Brass: Birmingham (Roxley Games) Review by Man Vs Meeple

Brass: Birmingham Review by Man Vs Meeple

2-4 Player Game
120-180 Minutes

Man Vs Meeple

Hosted by Jeremy Salinas (Drakkenstrike)
Hosted by David Waybright

[Reis]

You forgot the part where you said you'll talk about your thoughts of both games and which you liked more. Possible to type it out instead? Would love to know.

[anthonyburnett]

I backed this game on Kickstarter when it came out days ago. Super excited for this game release. The amount of detail and graphics in this game seem like they really care to bring a great revision to this game. Good preview guys. Thank you.

[twocinc]

At 11:20, not true. In the original game, you could sell cotton from as many mills as possible in a single turn, using a single card. That's a huge part of the game's strategy, since actions are the real scarce resource.

[kwulfe]

The art work is definitively wonderful. Many thx for this preview.
I will back both Brass games for sure although my free storage space is coming to an end.

[twocinc]

Also at 12:00, the "links" on the new Birmingham tiles function identically to the gold circles on the original game's tiles. Another big part of strategy is trying to get links to the cities with 3-4 slots so that you can grab points from all of them.

[TheRoosterJuice]

Please note, the game shown is a prototype.

[halesowenboardgamers]

This interests me a lot as a local to the area represented. It looks beautiful, but one thing leapt out at me, Redditch is missing its 't'. I appreciate it's only a prototype and maybe this has already been picked up.

[reddish]

I don't think there were any wild cards in the original, you could just discard any two cards to build anywhere.

[davidcassady]

I REALLY like the art shown in this review. Very nice job.

[alyssonlago]

I've noticed a Three Kingdoms Redux standing behind Jeremy. Please say you're going to review it, it is a great game that deserves more attention.

[szlachcic]

Is it worth to own both versions of the game? I'm thinking not to take the full pledge, but just for one.

[Gutock]

How do you feel about the scaling to 2p, if you've played it?

Original is supposed to work well with a variant, not sure about Birmingham. I'm sure this is a game that benefits from more people, but 2p is my main way to play, so...

[datadata]

question, i understand both to be great games, but are they sufficiently different to justify getting both? or just getting one is right? i'm on the fence here

[IslanKleinknecht]

@12:15 Exactly how is the VP for connecting links different? It just looks like they replaced coins with some symbol.

[Kolvorok]

Hi Guys, are you using those two blue yeti mics at the same time connected to the same laptop or to two different machines? DO you have issues with echo and reverb when you speak at the same time?

[SherlockChromesSFY]

Is there a big enough difference between both games to buy both of them? Or if only buying one, which would you go with?

[technoleo]

I am keenly interested in Brass now, having never played the original. I think I'll go for Birmingham, since it seems to have more replayability.
Also... Why are your mikes set atop the giant dice? It looks funny

[Pluiz]

I've never played Brass before because of the "the 2 player isn't good" talk about it. I know there's a way to change the rules so 2 players is viable in the original game and that those rules will be implemented in both this game and the new Lancashire. So have you guys played it 2 player and if yes how is it?
Thanks for the great videos as always, keep up the good work!

[randybookman]

love the channel bit i fiund this review to be very confusing or lite on details. Is brass Lancashire just a reskin and Birmingham changes out some resources and loses ports etc.?

[tonisia]

Which is good brass lancashire or birmingham if gonna buy one ?