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Brass: Birmingham

Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace' 2007 masterpiece, Brass. Brass: Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution, between the years of 1770-1870. It offers a very different story arc and...

Players

2-4

Time

60-120

Age

14+

Weight

3.89

Rating

8.61

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Should this hit the table?

Quick read before the metadata.

Moderate interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation.

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.8

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 4.3

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation.

Replay value

Brass: Birmingham has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, strategic depth, and scalability. The presence of expansions and moderate easiness to learn also contribute to its replay value.

Luck profile

Brass: Birmingham has a high influence of player decisions and strategy, with minimal impact from random elements. The game provides substantial room for players to mitigate luck through strategic decisions and planning. Overall, luck plays a minor role in determining the game outcome.

Overview

What ABG knows about this game

Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace' 2007 masterpiece, Brass. Brass: Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution, between the years of 1770-1870. 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.)

Type

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Strategy Games

Category

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Age of Reason Age of Reason Economic Industry / Manufacturing Post-Napoleonic Trains Transportation

Mechanism

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Tech Trees / Tech Tracks Chaining End Game Bonuses Multi-Use Cards Ownership Tags Tile Placement Turn Order: Stat-Based Variable Set-up Hand Management Income Loans Market Network and Route Building

Family

19
Brass Country: United Kingdom Digital Implementations: Steam Digital Implementations: Tabletopia Digital Implementations: VASSAL Food & Drink: Beer Game: Brass History: Industrial Revolution Misc: LongPack Games Misc: Watch It Played How To Videos Occupation: Engineer Organizations: The Game Artisans of Canada Theme: Canals Cities: Birmingham (England) Components: Map (Regional scale) Components: Multi-Use Cards Country: England Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Crowdfunding: Spieleschmiede

Theme

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Industrial Revolution

Experience

1
Heavy Strategy

Type

1
Strategy

Media

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Components

 Primary box art

Primary box art

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 Hero image

Hero image

Hero

 Original image

Original image

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 Brass: Birmingham Cover Artwork

Brass: Birmingham Cover Artwork

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 Brass: Birmingham (2018) cover. Painted by Mr.…

Brass: Birmingham (2018) cover. Painted by Mr.…

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 New industry cards for Birmingham - pottery,…

New industry cards for Birmingham - pottery,…

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 Elihu Burrit described Black Country as "Black by…

Elihu Burrit described Black Country as "Black by…

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 A lamp lights the beer barrel turn order track.

A lamp lights the beer barrel turn order track.

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 Brass: Birmingham on Tabletopia

Brass: Birmingham on Tabletopia

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 Alternate day map featured on the backside of the…

Alternate day map featured on the backside of the…

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 Birmingham day player mat

Birmingham day player mat

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Videos and reviews reference Videos Brass: Birmingham - How To Play, by Watch It Play Instructional Brass: Birmingham — game overview at Gen Con 2018 Summary

Editions

Versions and regional releases

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Brass: Birmingham ‐ Dutch edition (2024) 2024 Dutch Unmapped
English Deluxe Edition 2018 English Roxley / US
Brass: Birmingham ‐ English Collector's edition (2027) 2027 English Unmapped
Brass: Birmingham ‐ French Collector's edition (2027) 2027 French Unmapped
Brass: Birmingham ‐ German Collector's edition (2027) 2027 German Unmapped
브라스: 버밍엄 ‐ Korean deluxe edition (2025) 2025 Korean Unmapped
Brass: Birmingham ‐ Rebel Polish Deluxe edition (2025) 2025 Polish Unmapped
Brass: Birmingham ‐ Polish Collector's edition (2027) 2027 Polish Unmapped
Brass: Birmingham ‐ Spanish Collector's edition (2027) 2027 Spanish Unmapped
English Deluxe Edition Unknown Unknown Unmapped
Brass: Birmingham ‐ Czech edition 2024 Unknown Unknown Unmapped
Brass: Birmingham ‐ Czech edition 2025 Unknown Unknown Unmapped

Files and documents

Rules, aids, translations

Rulebooks

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Brass Birmingham Rules Summary Language unknown Brass: Birmingham Rulebook DE single pages German Universal Head / Esoteric Order of Gamers BRASS: BIRMINGHAM Rules Summary… English Teaching Outline and Rules Reference for Brass: Birmingham English

Player Aids

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Played Aid for Brass Birmingham English Brass Birmingham - Aide de jeu (Player aid FR) French Player Aid English Deluxe Player Aids for Brass Birmingham English Deluxe Player Aids for Brass Birmingham (German Version) German Reference sheet for Brass: Birmingham (English) English Reference sheet for Brass: Birmingham (German) German Reference sheet for Brass: Birmingham (Spanish) Spanish

Solo / Automa

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Brass: Birmingham with George - Solo Competitive Mode English Automa solo mode English Brass: Birmingham - Eadweard - Mautoma - german German Brass: Birmingham Solo: VictoriAI English Eliza - A Brass: Birmingham Solo Mode (w/ Mechanis Solo Campaign) English

File Index

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Files

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Brass: Birmingham – skrót zasad Polish BRASS Birmingham - Resumen Spanish Brass Birmingham - Kurzspielregel und Spielerhilfe (deutsch) German Brass Birminghan - Guía Deluxe - Ayuda de acciones para los jugadores. Spanish Veector's PlayerAde English Brass Duel: Isle of Wight - a 2 player fan-made spinoff of Brass English Quickstart for Brass: Birmingham English

Commerce mapping

Buying signals

Shopping Reference

marketplace and shopping references

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Marketplace Reference · Unknown

GeekMarket Reference

Brass: Birmingham GeekMarket mapping placeholder

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Used Market Reference · Unknown

eBay Reference

Brass: Birmingham eBay mapping placeholder

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Auction Reference · Unknown

Brass: Birmingham - Official Roxley page

Brass: Birmingham - Official Roxley page

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Official Store Reference · Unknown

Amazon.com

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Noble Knight Games

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Boardtopia

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TLAMA games

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Zatu Games

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Zulu's Board Game Cafe

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eBay

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Credits

People and publishers

Designers

3
Gavan Brown Matt Tolman Martin Wallace

Artists

5
Gavan Brown Lina Cossette David Forest Damien Mammoliti Matt Tolman

Editors

6
Michael Van Biesbrouck Orin Bishop Gavan Brown Daniel Danzer Simon Rourke Matt Tolman

Insert Designers

1
James Van Niekerk

Publishers

1
Roxley

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