Easily the best playthrough video of Brass Birmingham on the UA-cam/internet. Hats off to you both for the excellent playthrough. Loving this learn as you play technique.....
Wendy's habit (especially in late game) of doing two things at once and paying it all is error-prone and sometimes confusing to the viewer (and to the players). I think the custom from Heavy Cardboard of playing a card, taking the action, putting the money on the card (not on the board/order token) to simplify accounting and take-backs, and then verifying everything before committing the money and discards, is appropriately methodical for a game like this. Wendy got her bottle kiln in Stafford without playing a card, but then discovered at the end of the turn (around 1:25:00) that she had an extra card, and didn't know what to play (or what she had intended to play), and threw an iron card. She should have played her Stafford card (which she later proved to have in her hand, so it wasn't a cheat). Even experienced players have those 'oh, wait, never mind, I can't do that' moments, so players really do need to play this game very carefully, and make sure they can change their minds during the turn without losing track of everything. Good play-through vid, though, all in all.
That's a fair point about it being confusing for the viewer. It is easier to follow if each step is followed by the book. Sometimes the excitement of pulling off a move overrides our attempt to be methodical on the video (See: Rahdo, haha). Thanks for pointing out the experience from the viewer. We'll try to be more precise in future playthroughs, and thanks for watching!
I know it's 2 years later and all but in the last move of the game Wendy sells each of her chimneys for 1 barrel each, while it should have been 2 BARRELS EACH. 😅 Sooo the score might not have been that uneven if not for this slight cheat.
Thanks for your efforts with this video. One point: the rules say that you refill your hands after your actions. This matters as this can speed up the game, especially in multiplayer games, since players can plan their next turn earlier.
1:29:09 was invalid move, because both potteries required 2 beers each, therefore the total beers needed to flip 3 tiles were 5 instead of 3 that Wendy used.
This was a great video! Just got this game and thought I understood stuff after reading the rules, but still struggled with some parts. It’s beyond helpful seeing how the game is played while also being given explanations like you guys did!!
Well that's great news! The game has become one of our favorites, but it does take a bit to learn it. Once you do, it's pretty easy to know the rules really solidly. Hope you enjoy it, and thanks for sharing some kind words! It means a lot.
this one is a grate Play thrugh since there are good explanations for those who don't understand the game fully after a tutorial and the gameplay doesn't last 3 hours plus if you want to see how everything works. just 1 hours and 40 minutes and all your doubts and question will be solved, everything else is solved by the manual
Thank you for this nice playthrough. I just bought the game today and I'm sure this video will help me when reading the rulebook and have a first play afterwards !
Wow. Ik zie deze reactie net een dag later :v. Kom je uit Nederland of België? Zijn de spelregels duidelijk uitgelegd? Ik overweeg dit spel ook te kopen.
An advice for new players. Don't make several discards piles, there is no point, there is no mechanic in game which makes you pick up cards from discarded pile. Sometime people put their cards down on table and pick up discard pile back up I had this happen quite a few times during my plays. There is nothing that those discard piles do they just take space and make bunch of spots on table where we have cards. Just stack all discarded cards at the same place. But during a player turn they should set their two cards that they are playing at the for example top of the board so everyone can see them. When they finish they turn just chuck them at the discard pile and move to the next player. During this chucking is when that player should go back to 8 cards. Also formalize player taking action. It will be a bit strange first couple of actions but then you will start to not even notice it and will be much easier to follow. So there is no action that goes, I will play this card, and put that there paying 15 pounds, but I turn my tile so my income is also there. Is coal that was used, oh yeah please Jeff move it. This way there is no way anyone can follow and if you want to play fairly anyone trying to check legality of the move will just take so much time. Instead do this: State action, state card, take playing piece, put it on board, pay costs, get income if you sold anything, then flip other tiles if they needed flipping. Second action is the same: State action, state cards etc. This will seem like it's slowing the game, but what you realize is that it actually speeds it up because it easy to spot rule breaks. So no turn should go, ok 2 cards, I spend 37 pounds, put this here and that there, my 3 tiles flip, remove bier please, my income is going 15 up I eared 12 pounds.
