[PbP] - Brass Lancashire

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Right, I knew there was something amiss.

Cannot get coal to Birkenhead yet, so I will do a much cheaper move using Bolton, I will build a rail from Ellesmere for £5 and one coal (£3)

Total expenditure £16, I believe. Iron stays as it was before my turn.

Cheers Benkyo

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@GeeBizzle’s turn.

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Play a port and build a double train from Northwhich to Macclesfield (£15 + £5)

Play a cotton mill and develop 2 cotton mill (£6)

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Play 2 port cards. Build ports in Fleetwood and Lancaster. £15 total.

I think that makes me first next turn. Ah @Chewy77 said he spent £16, but £15 is recorded on the board. I think I’m right to play, but I’ll wait for confirmation as the final turns may clash.

I’ll keep editing! Looking up thread I think @Whistle_Pig missed @benkyo’s second coal. I believe @chewy’s maths are correct.

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Start of the next/ final round then…

Play Cotton mill to build Cotton mill in Manchester (£16 + £4 coal and £4 iron) £24 total

Play Liverpool to sell cotton from Manchester and Bolton. Flip ports in Fleetwood and Lancaster.

I don’t think it’s enough, but gambled on making that play so I’m glad I was able to do it.

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Board at the end of the round:

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

Income:

@Benkyo: £4
@Captbnut: £10
@Chewy77: £15
@GeeBizzle: £17

Player boards and cash at the beginning of the round:

@Benkyo (£24)

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

@Captbnut (£36)

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

@Chewy77 (£41)

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

@GeeBizzle (£26)

Tier Cotton Mills Ports Shipyards Iron works Coal mines
IV 3 2 - 1 2
III 0 2 - 1 0
II 0 0 2 1 0
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.
  • You may not take loans
  • You will not draw any more cards

This is the last round

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Sorry for getting out of sync

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No problem!

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@Chewy77’s turn.

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You need to take an iron and a coal off the market following my turn

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I think all I can do is that shipyard using Birkenhead, given the price of coal. 35 on the shipyard, which leaves me with 6, and using Cotton Mill to pass, as I cannot afford to build that railway from Stockport now. It’s worth only 2 points, so I will not complain.

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Play Iron to build in Preston, cost £7 + £5, but sells all iron for £14, so I have £26 left to spend £15 + £10 on double rails, discard Preston: Preston to Blackpool and I don’t want to leave Scotland out, so Lancaster to Scotland.

@GeeBizzle

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Ok so I’m fully expecting this wont be possible but think @Benkyo has just gave me a chance.

So play cotton and build level 3 cotton in Macclesfield (£18 + iron £3 + coal £5=£26, also known as all my money).

Play coal and sell Cotton to ellesmere.

My alternative play isn’t nearly as friendly to @Chewy77.

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Oh, well, thanks! Although flipping Ellesmere has positive consequences for all the rails connected to it, not just me :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the game all! I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected, but I should have known better - hand management is one of my favourite mechanisms.

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Yes, thanks everybody, I went from hardly knowing what I am doing, to actually buying the game…

Still making cock-ups, but I sometimes spot them nearly on time now…

And thanks a lot to @Whistle_Pig for putting up with my mistakes, and the rest of you for enduring them.

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Thanks everyone. Has anyone worked out the scores?

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I had a go at it before Geebizzle’s turn, to make sure I’d win. IIRC, 150s for me, 130s for you, less for Chewy77 and Geebizzle.

My score: 9+9+9+12+12+12+2+5 for industry, 34 from canal phase, 53 for rails for 157.

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Thanks, I’d thought you’d won. I think that was my favourite game of either Brass, I really enjoy the PBF format (especially when it helps to learn the rules!). I like how the cards affect any strategic planning. I was thinking I’d be the train baron, but in the end I’ve got more industry tiles on the board than anyone.

I just want to play again now!

Thanks @Whistle_Pig for running it.

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Going into rail with a ~30 point lead (34 VP +27 in guaranteed VP) meant that someone would have to seriously leverage a cashflow advantage to claw that lead from me. Tier 1 cotton and ports seem like traps, and even canals are low return despite being so cheap, because each canal is a card. That said, I borrowed 180 quid with 6 actions for 0 VP, so maybe that could be done better.

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Yeah I made a fatal error of boxing myself in at the top corner of the map, then just kept drawing industry cards and locations which didn’t massively help at the time.

I really enjoyed it but I do think Birmingham is still topping it for me. The addition of wild cards alone is really powerful.

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