Brass (board game)
Brass: Lancashire | |
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Game data | |
author | Martin Wallace |
publishing company |
Warfrog Games (2007, UK)
Pegasus Games (2008, D) Roxley Games (2018) |
Publishing year | 2007 (UK), 2008 (D); 2018 |
Art | Economy / strategy game |
Teammates | 3-4 (2007); 2-4 (2018) |
Duration | 60 - 120 minutes |
Age | 14 years and older
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Awards | |
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Brass is a board game by Martin Wallace that is themed in England duringthe Industrial Revolution . The aim of the game is to get the most victory points by building coal mines, cotton factories, harbors, shipyards, canals and railway lines. The game spans two historical periods (canal and railroad era). The actions available to the player are determined through a card mechanism.
Publications
Brass / Coal: Full steam ahead to riches (2007)
Brass was first published in 2007 by Warfrog (later: Treefrog Games), the author's own publishing house in a bilingual (English / German) edition. A purely German version appeared under the name “ Coal: With Full Steam to Wealth” 2008 at Pegasus Spiele .
Brass: Lancashire and successor Brass: Birmingham (2018)
In 2017, the Canadian publisher Roxley Games launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new edition of the game. At the same time, the successor Brass: Birmingham was announced. To avoid confusion, the name of the original Brass was changed to Brass: Lancashire . The new edition has a completely revised graphic design and comes with improved game material. The rules have been adapted in a few points, including: a. based on the evaluation of games on an online platform. A 2-player variant developed by the fan base was also adapted and included in the official set of rules.
The crowdfunding campaign was successful with funding of around 1.7 million Canadian dollars (around 1.1 million euros), so that both games were released in 2018, each in deluxe and normal retail versions.
The successor Brass: Birmingham was developed by Matt Tolman and Gavan Brown in addition to Martin Wallace. It plays thematically in the eponymous region and follows the same basic rules. In addition to coal and iron, there is now a third resource, beer, and a more variable game structure, so that the complexity and the strategic claim are a little higher than with the predecessor.
Awards
- 2007: Jogo do Ano
- 2007: Meeples' Choice Award
Web links
- Brass: Lancashire in the game database BoardGameGeek (English)
- Brass: Birmingham in the game database BoardGameGeek (English)
- Brass on the Treefrog publisher website
Individual evidence
- ^ Brass ~ An Industrial Revolution. Retrieved December 11, 2018 .