[PbP] - Brass Lancashire

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Right, after talks with my lawyers, the card I used for the loan is Colne, not Lancaster.

Also, I did not have an Iron Works card any more to overwork my factory in Preston, so I will use a Bury card instead to build a coal mine instead, which I believe is the same price and does not affect the iron market too much, apart from the fact that Captnut will not have Iron available and have to buy it instead. Sorry!

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The board after @Chewy77’s turn:

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@Captbnut do you want to change anything about your turn?

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Can I check, did Lancaster not flip because @Benkyo changed his sale location?

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That’s right (because Geebizzle did not flip Preston).

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In that case, instead of developing I’ll sell my cotton mill in Rochdale and flip my port in Lancaster.

I’ll still overbuild Oldham

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The board at the end of round 7:

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New turn order is: @GeeBizzle, @Chewy77, @Captbnut, @Benkyo

Income:
@GeeBizzle: £4
@Captbnut: £6
@Benkyo: £2
@Chewy77: £2

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

@Benkyo (£53)

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

@Captbnut (£25)

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

@Chewy77 (£28)

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

@GeeBizzle (£46)

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

This is the last turn in the canal era!

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@GeeBizzle’s turn

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I do two develops 2x port, iron works, cotton mill. £10

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109

@Chewy77’s turn

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I use Warrington & Runcorn to build a port there (£7), and my final card (Cotton Mill) to sell my cotton from Oldham via Runcorn.

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I’ve played myself into a bit of a hole. I’m going to take 2 £30 loans

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I was going to develop shipyards x2 and build in Liverpool, but at a cost of £29 I’m not sure I can afford it. Instead I’ll use both Liverpool and Stockport (and remind @Captbnut and @GeeBizzle that you should declare your cards for all your actions) to build a tier 1 ironworks in Rochdale, spending £5, taking a coal from Rochdale, flipping it to get £10 back and increasing income to £4.

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113

I had Burnley and a cotton mill

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I had an iron works and a port.

Lazy, apologies.

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Scores at the end of the canal era:
@Benkyo: 34
@Captbnut: 27
@Chewy77: 28
@GeeBizzle: 26

The board at the beginning of the rail era:

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I’ve got to go to work now, so I’ll do the rest of the update later.

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New turn order is: @Captbnut, @Benkyo, @Chewy77, @GeeBizzle

Income:
@GeeBizzle: £4
@Captbnut: £0
@Benkyo: £4
@Chewy77: £6

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

@Benkyo (£62)

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

@Captbnut (£85)

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

@Chewy77 (£27)

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

@GeeBizzle (£40)

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

Reference player board:

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The restrictions for this round are:

  • You may not build canals (rail era)
  • You may not build tier 1 industries (rail 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 may build multiple industries in the same location.
  • Railways require coal.
  • You may build one or two railways using a single action by paying one coal and £5, or two coal and £15, respectively.
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@Captbnut to play.

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Play Cotton Mill to build double rail (Rochdale to Oldham, Oldham to Manchester). £15, one coal from Rochdale, one coal from Oldham

Play Coal mine to build double rail (Manchester to Bolton, Manchester to Warrington & Runcorn), £15, two coal from Oldham, flip coal tile.

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119

Change of plan: reminding myself to play with the hand I’m dealt and the board in front of me.

Play Oldham to build cotton mill for £18 +£2 iron + Rochdale coal, flipping the Rochdale coal mine.

Play Manchester to build cotton mill for £18 + £2 iron + £1 coal from Warrington & Runcorn.

£41 spent.

Over to @Chewy77

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120

Well, well, well, seem like my two initial moves are taken…
Play Stockport to connect Bury to Manchester and Manchester to Stockport with a double rail move, using my coal in Bury, (£15) and build a iron works in Manchester using an Oldham card that is good for nothing now, the final coal from Bury (flips he mine if my count is right) for another £9.
(Crossing fingers so I don’t have to speak to my lawyers again) It is over to @GeeBizzle

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