I've been a fan for a while, but your "delivering your load..." line makes you a legend. Great work here, favorite gaming channel person.
@akoho95582 жыл бұрын
Excellent timing, I was just about to search for a review of this game when the video showed up in my feed. Cheers!
@BoardGameBollocks2 жыл бұрын
👍🏻
@RJF0075 ай бұрын
Reference to Karen Carpenter's elbow was hysterical. Keep it up my friend always insightful and fun to watch.
@lolilollolilol7773 Жыл бұрын
I like that the element of luck is very limited and that with the 6 possible actions and a generous hand of 8 cards, there is almost always something useful to do, you only have to find it. It is clear that the game was designed to reduce the number of episodes where you have no good options like in some other games. Usually there are several good options, and the art is to find the ones that optimize your game and which order is the best. You can even increase the difficulty by reducing the player's hand to 6 cards instead of 8. it's true that there isn't much point to put level 7 and 8 manufactures on the players' boards.
@jackburtonstwin2 жыл бұрын
I'm a bit of a components tart. I would never have bothered with the original Brass but Roxley really buttered my parsnips with their updated version and I now have both Lancashire (with pointless, but lovely clay tiles) and Birmingham. It can be a fiddle to get started but I find the game to be just about the ideal weight for what I would call a "complex" game. It's tough but not to the degree that it leaves me losing the will to live after hours of fruitless toil and fuck all outcome.
@hewieedacat63752 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more with your thoughts on the overbuilding mechanic. Don't even teach it to new players. Another wicked review. Keep up the good work!
@Endeva092 жыл бұрын
Overbuilding is pretty essential if someone goes for Pottery
@timstimbre97622 жыл бұрын
Yes! Snarky, honest, brutal and funny. Another classic. The review, that is.
@danielmarlett14212 жыл бұрын
Wonderful game. I do occasionally overbuild ironworks in the canal era but rarely anything else.
@hanseathl2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite games of all time.
@uplift-yourdailypickup64242 жыл бұрын
Someday I'll get this to the table.
@imnottellingyoumyname30502 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful game. Was a brain burner to learn for us but me and my other half persevered and now it's our favourite game by a distance. It's complex enough to keep things interesting and rewarding but not too complex that you feel overwhelmed. Theme is fantastic, pacing is tight, beautiful balance of tactics and strategy. Absolutely top game. Oh the review wasn't too bad either. I disagree with the wild card action being a waste; it forces players to push for key locations knowing you can take them next turn and if they don't you get your pick of the board. Scouting is sometimes a loss of tempo, other times it's a fantastic investment.
@merkingGuy Жыл бұрын
How is it at two players?
@imnottellingyoumyname3050 Жыл бұрын
@@merkingGuyonly ever played it at two and we love it. Ignore the BGG ratings saying it's better at 3 or 4; it might be true but don't let that put you off the excellent two player experience that is this game
@Apeshower11 ай бұрын
@@merkingGuyagree with the other poster. It’s good at 2. The game is generally excellent,
@ralphreeves7840 Жыл бұрын
Hello. I wanted to ask before I bought either Brass BirmingHAM or Brass Lancashire which of the two you think is the better game. I think you said the latter but just making sure before I buy as I value your opinion. By the way is ham the food pronounced UM over there "what's for supper Mum? where having UM dear!" -Take care
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
No it’s Ham as in Ma’am… I’ve not played Birmingham so I can’t say.
@nicholaslever-naylor83152 ай бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocksbut… but…. You just reviewed it?? What did I just watch??
@BoardGameBollocks2 ай бұрын
Yea I meant Lancashire…thanks for pointing that out 2 years late
@nicholaslever-naylor83152 ай бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks ahh… all good mate, easy to bollocks that right up there.
@Wolcik30002 жыл бұрын
I just wonder if it is not too hard for people i play with, but then again the book is slim and just the right size :)
@JustACuteFox2 жыл бұрын
I also prefer Lancashire to Birmingham. Both got the lovely makeover, and Lancashire has less rules and plays faster. If I ever played Lanc to death, I could maybe see graduating to Birm. Also, I enjoy the card draw of the game. It is like the game hands you lemons and tells you to figure out how to make lemonade out of it. The other players are usually having just as hard a time of it, too.
@ScytheNoire2 жыл бұрын
3:28 Had me laughing so hard. 😂
@bearhustler2 жыл бұрын
An amazing game, I have Lancashire and for nd it fiddly and not a fun but play when I'm feeling like making life hard for myself.
@THEMarkWelty2 жыл бұрын
Karen Carpenter's elbow! 🤣🤣🤣
@BoardGameBollocks2 жыл бұрын
Too close to the bone? 😉
@Paul-ro6py2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review.
@TheMarvin676 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review, entertaining and informative as always. Nobody threatened me with a potato gun so I ordered this version. 🙂 Won't see it for a bit so I will have time to read and decipher the rules and maybe watch a LOAD of how to play videos. 🤔
@MakerManu Жыл бұрын
hello from argentina start with boardgames, im 40, got Carcassonne, twilight struggle and here I stand, I can get Lancashire really cheap on my country and Birmingham really expensive, it is worth getting Lancashire?? sorry bad English
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Yes. It makes little difference which one. But Birmingham is the better game.
