Why is Brass: Birmingham world's #1 board game?

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[dcrbdh]

I honestly don't know what this video was trying to say about the game other than "the theme fits". Interesting, but left me head scratching

[YuKhan-okes]

While I love NPI’s cultural analysis and background info, I do feel like they misrepresented the feel of the gameplay. One of my favorite things in all games is the endless challenge of making strategic decisions with randomness. The card distribution in this game make the puzzle of playing so fascinating. And unlike many other Euro’s it’s heavily dependent on other players actions while still avoiding direct conflict. I see possibilities and challenge, not a slow creep of hopelessness

[jeffreymurray]

Got this game for my 35th birthday. I don't have that big of a collection, since I don't have a real regular group or that much time to play, but I've always wanted something a little weightier than what I was used to. Anyway, watched videos and "How tos" for about a week in prep to teach my wife how to play and do my first real playthrough. Friday night rolls around, we put the kid to bed and we both stay up for 3 hours just doing the first ERA, learning and trying to understand the mechanics. It was rough, but by the end, we both realized we were having a lot of fun understanding the mechanics and how they all "made sense" in a gameplay and real-life sort of way. The next night, we played AGAIN. It took three hours again to play through both ERAs this time, but we had a blast and she kicked my ass. lol. We took the next night off, but I'm excited to play again.

[XShrike]

It might be the people I play with but, I don't remember playing Brass: Birmingham and finding myself being presented with worse and worse options. I am usually predicting when coal and iron will be in more or less demand and plan accordingly. I have won a number of times with the other players saying, "It looks like focusing on iron and coal is how to win." or "Focusing on links is how to win."

I usually tell them that I did not pick any strategy. My strategy was to maximize what I could do with what I had. Some times that means I am supplying almost all of the coal and iron. While other times I am building a lot of rail. It is exploiting a niche that the other players are not or only exploiting.

[dave]

Both Brass Birmingham and Tears of the Kingdom build on the efforts of a predecessor (Lancashire and Breath of the Wild), adding what can at first seem like slight tweaks but that lead to what are considered massive improvements to the systems. They are slightly more complex than their predecessors and therefore considered a richer experience. But are they better?

[sarumon]

I'm a pretty big fan of BB, and I think it's only real negatives are the amount of fiddly rules (i.e. keeping track of money spent to switch player order, constantly miscounting cards spent on actions and having to count back through time several times a game, when can I sell goods). The game itself is an awesome interaction and a great puzzle.

[TheGameLocker]

Your videos have truly gotten better and better over the years, and have become really engaging to watch! Thank you for all the work you put into these!

[DreZato]

TBH i only bought brass because i also live in the midlands it's the only game i know of that has my hometown as a location

[cobalt]

I've never actually been up to Bestwood Park (despite it being pretty nearby on the bus), so I think I'll go and have a look based on your recommendation!

[josephpilkus]

Always love your videos and this was no exception; from beginning to end, a joy! Also, I love Brass Lancashire more, as well.

[HuntressMedia]

Love this guy's videos - this one....was a stretch.

[crosscutgames]

The important note is this is the #1 game according to BGG users who rank games - which isn't at all like saying it is the #1 board game. Sequels (improvements?) to previous games result in fewer lovers with more intensity - i.e. less scores with higher averages. There's a joke in there somewhere.

[petters]

Came here for Brass review, ended up buying Zelda.

[koalabrownie]

I still don't get why Zelda was mentioned, or the other tangents- not NPI's best video.

[VinegarAndSaltedFries]

I’ll be honest this to me was a bit of a weaker video and felt more like you wanted to connect two things your enjoying at the moment in gaming than saying anything super meaningful. Still nice audio and love both of these things so enjoyable but if your usual videos are 9 or 10’s out of 10 this was more of a 7. But hey happy you have been enjoying Zelda.

[ClaudeAndTaylor]

Absolutely amazing video, y'all!!! A joy to watch!

[santiagorf]

I was surprised this is bgg #1. This position should be for Brass Lancashire

[Sprucepomplamoose]

Great review! Always informative and entertaining!

[strangevenom]

Welcome to Notts! Brought me great joy to find that you are local! Shame I haven't bumped into you in any of the local game stores! Love your unique style. Big fan.

[lNLl]

When you come for a Brass review and instead watching Zelda and history about Robin Hood and woods around. 11/10