[PbP] - Brass Lancashire

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I’ve got a bit confused about networks and building. Because @Chewy77 built the Preston-Lancaster canal, Lancaster is on the network, but not on your network so doesn’t that mean you can’t build there?

Apologies if I’m wrong, I was looking at the rules last night when @Chewy77 couldn’t build in Manchester and I couldn’t find the rule in the rule book, but @Whistle_Pig has it in the copy and pasted version in the discussion thread. I can’t remember how it works in Brass Birmingham, although the map is much looser in that game.

Not being able to build off someone else’s canal when you’ve got an industry tile on that network seems too harsh to me. That would mean @Benkyo has got Stockport and Macclesfield to himself this turn because no one else can link there and you can’t build to a non-linked location. Similarly I’ve blocked off Oldham and Rochdale. I know this game is mean, but is it that mean?

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The distant market tiles revealed are a -£2 and a -£4.

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Would it be possible to have a full, end of turn update as well please?

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Working on it as we speak!

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Turn order is: @Benkyo, @Captbnut, @Chewy77, @GeeBizzle

Income:
@GeeBizzle: £5
@Captbnut: £0
@Benkyo: -£7
@Chewy77: £1

Player boards and cash at the beginning of the next round:

@Benkyo (£83)

Tier Cotton Mills Ports Shipyards Iron works Coal mines
IV 3 2 - 1 2
III 2 2 - 1 2
II 0 2 2 1 2
I 0 2 2 1 0
Locked - - 2 - -

@Captbnut (£46)

Tier Cotton Mills Ports Shipyards Iron works Coal mines
IV 3 2 - 1 2
III 3 2 - 1 2
II 3 2 2 0 2
I 0 2 2 0 0
Locked - - 1 - -

@Chewy77 (£19)

Tier Cotton Mills Ports Shipyards Iron works Coal mines
IV 3 2 - 1 2
III 3 2 - 1 2
II 3 2 2 1 2
I 3 0 2 0 0
Locked - - 2 - -

@GeeBizzle (£10)

Tier Cotton Mills Ports Shipyards Iron works Coal mines
IV 3 2 - 1 2
III 3 2 - 1 2
II 2 2 2 1 2
I 0 2 2 1 0
Locked - - 2 - -

Reference player board:

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The restrictions for this round are:

  • You may not build railways (canal era)
  • You may only build one tile in each location (canal era)

Reminders:

  • You must be connected to either a coal mine (belonging to any player) or the market to access coal. The connections do not need to be your link tiles.
  • Link tiles must connect to your existing network at one or both ends.
  • You will not draw any more cards before the end of the canal era.
  • All tier 1 buildings are removed after scoring.
  • Unflipped buildings do not score.

The board after @Benkyo’s turn:

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@Captbnut next

(feel free to check my working).

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Play yet another cotton mill to build a mill in Rochdale (£14, coal from Texas Oldham)

On consultation with my lawyers I’d like to not do this second action

Play a further cotton mill card to build canal between Rochdale and Yorkshire (£3, wave to @Whistle_Pig as I chug past)

Actual second action
Use Lancaster card to build a port in Lancaster (£6)

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I think it was because I was using a Cotton mill card, not a Manchester card. If you use the locality card, then you can build regardless the network, I guess.

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And I just now saw Benkyo’s answer in the discussion thread :sweat_smile:

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:laughing:

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@Chewy77

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Use my Oldham card to build a cotton mill there (12 bob a pop, I believe that is) and use my Rochdale card to build a canal to rival Yorkshire for 3 pounds more. No, wait, pesky Captbnut beat me to that, I spotted it before having to speak with my lawyers…
I guess it will be only a coalmine in Rochdale for another 5 quid.

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I didn’t build that canal so go for it

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EDIT: seems like I cannot build a canal there without a building first, so coal mine it is.

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The cotton mill was £12 and the coal mine was £7. The mine is tier 2 so it won’t be removed from the board at the end of the canal era.

@GeeBizzle

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Play a cotton mill to build a canal to Bolton £3.

Play Fleetwood and take a £30 loan.

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Turn order is: @GeeBizzle, @Benkyo, @Chewy77, @Captbnut

Income:
@GeeBizzle: £2
@Captbnut: £0
@Benkyo: £1
@Chewy77: £3

Player boards and cash at the beginning of the next round:

@Benkyo (£69)

Tier Cotton Mills Ports Shipyards Iron works Coal mines
IV 3 2 - 1 2
III 1 2 - 1 2
II 0 2 2 1 2
I 0 2 2 1 0
Locked - - 2 - -

@Captbnut (£26)

Tier Cotton Mills Ports Shipyards Iron works Coal mines
IV 3 2 - 1 2
III 3 2 - 1 2
II 2 2 2 0 2
I 0 1 2 0 0
Locked - - 2 - -

@Chewy77 (£3)

Tier Cotton Mills Ports Shipyards Iron works Coal mines
IV 3 2 - 1 2
III 3 2 - 1 2
II 3 2 2 1 1
I 2 0 2 0 0
Locked - - 2 - -

@GeeBizzle (£49)

Tier Cotton Mills Ports Shipyards Iron works Coal mines
IV 3 2 - 1 2
III 3 2 - 1 2
II 2 2 2 1 2
I 1 2 2 1 0
Locked - - 2 - -

Reference player board:

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Play 1 cotton mill to build mill in Bolton (£14) taking coal from Oldham.

Play shipyard and sell cotton from bury and Bolton to elesmere. (Fully expecting a one good to one port rule here. So may be scuppered?).

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After consultation with my lawyer I’ll flip both ellesmere and Liverpool.

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Play Preston to build mill for £16 + £2 iron, coal from Rochdale(!) Oldham.

Discard Manchester to sell cotton to Lancaster Liverpool.

@Chewy77

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I use a Lancaster card for a loan of £30

I use an Iron Works card to overbuild my Factory in Preston (£7, I believe) using that coal from Oldham, or do I need to use mine from Rochdale first?

Edit: Thanks Benkyo, I had missed how the Oldham coal was used. Rochdale it is.

@Captbnut

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Use Oldham card to overbuild coal mine (£7) - in Brass Birmingham I would get the income boost from the overbuilt mine, but no end of round scoring, I assume that’s the same here?

Edit: changing second action
Use Preston card to develop a port and a cotton mill (1 iron from @Chewy77 in Preston (tile flips), £1)