{"product_id":"brass-birmingham","title":"Brass Birmingham","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrass: Birmingham\u003c\/em\u003e is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace' 2007 masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eBrass\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eBirmingham\u003c\/em\u003e 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, and establish your industries and network, in an effort to exploit low or high market demands.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e1) \u003cspan\u003eBuild\u003c\/span\u003e - Pay required resources and place an industry tile.\u003cbr\u003e2) \u003cspan\u003eNetwork\u003c\/span\u003e - Add a rail \/ canal link, expanding your network.\u003cbr\u003e3) \u003cspan\u003eDevelop\u003c\/span\u003e - Increase the VP value of an industry.\u003cbr\u003e4) \u003cspan\u003eSell\u003c\/span\u003e - Sell your cotton, manufactured goods and pottery.\u003cbr\u003e5) \u003cspan\u003eLoan\u003c\/span\u003e - Take a £30 loan and reduce your income.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrass: Birmingham\u003c\/em\u003e also features a new sixth action:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6) \u003cspan\u003eScout\u003c\/span\u003e - Discard three cards and take a wild location and wild industry card. (This action replaces Double Action Build in original \u003cem\u003eBrass\u003c\/em\u003e.)\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirmingham\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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\u003cp\u003eIron, coal, and cotton are three industries which appear in both the original \u003cem\u003eBrass\u003c\/em\u003e as well as in \u003cem\u003eBrass: Birmingham\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew \"Sell\" system\u003c\/span\u003e\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. Each of these traders is looking for a specific type of good each game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirmingham\u003c\/em\u003e features three all-new industry types:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrewery\u003c\/span\u003e - Produces precious beer barrels required to sell goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eManufactured goods\u003c\/span\u003e - 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePottery\u003c\/span\u003e - These behemoths of Birmingham offer huge VPs, but at a huge cost and need to plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncreased Coal and Iron Market size\u003c\/span\u003e - The price of coal and iron can now go up to $8 per cube, and it's not uncommon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrass: Birmingham\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"mysite","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67726314012863,"sku":"BRASSBIRMINGHAM_SH","price":87.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0749\/0443\/6927\/files\/1_72d0b693-242d-4ddd-a280-d9bf6d57cb96.jpg?v=1792650761","url":"https:\/\/playsparkshop.store\/products\/brass-birmingham","provider":"PLAYSPARK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}