The Tlachtli is a unique building of the Aztec civilization in Civilization VI. It is built in the Entertainment Complex district and replaces the Arena.
- Effects:
- +2
Faith - +1 Great General point per turn
- Lower Production cost (135 vs. 150)
- +2 Amenity from Entertainment
- +1 Culture ( 2 Culture)
- +1 Tourism after developing the Conservation civic
- +2
Strategy[]
The Entertainment Complex, together with the Arena, is very much a forgotten piece of infrastructure, as the only situation in which anyone would want to build it early is when they want to construct the almighty Colosseum (which doesn't even require an Arena in vanilla Civilization VI). For the Aztecs, the conquerors of the world, there is definitely no reason for them to have to build this wonder when they can take it forcefully instead. The Tlachtli is obviously an upgrade from the Arena, but its bonus is nowhere near enough to warrant an early focus. 2 extra 
Faith is too small, especially since the spoils of war will always be much greater than this, and the Aztecs always build at least one or two Encampments for some 
Great General points.
Overall, the Tlachtli is among the worst pieces of unique infrastructure in the game, as it gives some bonuses that the civilization either doesn't need or can obtain in abundance easily from another source. Under the vanilla ruleset, you can pretty much ignore this building entirely, or at least delay its construction until much later in the game when 
Amenities are required to support larger cities. From Rise and Fall onward, if you capture the Colosseum from a neighbor, the standard Arena required to build it will be converted into a Tlachtli afterwards, giving you both the wonder and the +4 Era Score and saving you from having to waste 
Production on this building. The Golf Course, as bad as it is, is at least somewhat synergistic with Scotland, can be cheaply built with Builders, and doesn't require a 
District that hardly anyone wants in the early game.
Civilopedia entry[]
For over 2700 years the Mesoamericans played their traditional “ballgame” – Ollamaliztli in Nahuatl – in (not surprisingly) “ball courts.” Somewhat similar in play to team racquetball, these “sporting events” had significant ritual overtones, given that the losers (and sometimes the winners) were often sacrificed after the game, usually by decapitation. Explicit depictions of human sacrifice after a game can be found in many Mayan ball courts such as those at El Tajin and at Chichen Itza. Although the sport had somewhat different rules in different places and different times, it spread throughout Mesoamerica, as far south as Nicaragua and north as Arizona. Built in a pattern that changed little over two-and-a-half millennia, the ball courts were stone constructs of a long, narrow playing field between high sloped walls with open-ended (later enclosed) wider goal areas. Painted and decorated, these stadiums were the epitome of the Mesoamerican civilization … until the Spanish showed up and introduced the natives to other games.
Gallery[]
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