Game Info
Year
2023
Players
2-4
Age
13+
Playtime
120 min
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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 Kutná Hora, which quickly became one of the most important cities in central Europe.
Kutná 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.
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Watch It Played Analysis at 10:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- historical city building Euro game
- real life supply and demand experience
- construction of a cathedral
- quite beautiful I really like the look of this one
- something about the tiles and the artwork that really drew me in
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- mining and developing the famous city of silver during its rapid period of economic growth and expansion
- 14th century Kutná Hora
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — players select actions from a hand of double-sided cars to engage strategic plans like mining purchasing plots of land gaining permits raising buildings gaining profit
- city building — mining and developing the famous city of silver
- Resource Management — mining purchasing plots of land gaining permits raising buildings gaining profit
- Supply and demand — real life supply and demand experience in which every action you take has an impact on the game's economic systems.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the biggest video game adaptation of the year
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- this episode that you are watching right now was made possible in part by Apex Legends the board game from glass Cannon unplugged
- why did you announce your game without any information or even putting the board game geek page up about it come on people
- Planet unknown which was my favorite game of last year maybe top three it's very good
- thanks to board game arena for sponsoring this segment
- The Golden Age of industry is here as skyscrapers and Prophets don't forget profits saw now is the time or so we are told to build our Fortune as we launch companies and invest in new Industries to earn Capital
- honestly can we talk about how Governor is it's a great game
- forever home unfortunately isn't about hermit crabs but it is instead a possibly pattern building game about second chances for shelter dogs
- I learned something about the Czech Republic today
- there's something about the tiles and the artwork that really drew me in when I saw pictures of it
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Meeple University Discussion at 33:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Looks awesome
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Economics — Involves economics.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Pantera that was Prototype so I'm able to be bought just taken or whatever a peaceful garden obviously the one that I showed and here is the um the wind farms in Argentina correct correct well not volcano I'd like to probably sorry if I was in Uruguay yes so for on a volcano we just feel like a Harding's game I like to try it still
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- it seems like a good like artwork as well
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 34:12 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
- Dice Tower gave it a low rating
- Did not review it well or love it
- Negative group reviews
- Didn't do anything for Chris
- Negative on the market mechanism
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
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- Sour grapes is a comedy about things that aren't funny
- Sour grapes however is tone deaf
- I lost a bet and had to go to that movie it was horrible
- Shot glass is correct
- Spice Girls is correct
- Sugar Hill G
- Suicide Girls nice
- I like it better I think than Clash Royale it's it's good worth a try
- The Escapist team put their heart into every piece of work we put out and the talent brought in was UNM the kind of talent isn't cheap and my mission with The Escapist was to not be driven primarily by views but by direct funding through premium memberships and live streams
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- Elizabeth Holmes finally went to jail right did
- you know all of them are going to be it's with AI art now like none of these people that are like you know just they're not going to pay for they're just going to AI art all of their
- if you plead guilty you going to jail for 40 to 50 years you might as well try to have the trial you might get off right
- Seven years of college down the drain I might as well go join the peace score
- the bench isn't wasn't actually there though they moved it
- he was a comedian from Houston
- they basically just have it listen to every single thing that he sung or said and you just take the sounds that's all it is
- The Smoking Gun that was a website
- It's got $225,000 Canadian though
- he said he was let go for not achieving goals that were never properly set for us
- we were given unattainable goals in a very short amount of time
- I won't be taking Zero Punctuation name with me but fans would hear my voice again soon in a new place
- my mission with The Escapist was to not be driven primarily by views but by direct funding through premium memberships and live streams
- I'm pretty hyped for the next yatsi drop not gonna lie
- it's always good like you know you fall down internet rabbit hole and like watch his videos
- it's like it's like him I really like Norm Mitch Hedberg always made me laugh
- it's like they said um we have that audio to play here they say the audio you're listening for you have to listen carefully it's after the third shot and you hear this cow and then no no no it's like kapow then it's like and it's like now here it's right for the third shot and you hear this kapow
- yippe Jerry Ruben died oh I'm sorry that should be yippi Jerry Ruben died
- The curse of the doors
- it's like a slice a life thing you know
- Seven years of college down the drain I might as well go join the peace corps
- the fingers are mostly they're not completely fixed but they're they're a lot better
- he didn't listen to anybody he didn't listen to his lawyers
- turns out turns out it was he
- she's in prison for serving an 11 year three month sentence for the wire fraud
- the victims of the fraud were like giant companies
- when she's making license plates you know that's a lot of license plates
- The actor strike oh yeah
- you guys are going to do for parking
- it's a 30 foot tall realistically rendered fiberglass sculpture of a human eyeball
- I don't think there's anything about I mean it's part of the the lore
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- you basically lied I was I was unknowingly
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- the thing that John balushi does in that scene was not in the script
- Everything is within walking distance if you have enough time
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The Board Gaming Doctor Top List at 2:25
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I go over my top 10 favorite games from 2023 games that were published this year and are listed as such in this year for and on Board Game Geek
- I feel like I could accomplish what I would like to set out to do as far as solving this kind of puzzle in other games like Lisboa and so it it didn't quite reach the same excitement level
- The actions that you take are a little bit simpler and so it's a more streamlined version of what scythe could be
- I felt like the I guess the the Nuance to this game the tblo building wasn't as exciting to me
- it is such a deep and heavy game that it kind of passes passes that threshold and that that sweet spot for me for being very replayable
- The fact of building an engine and watching it be dissembled and having to continuously think about what you're going to be playing next to continue that engine is a really interesting puzzle
- The Disney IP which I do enjoy and is nostalgic for me
- there's a lot of interaction there's a lot of uh you know route building and uh you know piggybacking off of the work of other players as well
- this is the epitome of a card-based tblo builder
- this game epitomizes What U Rosenberg games are about
- This is the epitome of a card-based tableau builder.
