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Age of Industry Front Cover
Age of Industry
Habor View - Details of the Map of New England
Prototype explained by Wallace. Córdoba 2008
a portion of the rulebook, with the New England map
Age of Industry - Germany board. Our first game.
Testing prototype in Córdoba with Wallace
Storage Solution - including the special wooden bits.

Age of Industry (2010)

Players
2–5
Best: 4
Playing time
120–120 min
Age
13+
7.34
Average rating
3,127
Ratings
3.35/5
Weight
#1245
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:工业时代 (工業時代) +1 more
Designer:Martin Wallace
Artist:Peter Dennis
Publisher:Hobby Japan +2 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 10, Luck 2, Interaction 5, Complexity 6.7, Theme 5
Strategy10.0
Luck2.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity6.7
Theme5.0

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

TransportationEconomicIndustry / ManufacturingHand ManagementOpen DraftingNetwork and Route BuildingTech Trees / Tech TracksMarketLoans

Overview

Martin Wallace's streamlined redesign of Brass: Lancashire.

Players are tycoons in the early days of the Industrial Revolution; a time when traditional craftsman were being rapidly replaced with steam-powered machines. Players invest in the production of raw materials, the manufacture of goods, and the transportation networks needed to connect them to their markets.

Like Brass, the strategic space is vast, and player decisions are limited by cards. In Age of Industry, however, cards are color-coded to regions rather than specific cities, allowing the players to be more flexible with their plans, while at the same time continuing to limit the decisions available. The color-coded region cards will also support expansion maps.

In addition, the original Brass rules were simplified by eliminating the canal period; there is only one period, the railway era. There is also a new, non-specific industry, which will change with each map.

According to Wallace, "You can now play something with the depth of Brass, but in half the time. The game will have a double-sided map, with Germany on one side and southern New England on the other."

Expansions

Age of Industry Expansion #1: Japan and Minnesota
Age of Industry Expansion: Great Lakes & South Africa
Age of Industry Expansion: Belgium & USSR
Portugal (fan expansion for Age of Industry)
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