Game Info

Brass: Lancashire
2 - 4 players
average 150 minutes
Challenging
Published in
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Economic Industry / Manufacturing Transportation
Hand Management Route/Network Building

Brass: Lancashire — first published as Brass — is an economic strategy game that tells the story of competing cotton entrepreneurs in Lancashire during the industrial revolution. You must develop, build, and establish your industries and network so that you can capitalize demand for iron, coal and cotton. The game is played over two halves: the canal phase and the rail phase. To win the game, score the most victory points (VPs), which are counted at the end of each half. VPs are gained from your canals, rails, and established (flipped) industry tiles. Each round, players take turns according to the turn order track, receiving two actions to perform any of the following: Build an industry tile Build a rail or canal Develop an industry Sell cotton Take a loan At the end of a player's turn, they replace the two cards they played with two more from the deck. Turn order is determined by how much money a player spent on the previous turn, from lowest spent first to highest spent. This turn order mechanism opens some strategic options for players going later in the turn order, allowing for the possibility of back-to-back turns. After all the cards have been played the first time (with the deck size being adjusted for the number of players), the canal phase ends and a scoring round commences. After scoring, all canals and all of the lowest level industries are removed for the game, after which new cards are dealt and the rail phase begins. During this phase, players may now occupy more than one location in a city and a double-connection build (though expensive) is possible. At the end of the rail phase, another scoring round takes place, then a winner is crowned. The cards limit where you can build your industries, but any card can be used for the develop, sell cotton or build connections actions. This leads to a strategic timing/storing of cards. Resources are common so that if one player builds a rail line (which requires coal) they have to use the coal from the nearest source, which may be an opponent's coal mine, which in turn gets that coal mine closer to scoring (i.e., being utilized). Brass: Lancashire, the 2018 edition from Roxley Games, reboots the original Warfrog Games edition of Brass with new artwork and components, as well as a few rules changes: The virtual link rules between Birkenhead have been made optional. The three-player experience has been brought closer to the ideal experience of four players by shortening each half of the game by one round and tuning the deck and distant market tiles slightly to ensure a consistent experience. Two-player rules have been created and are playable without the need for an alternate board. The level 1 cotton mill is now worth 5 VP to make it slightly less terrible.

Overall Statistics for N’s Gaming Group

Total Games Played: 31
Average Players Per Game 3.4

Win/Loss Statistics for N’s Gaming Group

Badges Name   NemePoints   Total Games   Avg. NemePoints   Wins / Losses % Won  
Alex Mauer 1780  31 57.00 
17
14
54 %
Nick 472  14 34.00 
0
14
0 %
Adam M (Galaxy) 379  6 63.00 
4
2
66 %
Jon (Galaxy) 233  4 58.00 
2
2
50 %
Dan 230  7 33.00 
0
7
0 %
Bill (Galaxy) 228  3 76.00 
2
1
66 %
Alex Schmidt 176  2 88.00 
2
0
100 %
Josh (Galaxy) 161  5 32.00 
0
5
0 %
Dan (Galaxy) 134  2 67.00 
1
1
50 %
Karen McKenzie 118  3 39.00 
0
3
0 %
Kevin 111  2 56.00 
1
1
50 %
Adam B (Galaxy) 111  3 37.00 
0
3
0 %
Robert 104  2 52.00 
0
2
0 %
Seth (Bill's Friend) 103  3 34.00 
0
3
0 %
Paul 88  1 88.00 
1
0
100 %
Anthony Worzalla 84  2 42.00 
0
2
0 %
Dave Armstrong 42  1 42.00 
0
1
0 %
Adam R (Galaxy) 23  1 23.00 
0
1
0 %
Stanton 23  1 23.00 
0
1
0 %
Karin 19  1 19.00 
0
1
0 %
Ray 19  1 19.00 
0
1
0 %
Ray (Galaxy) 19  1 19.00 
0
1
0 %
M (INACTIVE) 301  8 38.00 
1
7
12 %

    Last 5 Played Games for N’s Gaming Group

    Date Played Result
    10/9/2018
    1st Bill (Galaxy) (145 game points scored)
    88 
    2nd Alex Mauer (120 game points scored)
    52 
    3rd Nick (106 game points scored)
    38 
    4th Seth (Bill's Friend) (88 game points scored)
    19 
    9/2/2018
    1st Alex Mauer (166 game points scored)
    69 
    2nd Nick (149 game points scored)
    46 
    3rd Stanton (128 game points scored)
    23 
    8/7/2018
    1st Alex Mauer (149 game points scored)
    88 
    2nd Robert (117 game points scored)
    52 
    3rd Seth (Bill's Friend) (114 game points scored)
    38 
    4th Nick (103 game points scored)
    19 
    8/5/2018
    1st Alex Mauer (173 game points scored)
    65 
    2nd Nick (165 game points scored)
    33 
    6/19/2018
    1st Alex Mauer (151 game points scored)
    69 
    2nd Seth (Bill's Friend) (141 game points scored)
    46 
    3rd Nick (134 game points scored)
    23