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Base game

Kutná Hora: The City of Silver

Kritiku rating

Early

7.4

Published
2023
Reach
Known
Players
2–4
Play time
60–120 min
Weight
Medium
Ratings
1

How it plays

Earn the most points by expanding mines, developing Kutná Hora, supporting guilds, and helping build Saint Barbara’s Cathedral. On your turn, play a double-sided card and take one action, such as mining, buying land, gaining permits, constructing, earning income, or contributing to the cathedral, with supply and demand changing prices. After a set number of rounds, add points from buildings, mines, cathedral contributions, and other bonuses.

Main mechanics

  • Action programming
  • Hand management
  • Spatial puzzle
  • Tile laying
  • Action programming: You commit to moves in advance and watch them play out.
  • Hand management: Timing which card to spend is the core puzzle.
  • Spatial puzzle: Fitting shapes together efficiently is the challenge.
  • Tile laying: You build a shared or personal board tile by tile.
Full publisher description

Join other ambitious guild leaders in mining and developing the famous City of Silver during its period of rapid economic growth and expansion in the 14th century from the first discovery of silver near the Cistercian monastery to the construction of Kutn Hora, which quickly became one of the most important cities in central Europe. Kutn Hora: The City of Silver is a historical city-building Eurogame for 2-4 players that features a real-life supply and demand experience in which every action you take has an impact on the game's dynamic economic systems. In each round, players take turns selecting actions from a hand of double-sided cards to engage strategic plans like mining, purchasing plots of land on which to build, gaining permits, raising buildings for their affiliated guilds, gaining profit from their production, and of course working towards the construction of Saint Barbara's Cathedral. The asymmetrical nature of each player's available guilds makes for highly interactive rounds in which each decision impacts the economy and other players in interesting ways as they expand their mines and build infrastructure across a shared board. Mine ore and smelt it into a fortune of silver for expanding this beautiful historic city, but take care to balance your personal goal advancement with the need to further the city's growth. Everything is connected, and sometimes the path to personal victory relies on the prosperity of the many. description from publisher

Criterion breakdown

ComplexityDepthSkillInteractionTable ExpProduction
  • Kritiku average
Criterion
Kritiku
Complexity

Standard

3.0
Depth

Robust

3.0
Luck vs Skill

High Skill

4.0
Player Interaction

Solitary

1.0
Table Experience

Pleasant

3.0
Production

Handsome

4.0