{"product_id":"brass-birmingham-tabletop-strategy-game","title":"Brass: Birmingham Tabletop Strategy Game","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tab\"\u003e\n\u003cbutton id=\"defaultOpen\" class=\"tablinks\" onclick=\"openTab(event, 'Description')\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/button\u003e\u003cbutton class=\"tablinks\" onclick=\"openTab(event, 'Specifications')\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/button\u003e\u003cbutton class=\"tablinks\" onclick=\"openTab(event, 'Shipping')\"\u003eShipping\u003c\/button\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tabcontent\" id=\"Description\"\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eAs in its predecessor, you must develop, build, and establish your industries and network, in an effort to exploit low or high market demands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach 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):\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild - Pay required resources and place an industry tile.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNetwork - Add a rail \/ canal link, expanding your network.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelop - Increase the VP value of an industry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSell - Sell your cotton, manufactured goods and pottery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoan - Take a £30 loan and reduce your income.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrass: Birmingham also features a new sixth action:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScout - Discard three cards and take a wild location and wild industry card. (This action replaces Double Action Build in original Brass.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBirmingham features dynamic scoring canals\/rails. 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. This provides players with the opportunity to score much higher value canals in the first era, and creates interesting strategy with industry placement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIron, coal, and cotton are three industries which appear in both the original Brass as well as in Brass: Birmingham.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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. Each 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. For 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\n\u003cp\u003eBirmingham features three all-new industry types:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrewery - Produces precious beer barrels required to sell goods.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManufactured goods - Function like cotton, but features eight levels. 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePottery - These behemoths of Birmingham offer huge VPs, but at a huge cost and need to plan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncreased Coal and Iron Market size - The price of coal and iron can now go up to $8 per cube, and it's not uncommon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrass: Birmingham is a finely brewed sequel to one of history's most industrial economic games. It offers a very different story arc and experience from its predecessor. Many of the tried and true strategies of the original are no longer as powerful as they once were, and other interesting new strategies are waiting for you to discover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAWARDS \u0026amp; HONORS\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2020 Gra Roku Game of the Year Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2020 Gra Roku Game of the Year Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2020 Gra Roku Advanced Game of the Year Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2020 Gra Roku Advanced Game of the Year Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2019 Origins Awards Best Board Game Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2019 Kanga Game of the Year Finalist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2019 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2019 American Tabletop Complex Games Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 The Golden Elephant Award People's Choice Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 The Golden Elephant Award Finalist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 The Golden Elephant Award Best Heavy Board Game Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Meeples' Choice Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Meeples' Choice Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork \u0026amp; Presentation Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Board Game Quest Awards Best Strategy\/Euro Game Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Board Game Quest Awards Best Production Values Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2018 Board Game Quest Awards Best Production Values Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tabcontent\" id=\"Specifications\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2-4 Players\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e120 Mins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAges 14+\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ROXLEY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46694223053017,"sku":"9781988884042","price":149.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0326\/4174\/5034\/files\/brass-birmingham-tabletop-strategy-game-9781988884042-superoffice-1.jpg?v=1751948973","url":"https:\/\/www.superoffice.com.au\/products\/brass-birmingham-tabletop-strategy-game","provider":"SuperOffice","version":"1.0","type":"link"}