- The mechanics of this game are really sound I I really enjoy everything that this game provides and it's always a fun time to play.
- This game is Uwe Rosenberg at his finest.
- This game is just fantastic and as you will see in my top games of all time it is pretty much up there.
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Meeple University Top List at 50:54 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- High medium interaction
- Timing income turns for efficiency
- Strategic tile placement impacting costs
- Clever endgame scoring through symbol matching
- Surprising cathedral abilities
- Brass mechanism for double actions
- Difficult decisions and timing challenges
- Unpredictable gameplay due to economy and player actions
Cons
- Can be heavily influenced by player to the left of the worst player
- The Tetris-like tile placement mechanic is difficult for some players.
Thematic elements
- Economic simulation with supply and demand, and timing of actions.
- Town building
Comparison games
- Brass
- Good Company
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance System — Uses a Brass-like mechanism of getting two actions in a row to allow for strategic planning and execution.
- Area Control — Points are awarded for area control in mines.
- Economy management — Managing a fluctuating economy based on supply and demand.
- Tile Placement — Placing building tiles affects costs of adjacent tiles.
- Worker Placement — Placing workers to take actions, but timing is crucial.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Goblin vaults this year is not only that game but it's all the way up in my top five
- the closest analog I haven't really seen anything exactly like it but the closest analog is Great Western Trail in terms of how the secondary scoring Market works
- for me this takes classic Great Western Trail and adds that Medium interaction I'm looking for
- I like Expeditions more than Scythe but I like Scythe
- I really like a good two-player abstract and this is a really good two-player abstract
- this has got this Euphoria bumping mechanics love it love it love it
- this really hits the mark there is a lot of medium Euro interaction in this game
- my number one game of 2023
- this is my favorite of Great Western Trail well Great Western Trail Argentina is close second but I decided okay I can't really you know I just want to put one great won Trail as one game one entry
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Board Game Critique Top List at 14:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Highly Positive
Pros
- Conceptually ambitious.
- Unique responsive economic market.
- Economic warfare is engaging.
- Feels like running a real business.
- Brilliant game design in market mechanics.
- Interesting design in its category.
- Holds its own against Brass Birmingham and Food Chain Magnet.
Cons
- Was quickly forgotten after release.
- Never built the profile it deserved.
- Understated marketing.
Thematic elements
- Developing workshops and managing an economic market based on silver mining wealth
- Medieval Bohemian city
Comparison games
- Brass Birmingham
- Food Chain Magnet
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- area influence — Advancing guild influence is part of the game.
- Economic market simulation — A living market where building workshops increases supply and drives down prices, creating a functional supply and demand engine.
- Resource Management — Managing workshops and their outputs is key.
- Timing — Timing investments to take advantage of temporarily inflated prices is crucial.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Three players is the most underserved count in board gaming and we have got 10 games that prove the hobby has been hiding some of its best work right under our noses.
- Every interaction is triangular, alliances are unstable, and you can never completely ignore either of the other people at the table.
- This is the meaty Euro recommendation we keep making to people who say nobody in their group has played it.
- Carnegie is the kind of game that produces long silences. Not frustrated silence. The silence of three people simultaneously realizing that someone has just triggered the one action that sets everyone else back two turns, and there's nothing any of them can do about it.
- The most conceptually ambitious game on this list.
- This is not a flavor layer. It is a genuine functional supply and demand engine.
- Chaotic, urgent, deeply collaborative in a way most co-ops only achieve intermittently.
- The gap between its quality and its profile is the greatest injustice on this list in our view.
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BoardGameCo Review at 4:38 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Not bad.
Cons
- Markets aren't that interesting.
- Don't have insight into how the market works.
- Don't have a clear association as to what actions do to the market.
- Fluctuations of the market don't feel quite as fun in a board game setting.
- The rest of the game isn't particularly inspiring.
- Nothing felt clever.
- Didn't feel clever.
- Felt like I did the things until the game ended.
Thematic elements
- City building, mining
Comparison games
- Anno 1800
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- city building — You're building a city together.
- market economy — You're working with a shared market economy. They call it like the an analog calculator. They have these market tracks that are meant to be like, 'Ooh, look, dynamic markets.'
- Worker Placement — You take actions. You do stuff.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The time I spent slogging through the rulebook to get to a mediocre game, I want it back.
- It's just fine.
- Nothing I did in this game felt like that was clever.
- There wasn't a single moment I had where I'm like, I feel clever.
- I really enjoy the cooperative play and I do recommend it.
- Please save your time. I I I'd check out other opinions, too, cuz like I hate being harsh on games.
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Meeple University Review
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I love the card play
- it's highly interactive
- the cathedral effects are incredibly strong and very situational and quite tactical
- the whole game is based on a money economy
- it's not like the modern Euros
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Before You Play Top List at 12:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Asymmetric guilds
- Interesting action system
- Vivid table presence
Cons
- Uncertain North American timing
- Potential heaviness
Thematic elements
- asymmetric guilds, economic dynamics
- Historical city-building
- economic-driven civilization building
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action selection with double-sided cards — Hand & action management via dual-use components.
- Area majority / asymmetry — Gives each player unique influence via guilds.
- dynamic economy — Actions reverberate through the economy.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The theme seems fairly unique
- Looks adorable, looks really nice
- Stock market manipulation game
- two-player Co-op trick taking
- barista theme
- asymmetric guilds
- dynamic economic structure
- Malala-like system
- Tech trees
- the world is crumbling around you
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