Brass (board game)

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Brass
Designers Martin Wallace
IllustratorsPeter Dennis, Eckhard Freytag (Peagus Speile edition)
PublishersWarfrog Games (UK)
Pegasus Spiele (Germany)
FRED Distribution (U.S.)
Eagle Games (U.S.)
White Goblin Games (France, Benelux)
Wargames Club Publishing (China)
Publication2007
Players2 to 4
Setup timeapprox. 5 minutes
Playing time120 minutes
ChanceMedium-low
Age range13 years and up
Skills Resource management, Planning, Economics

Brass is a board game set in Lancashire, England during the Industrial Revolution. It was developed by Martin Wallace. [1] The goal of the game is accrue the most victory points by building mines, cotton factories, ports, canals and rail links, and establishing trade routes. The game is divided into two historical periods: the canal period and the rail period. Victory points are scored at the end of each.

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Details

The game supports 2-4 players, with a playing time of 1-2 hours. The games suggested age range is 14 and up. [1] Brass was followed by Age of Industry, which is basically a simplified (no canals), shorter (2 hours) and more accessible (minimum 2 players instead of 3) version of Brass.

Publisher

The game was published in 2007 by Warfrog (now Treefrog) Games, Wallace's publishing company. It was later published by Pegasus Spiele as Kohle - Mit Volldampf zum Reichtum ('Coal - Full Steam Ahead to Riches') with additional artwork by Eckhard Freytag, and under its original name by Eagle Games and FRED Distribution (USA), White Goblin Games (France) and Wargames Club Publishing (China) [1]

2018 reprint and successor

In 2017 Canadian publisher Roxley Games launched a Kickstarter campaign to realize a reprinting of the game under the new name Brass: Lancashire with new artwork and components as well as slightly modified rules. [2] At the same time the successor, Brass: Birmingham, was introduced, adding Gavan Brown and Matt Tolman to the design team and featuring new mechanisms while keeping the same core rule-set. The campaign succeeded reaching 1.7m CAD given only 80.000 CAD was pledged and both games hit retail in 2018.

In February 2023, Brass: Birmingham reached the No.1 spot as the top rated board game on leading website BoardGameGeek. [3]

Honours

Brass: Birmingham

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