Good video. Thanks for sharing. Just wanted to mention that you could have used the scout action and gained some wild cards, which would have helped you when you were struggling to get the right location/industry cards. Edit: You did address this fact at the end of the video.
Awesome video, congratulations! What a huge boardgame, equal but different from the original Brass, which is one of my favorit games. I was just wondering about to achiev the Birmingham before, but now I'm definitely going to purchase it. This video was really helpfull, thank you.
Very good play through, I just got this game this week and I’m excited to give it a go. This helped me understand the game a lot. I was a bit confused as to everything that happened on Wendy’s turns since she was taking both turns at the same time. It seemed as though even the players were having trouble keeping track of all the accounting. Aside from that, thanks for the great video!
Thanks Michael! Yeah, we startes breaking down turns more clearly after this. I appreciate the feedback. Brass Birmingham is an absolute favorite, glad to hear you'll get to enjoy it too.
Is the move at 9:20 even legal? By placing the first connection, the network is set. To place the second connection (the one to Cannock), you would have to have a building in Wolverhampton first before you can expand from there. At least that's my understanding. Same goes for the action at 14:00.
It is. As she places the first link, Coalbrookdale and Wolverhampton become part of her Network (cities that you have at least one industry or cities adjacent of at least one of your link tiles).
I have a question for income. When canal era is finished, should i can get the income?? Only rail era is finished that i don't have the income?? I saw rule which income is not collected at the end of the final round of the game. I did understand for it which i don't have the income each final round of era. Do i misunderstand??
You get your normal income at the end of the canal era. The only time you don't do income is in the final round of the whole game. I hope that clarifies your question. Enjoy the great game!
Thank you! Glad you think so. It was a really fun one to film, and we've been doing more play through videos the last few weeks of a variety of games. Hope you enjoy the channel, and have a great day!
That's great news. This is one of our favorites, so I'm happy to hear when our video helped somebody learn it. Enjoy the game, and thank you for watching.
Haha...yeah, that was part of the lighting test that I forgot to put back on my board. So we'll count it as a free development that didn't really help me.
@Omninaut1 I do feel quite bad about forgetting that, and wasn't sure if it was best to call attention to it or not. In hindsight I feel like it would have been better to make note of it so viewers had a better understanding. I really appreciate you watching, and thanks for being understanding that some errors happen with these videos! Sorry it was unsatisfying, though fortunately it did not affect the winner of the game.
Yeah....that was put out there to test the lighting and totally forgot to pull it back on my player board. Thankfully it didn't make or break the game!
@@Notturno81 That's great! I'm glad to help. There's a few fiddly rules when you get started, but they become pretty second nature quickly and it's a brilliant game. Glad to help!
Wendy is cheating a bit, probably not intentional but still getting an advantage that shouldn't be there. She takes a loan of 60 and then should pay 6 for negative income, but just ignores it and moves on and later plays 2 cards and selecting 2 actions that can't be achieved by those 2 cards. Which would be easy to catch if she played 1 by 1. What I got from my plays of Brass is that most of time you win just by checking what opposing players are doing and forcing them to follow rules. If you focus too much on yourself people just don't pay, take coal where they can't, steal bear barrels etc. This will make a game longer but usually if you are the "policeman" of the game you will win.
The inclusion in the rules of the details of the industrialist characters on the cards is good, but I do wonder if a phonetic pronunciation guide to the placenames would have been useful: Walsall = "war-sall" Nuneaton = "none-eaten" Worcester = "wuss-ter" (wuss to rhyme with fuss) Uttoxeter = "you-toxeter" (And before any Americans complain about British pronunciations - have a look at Arkansas, Boise and Des Moines 😉)
I agree with that @littlebluecubes.This is the best play through this game I have seen. This is the seventh play through video I've watched of BB and for the life of me, I could not figure out why people find this game fun Until you're play through. Thank you for taking the time to talk through all your moves.👏👏👏🫶
Easily the best playthrough video of Brass Birmingham on the UA-cam/internet. Hats off to you both for the excellent playthrough. Loving this learn as you play technique.....
