来自网络的介绍：

英国是第一个开启工业革命的国家。工业革命首先发生在英国的纺织业，而不是别的国家或别的产业，因为英国政府通过长期的不懈努力和奋发图强，为英国企业创造了全球最大的纺织品市场，羊毛和棉花原材料供应和生产基地，以及遍布全球的销售网络。第一次工业革命的繁荣，促进了陶瓷，啤酒和加工产业的发展，造成了对新型能源、动力和运输的巨大的需求，传统的能源-动力-运输方式远远不够用了，因此在英国政府财政支持下，煤炭-蒸汽机-铁路有了爆炸式的发展，工业革命伯明翰正是在这种背景下展现出的一段传奇故事。

以手牌管理为核心的规划思路，用板块放置，行动分配，网络建设为辅的硬核德策，讲述了英国优雅而辉煌的维多利亚时代，在工业革命时期的伯明翰，八位工商业领袖顺应生产力的发展，建造各种工业设施，缔造属于你的工业和商业帝国。游戏将会进行两个时期：分别是运河时期（1770-1830）与铁路时期（1830-1870）。在铁路时期结束时，拥有最多胜利分数（或称VPs）的玩家将成为最成功的企业家而获得胜利。游戏还将提供简单和正常两种难度供玩家选择。

Description from Boardgamegeek:

Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game sequel to Martin Wallace' 2007 masterpiece, Brass. Birmingham tells the story of competing entrepreneurs in Birmingham during the industrial revolution, between the years of 1770-1870.

As in its predecessor, you must develop, build, and establish your industries and network, in an effort to exploit low or high market demands.

The game is played over two halves: the canal era (years 1770-1830) and the rail era (years 1830-1870). To win the game, score the most VPs. VPs are counted at the end of each half for the canals, rails and established (flipped) industry tiles.

Brass: Birmingham is a finely brewed sequel to one of history's most industrial economic games. It offers a very different story arc and experience from its predecessor. