Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Build influence in eighteenth-century Kiel by drafting multi-use action cards, expanding civic institutions, fulfilling contracts, and timing four crucial scoring opportunities.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Kilia is a historical strategy game about merchant families helping shape the Baltic city of Kiel. On each turn, a player drafts one of five action cards, paying when their keys do not provide enough access, then uses that card as a merchant or as an expansion. The city hall, castle, university, shipyard, warehouse, market, contracts, and council phase create linked routes to coins and points. Because each family has only four scoring chips, deciding where and when to commit them is the central tension.
