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A larger detail of a personal Brewery board showing full buildings and equipment upgrades (except for Hops Infusers, but we'll get to that!)
The final Brew Crafters box.
Kickstarter Stretch Goal: Stout Start Player Marker
This shows a personal Brewery board at the start of the game and then with all buildings and equipment upgrades. Players can choose how to upgrade their Breweries, allowing for multiple strategies.
A sampling of Recipe and Skilled Worker cards from the game. The base game will come with 15 of each - more if the Kickstarter funds well!
The Hops Buyer skilled worker and the Crimson Hammer Russian Imperial Stout beer recipe.
Three of the 10 research labs that ship with the game. The orange lab is a "basic" lab, while the blue labs are "advanced".
First play of an excellent game.
Promotional image from the publisher
Inside joke: the guys in the lab are playing Compounded (Brewery board artwork detail)

Brew Crafters (2013)

Players
2–5
Best: 3, 4
Playing time
90–90 min
Age
12+
7.35
Average rating
3,227
Ratings
3.58/5
Weight
#1211
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Designer:Ben Rosset
Artist:Christopher Kirkman, Jaqui Davis
Publisher:Dice Hate Me Games
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 9, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 7.2, Theme 5
Strategy9.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity7.2
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

It's a time of regrowth in the old urban center, and the hippest and best beer crafters have gathered both hops and hopes in building the best brewery in the city. It won't be an easy task, as players compete for precious resources such as malt, yeast, fruit and spices in the local markets, all while managing and optimizing their growing bottling empires.

In Brew Crafters, players assume management of a local craft brewery, working hard to manage resources, use their workers wisely, and develop their brewing line to create the best local brews. Brew Crafters honors the tradition of classic Eurogames such as Agricola and Puerto Rico, but at its heart beats a unique brewery processing system that must be constantly improved, monitored, and manned in order to keep the beloved beverages rolling off the line. Each brewery has access to a variety of equipment upgrades, local farms, markets, and a plethora of specialty workers, ensuring a high level of replayability and strategic avenues. In addition, each player is studiously working to be first to develop several rotating gold-label specialty recipes that will earn them extra points and prestige at the end of year three when the best local brewer will be honored.

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