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Published By
Year Published
2007
# of Players:
3 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3, 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4 players
(114 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
13 and up
User Suggested Ages
14 and up
(21 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(45 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Brass
Alternate Names
Kohle - Mit Volldampf zum Reichtum
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Your goal in Brass is to build cotton mills, coal mines, iron works, canals, railways, ports, and shipyards, and to have them be used so that they score points. Your choices will be limited by the cards you draw, but not as much as by the plans you make. Lots of interesting detail in the historical Lancashire setting.

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Awards

2007: Jogo do Ano (game of the year)

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Originally released at Essen 2007.

Contents:
1 - Gameboard
1 - Rulebook
4 - Counter sheets
8 - Player wooden discs
66 - Cards (distribution below)
30 - Black coal cubes
25 - Orange iron cubes
1 - Black marker
100 - Plastic coins
7 - Plastic storage bags
12 - Distant Market tiles
4x12 - Cotton Mill counters (one set per player)
4x8 - Port counters (one set per player)
4x7 Coal Mine counters (one set per player)
4x6 - Shipyard counters (one set per player)
4x4 - Iron Foundry counters (one set per player)
4x14 - Canal/Rail counters (one set per player)
4x2 - Victory Point counters (one set per player)
4x2 - Wooden discs (one set per player)

Card Distribution:
8 - cotton mills
6 - ports
5 - coal
4 - Manchester, Liverpool
3 - iron works, shipyards, Preston, Lancaster
2 - Macclesfield, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Burnley, Barrow-in-Furness, Birkenhead, Warrington & Runcorn, Wigan, Blackburn, Colne, Bolton
1 - Ellesmere Port, Fleetwood, Bury

For the Location Cards: As a rule of thumb, there is an equal amount of location cards in the deck as there are industry spaces in that location. Exceptions are: Rochdale (-1), Bury (-1), Bolton (-1), Blackburn (-1), Birkenhead (+1), Lancaster (+1).

Box size:
31.7 x 22.7 x 5.3 (cm)

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12 Brass board for two players (in six parts)
Brass board for two players inspired by the variant by Henri Harju.
2009-05-05
37 Brass board for two players (complete)
Brass board for two players inspired by the variant by Henri Harju.
2009-05-05
1 Brass chinese rules
Brass chinese rules
2009-04-19
4 Tablero/ayuda Individual
Una pequeña ayuda que sirve para mantener ordenadas todas las fichas de los jugadores y como resumen de las acciones disponibles.
2009-03-18
23 BRASS - 2 sided color player aid
Front Side = Turn phases (basic and very concise). Back Side = In-depth illustrations & rules to consider for each action (also concise and easy to read). I realized it would be impossible to cover every rule, exception, and nuance on just a 2-sided form. I felt it was best to leave these aspects with the rulebook (and game explainer). My goal was to construct a helpful tool to remind players of the "key points" throughout the game - and I hope I succeeded in that.
2009-02-16
11 Brass Player Mats For Each Player
Player mats for each player. Each has room to place all the player tiles on it. In color, but no artwork.
2008-12-13
4 Brass small size player aid
Concise player aid in a small size.
2008-12-13
3 Brass Tuckboxes with artwork. Not for sleeved cards.
Brass tuckboxes with artwork.
2008-12-12
7 Reglamento reestructurado (Restructured Rules for Brass)
Restructured Rules for Brass translate to Spanish.
2008-11-13
13 Brass - Quick Reference
Brass Setup and Rules Summary; text-y and > 1 page but all the rules are there; improvements welcome. Version 2008-12-06
2008-11-12
Statistics
User Rank: 12
Num Ratings: 2304
Average Rating: 8.11
Standard Deviation: 1.34
Num Views: 183378
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Avg. Game Weight: 3.8 moreinfo
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Personal Comments: 811
Users Owning: 2103
Users Wanting: 394
Users Trading: 17
Has Parts For Trade: 1
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 6389
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