{"product_id":"brass-birmingham-tabletop-strategy-game","title":"Brass: Birmingham Tabletop Strategy Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrass: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs in its predecessor, you must develop, build, along with establish your industries along with network, in an 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): Build - Pay required resources as well as place an industry tile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNetwork - Add a rail \/ canal link, expanding your network. Develop - Increase the VP value of an industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSell - Sell your cotton, manufactured goods along with pottery. Loan - Take a 30 loan along with reduce your income.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrass: Birmingham also features a new sixth action: Scout - Discard three cards as well as 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBirmingham features dynamic scoring canals\/rails. Instead of each flipped industry tile giving a static 1 VP to all connected canals along with rails, many industries give 0 or even 2 VPs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis delivers players including the opportunity to score much higher value canals in the first era, as well as creates interesting strategy including industry placement. Iron, coal, and cotton are three industries which appear in both the original Brass as well as in Brass: Birmingham.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrewing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBirmingham features three all-new industry types: Brewery - Produces precious beer barrels required to sell goods. Manufactured goods - Function like cotton, but features eight levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach level of manufactured goods offers 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 as well as need to plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncreased Coal along with Iron Market size - The price of coal along with 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt offers a very different story arc and experience from its predecessor. Many of the tried along with true strategies of the original are no longer as powerful as they once were, along with other interesting new strategies are waiting for you to discover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAWARDS \u0026amp; HONORS 2020 Gra Roku Game of the Year Winner 2020 Gra Roku Game of the Year Nominee 2020 Gra Roku Advanced Game of the Year Winner 2020 Gra Roku Advanced Game of the Year Nominee 2019 Origins Awards Best Board Game Nominee 2019 Kanga Game of the Year Finalist 2019 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2019 American Tabletop Complex Games Nominee 2018 The Golden Elephant Award People's Choice Winner 2018 The Golden Elephant Award Finalist 2018 The Golden Elephant Award Best Heavy Board Game Winner 2018 Meeples' Choice Winner 2018 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Winner 2018 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee 2018 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork \u0026amp; Presentation Nominee 2018 Board Game Quest Awards Best Strategy\/Euro Game Nominee 2018 Board Game Quest Awards Best Production Values Winner 2018 Board Game Quest Awards Best Production Values Nominee 2-4 Players 120 Mins Ages 14+\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ROXLEY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47416903106777,"sku":"9781988884042","price":149.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8771\/4265\/files\/brass-birmingham-tabletop-strategy-game-9781988884042-superoffice-1.jpg?v=1761193645","url":"https:\/\/www.supergamers.com.au\/products\/brass-birmingham-tabletop-strategy-game","provider":"SuperGamers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}