![]() Possible paths to victory have been tweaked and tactics amended to allow for a completely new experience, even for veteran players.Īs a companion to Brass Lancashire it offers a rewarding alternative whilst remaining a familiar journey. There are many subtle rule changes between this and the 2007’s Brass, adding new options without impacting on the overall complexity. In Brass Birmingham, building new factories increases the network connections between cities to sell their manufactured goods. ![]() Reacting to the ebb and flow of market demands, players must maintain a close eye on the competition and take advantage of connections where possible. The winner is the player with the most at the end of the second era.Īs a sister release to Brass Lancashire, it takes original idea of building Iron, Coal and Cotton industries and also adds Brewing to the mix as beer is needed to move goods across the board. This gives the player a chance to evolve their industry and claim victory points at the end of each half. The game is split into two halves, the Canal era and the rail era. Roxley’s Brass Birmingham is a gorgeously historic game that captivates and enthrals gamers looking for an involving dynamic strategy title. The quality of the components in unquestionable and the double-sided board, featuring day and night time alternatives is stunning to look at. As a sequel to Martin Wallace’s original game Brass, this release focuses on the industrial expansion across the midlands of the UK over 100 hundred years up until the end of the 19th Century. Its a fraction of the price and a good way to learn the game, then wait for the reviews of Brass: Birmingham to come through.As one of highlight releases in 2018, Brass Birmingham is a master class in economic strategy gaming. My advice? Its going to be several months for the game to come out - why not get the digital edition and try out the original game yourself. I'm in the odd camp of preferring the original look more than the new look. Sure, I would have loved to play test the game and given you better feedback, but I didn't so I can't. I'd recommend it over the existing sister products - and I suspect that will be true for the unreleased content. Needless to say, Brass is a game that frequently hits our table, and I suspect will for a long time. It really loses a lot of flavor, but is better for certain play styles. There are no two ages, just the one and cards are now just for color areas and not a specific location (and this is so they could crank out expansion maps without new card decks). You have a canal and then a rail age - do you grab VP now quickly, or do you upgrade your technology so it sticks around into the next stage of the game so you have superior position the tension between income to do stuff or gaining victory points of taking a loan at the cost of income for instant stacks of cash and so on.Īge of Industry is sort of the Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu sister to Brass, meaning it feels to me to be a simplified and stripped down version of the game. ![]() Instead, let me compare Brass(: Lancashire) to Age of Industry.īrass is a wonderful deterministic game with card draws and luck mitigation (spend 2 cards to do any 1 build if you don't have any good options), where the theme of short vs long term goals is embedded in all aspects of play. Since I haven't played Brass: Birmingham I can't really say.
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