Wow, thank you! That's really cool of you to say. We'll accept your hat-off!
Agreed. Y’all are saving me after a botched attempt earlier that left us so confused. Thank you!!!!
Wendy's habit (especially in late game) of doing two things at once and paying it all is error-prone and sometimes confusing to the viewer (and to the players). I think the custom from Heavy Cardboard of playing a card, taking the action, putting the money on the card (not on the board/order token) to simplify accounting and take-backs, and then verifying everything before committing the money and discards, is appropriately methodical for a game like this.
Wendy got her bottle kiln in Stafford without playing a card, but then discovered at the end of the turn (around 1:25:00) that she had an extra card, and didn't know what to play (or what she had intended to play), and threw an iron card. She should have played her Stafford card (which she later proved to have in her hand, so it wasn't a cheat). Even experienced players have those 'oh, wait, never mind, I can't do that' moments, so players really do need to play this game very carefully, and make sure they can change their minds during the turn without losing track of everything.
Good play-through vid, though, all in all.
That's a fair point about it being confusing for the viewer. It is easier to follow if each step is followed by the book. Sometimes the excitement of pulling off a move overrides our attempt to be methodical on the video (See: Rahdo, haha). Thanks for pointing out the experience from the viewer. We'll try to be more precise in future playthroughs, and thanks for watching!
Greatful for the playthrough ya, SO MUCH ^^^THIS^^^
I know it's 2 years later and all but in the last move of the game Wendy sells each of her chimneys for 1 barrel each, while it should have been 2 BARRELS EACH. 😅 Sooo the score might not have been that uneven if not for this slight cheat.
Thanks for your efforts with this video. One point: the rules say that you refill your hands after your actions. This matters as this can speed up the game, especially in multiplayer games, since players can plan their next turn earlier.
Lovely Carol in Coventry. Boo, Hiss, Chris. Thanks for having this on. Just got the game today and absolutely loving it. Many thanks guys.
Wendy? A'wassalling? LOL.
1:29:09 was invalid move, because both potteries required 2 beers each, therefore the total beers needed to flip 3 tiles were 5 instead of 3 that Wendy used.
nicely spotted!
This was a great video! Just got this game and thought I understood stuff after reading the rules, but still struggled with some parts. It’s beyond helpful seeing how the game is played while also being given explanations like you guys did!!
Well that's great news! The game has become one of our favorites, but it does take a bit to learn it. Once you do, it's pretty easy to know the rules really solidly. Hope you enjoy it, and thanks for sharing some kind words! It means a lot.
Nice playthrough. Well done. That was some big scoring at the end!
Thanks! It's one of my absolute favorite games in part because the scoring is so satisfying at the end.
this one is a grate Play thrugh since there are good explanations for those who don't understand the game fully after a tutorial
and the gameplay doesn't last 3 hours plus if you want to see how everything works.
just 1 hours and 40 minutes and all your doubts and question will be solved, everything else is solved by the manual
In the end Wendy sold the highest level pottery thingy using only one beer. Doesn't it require two?
Yeah I think it does, she was only able to sell one of them max so would've had about 10 points less I imagine.
Thank you for this nice playthrough. I just bought the game today and I'm sure this video will help me when reading the rulebook and have a first play afterwards !
Wow. Ik zie deze reactie net een dag later :v. Kom je uit Nederland of België? Zijn de spelregels duidelijk uitgelegd? Ik overweeg dit spel ook te kopen.
An advice for new players. Don't make several discards piles, there is no point, there is no mechanic in game which makes you pick up cards from discarded pile. Sometime people put their cards down on table and pick up discard pile back up I had this happen quite a few times during my plays. There is nothing that those discard piles do they just take space and make bunch of spots on table where we have cards. Just stack all discarded cards at the same place. But during a player turn they should set their two cards that they are playing at the for example top of the board so everyone can see them. When they finish they turn just chuck them at the discard pile and move to the next player. During this chucking is when that player should go back to 8 cards.
