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18 games like Brass Birmingham

The best games like Brass Birmingham are Age of Industry, Food Chain Magnate and Power Grid (Recharged Version) — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Age of Industry shares economic, industry / manufacturing, transportation with Brass Birmingham.

Every alternative below links to its own Brass Birmingham-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s economic / industry / manufacturing shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Brass Birmingham’s 3.9 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Age of Industry (2010)
   2–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
   Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Hand Management, Loans, Market, Network and Route Building · 4 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (67%)
   vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · 0.6 lighter
   View Age of Industry on Amazon →
2. 2. Food Chain Magnate (2015)
   2–5 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Income, Market, Network and Route Building · 3 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~90 min longer · +0.3 heavier
   View Food Chain Magnate on Amazon →
3. 3. Power Grid (Recharged Version) (2004)
   2–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Income, Market, Network and Route Building · 3 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · ~30 min longer · 0.6 lighter
   View Power Grid (Recharged Version) on Amazon →
4. 4. Terraforming Mars (2016)
   1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
   Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Hand Management, Income · 2 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · 0.7 lighter
5. 5. Barrage (2019)
   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Income, Network and Route Building · 2 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · same complexity
6. 6. Age of Steam Deluxe Edition (2002)
   1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Transportation, Loans, Network and Route Building · 2 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~30 min longer · same complexity
7. 7. 1830 The Game of Railroads and Robber Barons (1986)
   2–7 players · 180–360 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Transportation, Market, Network and Route Building · 2 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 7 · ~180 min longer · +0.3 heavier
8. 8. Steam (2009)
   3–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium
   Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Transportation, Loans, Network and Route Building · 2 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 3–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · 0.5 lighter
9. 9. Underwater Cities (2018)
   1–4 players · 80–150 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Brass Birmingham: Industry / Manufacturing, Hand Management, Income, Network and Route Building · 3 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~25 min longer · 0.3 lighter
10. 10. The Great Zimbabwe (2012)
    2–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Network and Route Building · 1 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · 0.2 lighter
11. 11. Roads & Boats (1999)
    1–4 players · 240 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Network and Route Building · 1 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~150 min longer · +0.3 heavier
12. 12. Hallertau (2020)
    1–4 players · 50–140 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium
    Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Hand Management, Income · 2 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · 0.6 lighter
13. 13. Pipeline (2019)
    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Market, Network and Route Building · 2 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
14. 14. A Feast for Odin (2016)
    1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Income · 1 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
15. 15. Gaia Project (2017)
    1–4 players · 60–150 min · ★ 8.5 · Heavy
    Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Income, Network and Route Building · 2 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.5 heavier
16. 16. Lisboa (2017)
    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Heavy
    Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Hand Management · 1 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.6 heavier
17. 17. Fields of Arle (2014)
    1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Income · 1 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Brass Birmingham: both play at 2 · plays solo · about the same length · same complexity
18. 18. Le Havre (2008)
    1–5 players · 30–150 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Brass Birmingham: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Loans · 1 of Brass Birmingham’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Brass Birmingham: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · about the same length · 0.2 lighter

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