Brass fans, here is one set a little further north and a fair bit earlier. Ironmasters of Yorkshire is a competitive economic strategy game set in 18th-century Yorkshire at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, where rival ironmasters race to build the strongest industrial network in the county.
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Find events near youThe obvious question for any euro player is whether this treads on Brass: Birmingham's turf. The setting rhymes, but the earlier period and the tight focus on iron and steel give Ironmasters room to carve out its own identity. Designed by Michal Jarzembowski, it puts you in charge of an iron empire in the age of machines: you develop mines, produce steel, establish companies and lay down infrastructure, then lean on careful resource management and well-timed investment to come out ahead. The stated aim is to steal a march on your rivals and become the greatest industrialist of the age.
There is a genuine real-world hook too. South Yorkshire was a true cradle of the British iron trade, so the theme will land for anyone who has wandered the region's industrial heritage. For the heavy-euro crowd, mines, smelting and economic engine-building is comfortable, welcome territory.
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See how it worksThe game has a Gamefound page up to follow ahead of its crowdfunding campaign, and Big Boss Battle has tipped it as one to watch. A homegrown industrial euro is well worth keeping on the radar if your shelf already groans under the weight of them.
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