@martyncardno21722 жыл бұрын
Have you played imperial steam? Read a comment on another channel that it's like an unforgiving Brass. Haven't played either of them myself.
@BoardGameBollocks2 жыл бұрын
I’ve not heard of it mate. Brass is pretty unforgiving as it is 😂
@NathGrech Жыл бұрын
Nice video 👍
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
👍🏻
@petermillen69242 жыл бұрын
I was a fan of the “stuffy and visually unappealing” original back in the day, but would never get it to the table with the current group, so no point in buying the new generation now. Your script and delivery is better than ever.
@BoardGameBollocks2 жыл бұрын
Countless hours in front of the mirror…just like the early 90s but for different reasons.
@Nozdormu19822 жыл бұрын
Frozen frontier is brass birmingham in space.
@GardeningPropaganda2 жыл бұрын
So intimidating.
@BoardGameBollocks2 жыл бұрын
Took years to become this vitriolic
@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter27 күн бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks You're gifted, what can one say.
@bgm-19612 жыл бұрын
This is the first time checking out your channel (and yes, I agree it IS a channel). I enjoyed the video, and the production was absolutely superb. But don't you think you're laying it on a bit thick with the Roy Kent impersonation? Cheers.
@BoardGameBollocks2 жыл бұрын
I am what I am, I am my own special creation 😐
@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter27 күн бұрын
Who's this Kent chappie?
@theshogunstein64752 жыл бұрын
I should play some games about being a teacher!
@BoardGameBollocks2 жыл бұрын
Do such games exist?
@theshogunstein64752 жыл бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks I hope not,
@MisterAbysmul2 жыл бұрын
Birming Ham, right? Burning Ham? Burmanham? Regardless, good game, good review, as always.
@Endeva092 жыл бұрын
It’s pronounced “berminam”
@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter27 күн бұрын
@@Endeva09 There's a G in it by the way.
@Endeva0927 күн бұрын
@@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter correct, but nobody who lives here pronounces the G
@lastburning2 жыл бұрын
It's short and easy. Never had any problems or confusions. Also, having a runaway leader is not a problem if it was achieved through good tactical/strategic decisions. I hate artificial catch-up mechanics. Let good players be good.
@BoardGameBollocks2 жыл бұрын
Always one…
@arthursimsa90052 жыл бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks lol
@RandomPerson-nd2ey2 жыл бұрын
Anti First. (They annoy me.) Edit: I really enjoy this game. Unfortunately, everyone I play games with hates it. Edit: this game is actually the sequel. The remake of the original is "Brass: Lancashire".
@BoardGameBollocks2 жыл бұрын
Lancashire is the original game repackaged mate. Essentially the same with the Birkenhead thing and a couple of other minor rules removed. I wouldn’t say this is a sequel. Not enough to make it a 2.0. More a 1.5.
@MichaelM-ev9ek2 жыл бұрын
Yes, no stupid insert in the box, but I have to disagree with one of your cons: I had a few games where we didn't expect the winners and the tables were completely turned. Also, could you try to have a nicer tone of voice during your reviews? I mean, even when you say something like "see you next time", it still sounds like an insult...
@BoardGameBollocks2 жыл бұрын
Nicer tone? What were you expecting from a channel called board game BOLLOCKS. 😂😂😂
@MichaelM-ev9ek2 жыл бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks I don't know man, me English good not so much. Is that a nickname your friend gives you? 😅
@BoardGameBollocks2 жыл бұрын
It’s a nickname I give myself…I don’t have any friends. They all died.
@MichaelM-ev9ek2 жыл бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks I lost all my friends, they all just became part of a group of people that would be theoretically available for a game of Brass Birmingham.
@chrismichael9556 Жыл бұрын
Bollocks tone!
@mmajst0r Жыл бұрын
what a waste of time of this video.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Thanks for wasting more of your time by making such an inane comment 👍🏻
@mmajst0r Жыл бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks it was a pleasure.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
You just stimulated the algorithm spreading the reach of this channel…keep going 👍🏻
@mmajst0r Жыл бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks I don't have anything against your channel and its reach. Good luck...and try not to be so stiff.
@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter27 күн бұрын
@@mmajst0r Says the person who trolled, with not a single, substantive point to make about why the video was supposedly a waste of time. You couldn't of course. You literally had nothing because you were just saying the first thing that came into your otherwise empty head. The thing about board games you see is that they require thinking, strategy often, being able to see a little deeper than instant gratification, with fireworks and lollipops all the time. When you become an adult, you will hopefully see why these things are of value and can be appreciated for themselves. Just like a good board game, explained by someone with a sense of humour is appreciated by so many. Best of luck with the conversational English classes too by the way. In the meantime, I believe in you. One day you will actually produce a coherent, well argued, sensible comment. You can do it kid. Reach for those stars. 😉