Brass: Pittsburgh just won't end. Roxley's Gamefound campaign for the sequel to the BGG top-five mainstay Brass: Birmingham has passed $9 million, and its 10-minute rolling timer keeps restarting every time a new backer pledges. The campaign was originally scheduled to wrap weeks ago. Every time it looks set to close, another pledge drops and the timer resets.
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See how it worksFor the uninitiated, Brass is Martin Wallace's seminal industrial-era economic game, originally published in 2007 as Brass (later retitled Brass: Lancashire). Brass: Birmingham, the 2018 reworking by Gavan Brown, Matt Tolman and Wallace himself, has spent most of the last five years at or near the top of the BoardGameGeek rankings. Pittsburgh is the third entry, with Gavan Brown leading design on the Roxley side, moving the action to the American Steel Belt of the late 19th century. Expect the familiar card-drafting, network-laying, link-scoring, loop-building brain-melter, now set in the Gilded Age.
Roxley hit initial funding in 43 minutes when the campaign launched on 24 March, so the scale was never in doubt. What's unusual is the exit mechanic. The campaign no longer has a fixed end date, it just keeps going as long as someone pledges within ten minutes. The result is Roxley sending out "last call" updates every few days, and fans who thought they missed out still sneaking in. Stretch goals already include metal component tins to replace the cloth bags, typical Roxley production polish.
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Find events near youIf your group has been eyeing Birmingham for ages, Pittsburgh is the new prestige target. Rally a regular heavy-game night around it and when the box lands, keep the group in one place with a shared calendar.
Sources: Gamefound | Wargamer | Mr-Boardgames | BGG
