Watch “Which is Greater? Episode 15: Brass Lancashire v Brass Birmingham,” a board game review for Brass: Birmingham from Creaking Shelves on BoardGameVideo.
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Grab a beer and get ready to head down the mines. There might not be much coal left, but maybe we'll find something golden!
Season 3 begins with the greatest comparison of the last year. Brass! New or old? Light or dark? Lancashire or Birmingham?
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Mainly reviews. Brass: Birmingham is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 46 reviews, 20 how-to-play guides, 15 recorded sessions, 7 unboxings, and 23 other videos.
2 - 4 players
60 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Brass: Birmingham, from BoardGameGeek:
Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Brass. Brass: Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution between the years of 1770 and 1870.
It offers a very different story arc and experience from its predecessor. As in its predecessor, you must develop, build and establish your industries and network in an effort to exploit low or high market demands. 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.
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 £30 loan 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.)
Designers
Gavan Brown, Matt Tolman, Martin Wallace
Artists
Gavan Brown, Lina Cossette, David Forest, Gui Landgraf, Damien Mammoliti, Mr. Cuddington, Matt Tolman