Also formalize player taking action. It will be a bit strange first couple of actions but then you will start to not even notice it and will be much easier to follow. So there is no action that goes, I will play this card, and put that there paying 15 pounds, but I turn my tile so my income is also there. Is coal that was used, oh yeah please Jeff move it. This way there is no way anyone can follow and if you want to play fairly anyone trying to check legality of the move will just take so much time.
Instead do this: State action, state card, take playing piece, put it on board, pay costs, get income if you sold anything, then flip other tiles if they needed flipping. Second action is the same: State action, state cards etc. This will seem like it's slowing the game, but what you realize is that it actually speeds it up because it easy to spot rule breaks.
So no turn should go, ok 2 cards, I spend 37 pounds, put this here and that there, my 3 tiles flip, remove bier please, my income is going 15 up I eared 12 pounds.
I literally had to go thru the whole video to figure out how that beer tile got in derby. Lol
So how did it?
Am I wrong, or is one of White’s level 1 breweries on the board from the beginning? In one of the green locations....
Very Very good guys, you helped us get into Brass, awesome vid .
Thanks so much! That's awesome. We really enjoyed the original, but the Birmingham version really speaks to us.
Good video. Thanks for sharing. Just wanted to mention that you could have used the scout action and gained some wild cards, which would have helped you when you were struggling to get the right location/industry cards.
Edit: You did address this fact at the end of the video.
Awesome video, congratulations! What a huge boardgame, equal but different from the original Brass, which is one of my favorit games. I was just wondering about to achiev the Birmingham before, but now I'm definitely going to purchase it. This video was really helpfull, thank you.
Why did you start with a prebuilt brewery in the top right corner?
Great video, guys!!
@1:14:40, how can you use the coal from Cannock when you just about to build 2 rails? First pay then build?
"Each rail link is placed separately and must be connected to source of coal (after it is placed)."
a magnificent job. very useful to get into the game. thanks from Spain!
Awesome, glad you enjoyed the video. Sounds like you just got the game recently. It's such a fun one, a top 5 game for us both.
What a wonderful play-through! Super helpful - thank you!!
Very good play through, I just got this game this week and I’m excited to give it a go. This helped me understand the game a lot. I was a bit confused as to everything that happened on Wendy’s turns since she was taking both turns at the same time. It seemed as though even the players were having trouble keeping track of all the accounting. Aside from that, thanks for the great video!
Thanks Michael! Yeah, we startes breaking down turns more clearly after this. I appreciate the feedback. Brass Birmingham is an absolute favorite, glad to hear you'll get to enjoy it too.
Planning on purchasing the game and I have this saved, question: where did you guys get those poker chips?
Poker chips are from the deluxe edition from Roxley. I think you can order it on their website, either the deluxe edition or just the poker chips!
Is the move at 9:20 even legal? By placing the first connection, the network is set. To place the second connection (the one to Cannock), you would have to have a building in Wolverhampton first before you can expand from there. At least that's my understanding. Same goes for the action at 14:00.
It is. As she places the first link, Coalbrookdale and Wolverhampton become part of her Network (cities that you have at least one industry or cities adjacent of at least one of your link tiles).
You are correct! Thank You.@@ricardoasouza
@1:24:00 when you sell there, and take the beer barrel from Gloucester, dont you get the develop-action, too?
I love your English :) where are u from? I Come from Poland!
The potteries lv3 and 5 require 2 beers each to sell
Absolutely right.. that could be a game changer!
You're right, I was confused on how she could sell those 2 with only 2 beers on board. Your reply confirmed my assessment
I have a question for income. When canal era is finished, should i can get the income?? Only rail era is finished that i don't have the income?? I saw rule which income is not collected at the end of the final round of the game. I did understand for it which i don't have the income each final round of era.
Do i misunderstand??
