Brass is a board game set in Lancashire, England during the Industrial Revolution.
[1] The goal of the game is accrue the most victory points by building mines, cotton factories, ports, canals and rail links, and establishing trade routes.
It was later published by Pegasus Spiele as Kohle - Mit Volldampf zum Reichtum ('Coal - Full Steam Ahead to Riches') with additional artwork by Eckhard Freytag, and under its original name by Eagle Games and FRED Distribution (USA), White Goblin Games (France) and Wargames Club Publishing (China)[1] In 2017 Canadian publisher Roxley Games launched a Kickstarter campaign to realize a reprinting of the game under the new name Brass: Lancashire with new artwork and components as well as slightly modified rules.
[2] At the same time the successor, Brass: Birmingham, was introduced, adding Gavan Brown and Matt Tolman to the design team and featuring new mechanisms while keeping the same core rule-set.
1 spot as the top rated board game on leading website BoardGameGeek.