![]() The right strategy isn’t hard to see, what’s difficult is executing it.īirmingham has an easier flow. Using each other’s ports and iron can be much more beneficial than doing it yourself. The industries are few and the tight spacing forces players to cooperate. Lancashire is more competitive and single-minded. These differences give them a different feel. This results in a larger array of viable strategies and more variety in play. With more industries, there are also more options to work with. This creates a kinder game where it’s difficult to get locked out. While losing a valuable spot is painful, it translates into a loss of efficiency, not a loss of actions. Like most newer titles, Birmingham gives us more options. On the other hand, I’ve also found myself locked out of useful moves by the end of the game. ![]() Competition is very strong, to the point you may lose because someone took the spot you needed. I always get the feeling there’s room for one less player than there is at the table. Lancashire has the tightness of older eurogames. Simple, but deep games like Knizia’s Samurai gave way to heavier titles such as Tzolk’in and Kanban. As hobbyists became more experienced, elegance became a less important factor. In that time, the reigning culture of game design changed. But it also opened the question: Which one is best? And why?Įleven years passed between the release of Lancashire and Birmingham. This was great news for fans of economic games, as Wallace’s game of the industrial revolution is highly regarded. For those who have not, you will be swept off your feet by the plethora of tactical moves and industrial ambiance with a steelish-black flavor of stout in the background.In 2019 Roxley not only released Brass Birmingham, but also reprinted the original under the name of Brass Lancashire. Both titles are also a must for everyone who has played Brass before. These and a couple of other changes helps Brass getting the proper juice or, rather, beer, especially when we are to liquidate some tangibles…īrass: Birmingham along with Brass: Lancashire are two titles which would most definitely be craved by those who seek intellectual adventures, who wish to participate in battles fought with coal carriages and iron bars, who prefer outsmarting their opponents with pure, cold-hearted, reSPOCKtable logic. Compared with the previous edition, the key modifications are: new types of factories: breweries, manufactures and potteries as well as introduction of a sixth action – scouting – which enables you to discard 2 cards from your hand and replace them with 1 Wild Industry and 1 Wild Location card. Two eras of demanding planning, tough decisions and some ruthless opponents nagging await you in Brass: Birmingham – a new “child” of Roxley Games and Martin Wallace. Will you manage to follow in the footsteps of mighty industrialists directly responsible for 80-hour week at work? Prove you are the real deal and become the ultimate mastermind of strategy! Are you keen on partaking in the new era of Industrial Revolution thanks to one of the best economic board games ever? Brass: Birmingham, the sequel to 2007 Brass, takes you back in time again, when a knack for strategic thinking fueled by economic gut instinct could sketch biographies of the likes of Friedrich Krupp or Stanisław Wokulski.
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