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Brass: Birmingham

A board game by Gavan Brown Matt Tolman Martin Wallace
Publisher: Ghenos Games
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Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace' 2007 masterpiece, Brass. Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution, between the years of 1770-1870. As in its predecessor, you must develop, build, and establish your industries and network, in and effort to exploit low or high market demands. Each round, players take turns according to the turn order track, receiving two actions to perform any of the following actions (found in the original game): 1) Build - Pay required resources and place an industry tile. 2) Network - Add a rail / canal link, expanding your network. 3) Develop - Increase the VP value of an industry. 4) Sell - Sell your cotton, manufactured goods and pottery. 5) Loan - Take a £10, £20, £30, and reduce your income. Brass: Birmingham also features a new sixth action: 6) Scout - Discard three cards and take a wild location and wild industry card. (This action replaces Double Action Build in original Brass.) The game is played over two halves: the canal era (years 1770-1830) and the rail era (years 1830-1870). To win the game, score the most VPs. VPs are counted at the end of each half for the canals, rails and established (flipped) industry tiles. Birmingham features dynamic scoring canals/rails. Instead of each flipped industry tile giving a static 1 VP to all connected canals and rails, many industries give 0 or even 2 VPs. This provides players with the opportunity to score much higher value canals in the first era, and creates interesting strategy with industry placement. Iron, coal, and cotton are three industries which appear in both the original Brass as well as in Brass: Birmingham. New "Sell" system Brewing has become a fundamental part of the culture in Birmingham. You must now sell your product through traders located around the edges of the board. Each of these traders is looking for a specific type of good each game. To sell cotton, pottery, or manufactured goods to these traders, you must also "grease the wheels of industry" by consuming beer. For example, a level 1 cotton mill requires one beer to flip. As an incentive to sell early, the first player to sell to a trader receives free beer. Birmingham features three all-new industry types: Brewery - Produces precious beer barrels required to sell goods. Manufactured goods - Function like cotton, but features eight levels. Each level of manufactured goods provides unique rewards, rather than just escalating in VPs, making it a more versatile (yet potentially more difficult) path vs cotton. Pottery - These behemoths of Birmingham offer huge VPs, but at a huge cost and need to plan. Increased Coal and Iron Market size - The price of coal and iron can now go up to $8 per cube, and it's not uncommon. Brass: Birmingham is a finely brewed sequel to one of history's most industrial economic games. It offers a very different story arc and experience from its predecessor. Many of the tried and true strategies of the original are no longer as powerful as they once were, and other interesting new strategies are waiting for you to discover.

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Mechanics: Hand Management Press Your Luck Route/Network Building
Categories: Economic Industry/Manufacturing Transportation
Alternative names: Brass. Бірмінгем Brass. Бирмингем Brass: Birmingham ブラス:バーミンガム 工業革命:伯明翰 브라스: 버밍엄
BARCODE: 8033609531110
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Description Description

Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace' 2007 masterpiece, Brass. Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution, between the years of 1770-1870. As in its predecessor, you must develop, build, and establish your industries and network, in and effort to exploit low or high market demands. Each round, players take turns according to the turn order track, receiving two actions to perform any of the following actions (found in the original game): 1) Build - Pay required resources and place an industry tile. 2) Network - Add a rail / canal link, expanding your network. 3) Develop - Increase the VP value of an industry. 4) Sell - Sell your cotton, manufactured goods and pottery. 5) Loan - Take a £10, £20, £30, and reduce your income. Brass: Birmingham also features a new sixth action: 6) Scout - Discard three cards and take a wild location and wild industry card. (This action replaces Double Action Build in original Brass.) The game is played over two halves: the canal era (years 1770-1830) and the rail era (years 1830-1870). To win the game, score the most VPs. VPs are counted at the end of each half for the canals, rails and established (flipped) industry tiles. Birmingham features dynamic scoring canals/rails. Instead of each flipped industry tile giving a static 1 VP to all connected canals and rails, many industries give 0 or even 2 VPs. This provides players with the opportunity to score much higher value canals in the first era, and creates interesting strategy with industry placement. Iron, coal, and cotton are three industries which appear in both the original Brass as well as in Brass: Birmingham. New "Sell" system Brewing has become a fundamental part of the culture in Birmingham. You must now sell your product through traders located around the edges of the board. Each of these traders is looking for a specific type of good each game. To sell cotton, pottery, or manufactured goods to these traders, you must also "grease the wheels of industry" by consuming beer. For example, a level 1 cotton mill requires one beer to flip. As an incentive to sell early, the first player to sell to a trader receives free beer. Birmingham features three all-new industry types: Brewery - Produces precious beer barrels required to sell goods. Manufactured goods - Function like cotton, but features eight levels. Each level of manufactured goods provides unique rewards, rather than just escalating in VPs, making it a more versatile (yet potentially more difficult) path vs cotton. Pottery - These behemoths of Birmingham offer huge VPs, but at a huge cost and need to plan. Increased Coal and Iron Market size - The price of coal and iron can now go up to $8 per cube, and it's not uncommon. Brass: Birmingham is a finely brewed sequel to one of history's most industrial economic games. It offers a very different story arc and experience from its predecessor. Many of the tried and true strategies of the original are no longer as powerful as they once were, and other interesting new strategies are waiting for you to discover.

Card sleeves in this game Card sleeves in this game
76 cards of 64.0mm width and 89.0mm of height
1x (100 Pcs) Ultra-Pro: 100 Bustine Protettive per Carte Premium (66,7x92,1 mm) (81385)
Available
1x (100 Pcs) Ultra-Pro: 100 Bustine Protettive per Carte (66,7x92,1 mm) (81126)
Available
2x (50 Pcs) Mayday: 50 Bustine Premium Standard (63,5 x 88 mm) (MDG7077)
To Order
1x (100 Pcs) Mayday: 100 Bustine Standard (63.5 x 88 mm) (MDG7041)
To Order
1x (100 Pcs) 100 Bustine Ultra-Pro: Standard Pro-Fit (64x89 mm) (82712)
Available
2x (50 Pcs) 50 Bustine Ultra-Pro: Standard Gaming Cards (66x91 mm) (82667)
To Order
1x (100 Pcs) Mayday: 100 Bustine Almost a Penny (66 x 91 mm) (MDG7105)
Available
1x (100 Pcs) 100 Bustine Ultra-Pro: Standard Gaming Cards (66x91 mm)
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1x (80 Pcs) Mayday: 80 Bustine Standard Retro Blu (66 x 91 mm) (MDG7141C)
Few copies
1x (80 Pcs) Mayday: 80 Bustine Standard Retro Viola (66 x 91 mm) (MDG7141G)
Available
1x (80 Pcs) Mayday: 80 Bustine Standard Retro Marrone (66 x 91 mm) (MDG7141H)
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1x (100 Pcs) Gamegenic 100 Prime Sleeves - Green (66 x 91 mm)
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Additional information Additional information
Mechanics: Hand Management Press Your Luck Route/Network Building
Categories: Economic Industry/Manufacturing Transportation
Alternative names: Brass. Бірмінгем Brass. Бирмингем Brass: Birmingham ブラス:バーミンガム 工業革命:伯明翰 브라스: 버밍엄
BARCODE: 8033609531110
The item is in 22 carts In 67 wishlists In 13 collections This was seen 16287 times
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