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Year Published
2007
# of Players:
3 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3, 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4 players
(122 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
Expanded By
Families
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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.

More Information Edit | History

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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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1 Maximum VP values of French rail links
This table gives the maximum VP values of each rail link that can be built on the unofficial France map. It duplicates information already on the board, but in a more readable format.
2009-09-29
2 White background Penny Schilling
Easier on printer toner
2009-07-21
6 Coin Upgrade for Brass
An 1806 half penny and a 1745 schilling, both front and back, set to scale for the blank coins used in Brass. Print out on full label sticky paper and cut out with scissors. It takes a while, as there are a hundred coins. My set had 60 silver coins and 40 copper coins. I liked how they turned out, but I am sure others can do better. Looking forward to see what other people come up with.
2009-07-12
3 Brass/Kohle - Plättchen für 2 Spieler Variante
[De] Einige Plättchen um die Änderungen am Spielplan in der 2-Spieler Variante zu kennzeichnen. Ausdrucken, auf Pappe kleben, ausschneiden ... fertig. Bemerk: Die Plättchen wurden für die Pegasus Edition angefertigt, sollten aber auch für die anderen Editionen passen. [En] Some little tiles to mark the changes to the gameboard in the 2-player variant. Print them, glue them to cardboard and cut them out ... that's it. Note: The tiles were made for the Pegasus edition of the gameboard, but should fit as well for the other editions.
2009-07-10
5 Brass/Kohle - Regeln für 2 Spieler
German translation of the 2 player variant rules by Henri Harju.
2009-07-09
16 Brass board for two players (in six parts)
Brass board for two players inspired by the variant by Henri Harju.
2009-05-05
49 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
5 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
36 BRASS - 2 sided color player aid
SIDE 1 = Turn phases. SIDE 2 = In-depth rules & illustrations for each action. It was 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 in order to keep this aid concise and easy to read.
2009-02-16
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 13
Num Ratings: 2790
Average Rating: 8.08
Standard Deviation: 1.38
Num Views: 226993
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Fans: 157
Personal Comments: 938
Users Owning: 2516
Users Wanting: 413
Users Trading: 23
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