You get your normal income at the end of the canal era. The only time you don't do income is in the final round of the whole game. I hope that clarifies your question. Enjoy the great game!
@@MeepleOverboard thansk for your reply!! :)
Excellent playthough. You have a new fan
Thank you! Glad you think so. It was a really fun one to film, and we've been doing more play through videos the last few weeks of a variety of games. Hope you enjoy the channel, and have a great day!
if I understand the rules there is an error at 12:18, when Chris builds his cotton mill he should spend a ton of beer no?
ah I saw my mistake, sell is an action
Think it was cool at 1:18:10 that Chris's income reached Wendy's points exactly on the turn after her income reached his points exactly too
Haha, yeah! Little things lime that are very fun to notice. Good eye.
At 57:35, how could Wendy build a coal mine there without being connected to the coal market?
Great playthrough! GG!
Thanks for watching! And thanks for leaving a comment. Always nice to hear.
Nice vid, def help me to start this board game :)
That's great news. This is one of our favorites, so I'm happy to hear when our video helped somebody learn it. Enjoy the game, and thank you for watching.
Good overview of play
Great! This really helped my understanding of the game. Not Glawster, Gloster!
What was with that white beer tile in Derby the whole game? Did white start with a free develop lol
Haha...yeah, that was part of the lighting test that I forgot to put back on my board. So we'll count it as a free development that didn't really help me.
@Omninaut1 I do feel quite bad about forgetting that, and wasn't sure if it was best to call attention to it or not. In hindsight I feel like it would have been better to make note of it so viewers had a better understanding. I really appreciate you watching, and thanks for being understanding that some errors happen with these videos! Sorry it was unsatisfying, though fortunately it did not affect the winner of the game.
Bonjour et merci
고마워요.
1:01:07 Wendy nie mogła zbudować połączenia do Birmingham, ponieważ nie miała swojego kafla ani w Worcester, ani w Birmingham
Wendys (Purple) first turn - she buys TWO steel - why?
"Don't be a jerk rule"... 😒 being a jerk is definitely thematic for this game
Im just at 23min but I thinknshe forgot to move her VP up lol
Industries are not scored when they're flipped, but at the end of eras.
1:34:40 Derby. I saw what you did there!!!!XD
Yeah....that was put out there to test the lighting and totally forgot to pull it back on my player board. Thankfully it didn't make or break the game!
@@MeepleOverboard I thought so:) I've just got my copy of Brass and we start this weekend. Your gameplay was very helpful. Thanks a lot!
@@Notturno81 That's great! I'm glad to help. There's a few fiddly rules when you get started, but they become pretty second nature quickly and it's a brilliant game. Glad to help!
Wendy is cheating a bit, probably not intentional but still getting an advantage that shouldn't be there. She takes a loan of 60 and then should pay 6 for negative income, but just ignores it and moves on and later plays 2 cards and selecting 2 actions that can't be achieved by those 2 cards. Which would be easy to catch if she played 1 by 1.
What I got from my plays of Brass is that most of time you win just by checking what opposing players are doing and forcing them to follow rules. If you focus too much on yourself people just don't pay, take coal where they can't, steal bear barrels etc. This will make a game longer but usually if you are the "policeman" of the game you will win.
Very passive aggressive😅
The inclusion in the rules of the details of the industrialist characters on the cards is good, but I do wonder if a phonetic pronunciation guide to the placenames would have been useful:
Walsall = "war-sall"
Nuneaton = "none-eaten"
Worcester = "wuss-ter" (wuss to rhyme with fuss)
Uttoxeter = "you-toxeter"
(And before any Americans complain about British pronunciations - have a look at Arkansas, Boise and Des Moines 😉)
OMG some friendly advice every time you feel like singing - dont
Not 'wooster'. It's ' wuster'
this game looks boring and fiddly as all get-out
I agree with that @littlebluecubes.This is the best play through this game I have seen. This is the seventh play through video I've watched of BB and for the life of me, I could not figure out why people find this game fun Until you're play through. Thank you for taking the time to talk through all your moves.👏👏👏🫶