回到过去，在崭新的「动态工人放置」游戏机制架构下，代表不同马雅部落的玩家们，将要想办法在卓尔金曆的一段週期之内，发展成声望最高的聚落，赢得这场游戏的胜利。

游戏图板由1个大齿轮和5个小齿轮构成，玩家每轮的行动有两种选择：轮流派遣工人到各个小齿轮的齿牙上，或是从齿轮上收回工人获得资源和奖励。所有玩家都行动完毕后，中央的大齿轮就会转动1格，也带动周围的小齿轮转动，使工人向前推进1格。越前面的格子奖励越好，该尽快收回工人奠定良好的发展基础？或是让他们继续留在齿轮上，等著被推到心仪的行动格谋取更大利益？非常考验玩家的长远规划能力。

《卓尔金：玛雅历法》取材于玛雅人研究的历法，是一款典型的德式动态工人放置的计分游戏。玩家扮演不同的玛雅部落，放置各自的工人在巨大的齿轮上进行游戏。在每个回合中，玩家们可以放置一个或者多个工人，但放置工人需要消耗游戏内货币玉米，在游戏中央卓尔金齿轮完成进化后结束，玩家获胜的方式有很多种，比如把水晶骷髅放置在洞穴中取悦神明或者建造更多的庙宇等等。

zolkin: The Mayan Calendar presents a new game mechanism: dynamic worker placement. Players representing different Mayan tribes place their workers on giant connected gears, and as the gears rotate they take the workers to different action spots.

During a turn, players can either (a) place one or more workers on the lowest visible spot of the gears or (b) pick up one or more workers. When placing workers, they must pay corn, which is used as a currency in the game. When they pick up a worker, they perform certain actions depending on the position of the worker. Actions located "later" on the gears are more valuable, so it's wise to let the time work for you – but players cannot skip their turn; if they have all their workers on the gears, they have to pick some up.

The game ends after one full revolution of the central Tzolkin gear. There are many paths to victory. Pleasing the gods by placing crystal skulls in deep caves or building many temples are just two of those many paths...