Brass Birmingham @ The Missing Piece

Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace's 2007 masterpiece, Brass. It's also the top-ranked game on BoardGameGeek. Brass Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs during the industrial revolution in England. You must develop, build, and establish your industries and transportation network to exploit market demand.

I will teach if needed. If you are new, watch Rodney Smith's How to Play video or other instructional videos beforehand.

• Brass Birmingham - How to Play (Rodney Smith).
• Brass: Birmingham | Board Game | BoardGameGeek.
• Rules Challenge. Overview of edge cases and incorrect moves that are easy to make on a turn.
• Heavy Cardboard How to Play.
• Heavy Cardboard Teach, Play, and Discuss.

About the origins of the game, from an interview with Martin Wallace: "because I studied history for my degree – there was a French historian called Marc Bloch, and he was a medieval historian during the Second World War. He said it is very important that historians focus on where they come from because those are the things you know best. ... So, I said okay, let’s apply this principle to game design: I’m a game designer, I live in Manchester, let’s do a game set in Manchester, around here. What’s Manchester most famous for? The industrial revolution. It’s also something I studied when I was at university and the history is all around you. The old mills are still there, the canals are still there."