That’s how it works
To use the companion app for your game, simply download it to a device and place it nearby where all players can see it. At the start of the game, you select your guild setup card and your combination. Over the course of the game, the app learns which players are connected to which guild.
Whenever a player increases their income (by constructing a building, a mine or through another effect), simply click on the name in the app and select the corresponding action in the menu that opens. The app will take care of the rest and update all resource and economic adjustments. If you use the app, you don’t need the cardboard computers or the production bars on your player boards.
Note: There are some elements that still need to be updated manually in the game (such as raising taxes, gaining points and reputation, etc.), but the app is designed to do much of the analog work without interfering with the gaming experience at the table.
One of the biggest advantages of the Kutná Hora companion app is that it calculates the income automatically, which means you don’t have to add it all up manually as soon as a player wants to trigger the income action. It is always available and gives you at-a-glance information to help you determine what income who could earn at any given time. This is also very helpful to see the immediate effects of other players’ actions on your own income opportunities from round to round.
Pretty simple, right? But what else can you do with the app?
Choose between two economic modes
The app will initially start with two economic modes. For players who want to experience the basic Kutná Hora game, the basic economy mode plays exactly as it does in the box. Quite simply… it’s the main game without all the math and fiddling with the cardboard computers, if that’s not your thing. Tastes are different!
However, if you’re an obsessive planner like some of us, the new advanced prediction mode might be just what you’ve been looking for. In this mode, you can see when and how commodity prices will change when a building is constructed. Instead of bombarding you with tons of information, it shows you if the price of a resource will increase in the next 1, 2, 3 or 3+ cards and how much the price would decrease when a certain guild building is built.
As you can see, the app does not necessarily improve your Kutná Hora gaming experience. It offers you a useful alternative for anyone who doesn’t have much fun with analog boards, the cardboard computers and calculations. Are you one of them? Then this app is made just for you. Anyone who doesn’t want to use displays and smartphones when playing analog games can play Kutná Hora as usual and won’t miss a thing. Because one thing is clear: Kuntá Hora is fun to play – no matter how you end up playing it!
You can try out the companion app right now at kutnahora.czechgames.com!
