![]() Some friends of ours are launching something cool soon, too! Retail versions of both games are sold out at the distributor level, are also expected to arrive in August/September for your FLGS to order.Roxley is working with partner publishers to produce print runs of both games in Mandarin, Japanese, and several other languages to serve these markets this year, but we do not yet have more specific information we can share. Asia, Rest of World: No stock remains of either Lancashire or Birmingham.Birmingham can be ordered, and is expected to arrive in August/September. USA, Canada, EU, Australia, NZ: Kickstarter Deluxe versions of Lancashire are still in stock now.(The URL still reads "preorder", but orders for Lancashire will ship within a few business days of being confirmed.) (*Note: this does not mean Matt will let you have a turn wearing his bling.) Current Availability and Reprint Statusįor those asking-Kickstarter Deluxe versions of Brass can still be ordered from the BackerKit Store, depending on your location. So join us and celebrate-these awards are yours too!* Without you putting your faith in us, giving us your feedback, playing, teaching, rating, and voting for our games, none of this would have been possible. But we cannot claim all the glory for ourselves - the truth is, you, our fans and supporters, are the ones who actually made this happen. This brings all of us at Team Roxley a tremendous amount of pride, to be sure we put a lot of work and a lot of love into what we do. maybe SOME coins are cooler than the Iron Clays. It offers a very different story arc and experience from its predecessor.OK. ![]() 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.īrass: Birmingham is a sequel to Brass. Pottery - These behemoths of Birmingham offer huge VPs, but at a huge cost and need to plan. 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. Manufactured goods - Function like cotton, but features eight levels. As an incentive to sell early, the first player to sell to a trader receives free beer.īirmingham features three all-new industry types:īrewery - Produces precious beer barrels required to sell goods. For example, a level 1 cotton mill requires one beer to flip. To sell cotton, pottery, or manufactured goods to these traders, you must also "grease the wheels of industry" by consuming beer. Each of these traders is looking for a specific type of good each game. You must now sell your product through traders located around the edges of the board. Iron, coal, and cotton are three industries which appear in both the original Brass as well as in Brass: Birmingham.īrewing has become a fundamental part of the culture in Birmingham. This provides players with the opportunity to score much higher value canals in the first era, and creates interesting strategy with industry placement. ![]() ![]() 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. VPs are counted at the end of each half for the canals, rails and established (flipped) industry tiles.īirmingham features dynamic scoring canals/rails. The game is played over two halves: the canal era (years 1770-1830) and the rail era (years 1830-1870). ![]() (This action replaces Double Action Build in original Brass.) Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution, between the years of 1770-1870.Īs in its predecessor, you must develop, build, and establish your industries and network, in an effort to exploit low or high market demands.Įach 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):ġ) Build - Pay required resources and place an industry tile.Ģ) Network - Add a rail / canal link, expanding your network.ģ) Develop - Increase the VP value of an industry.Ĥ) Sell - Sell your cotton, manufactured goods and pottery.ĥ) Loan - Take a £30 loan and reduce your income.īrass: Birmingham also features a new sixth action:Ħ) Scout - Discard three cards and take a wild location and wild industry card. Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace' 2007 masterpiece, Brass. ![]()
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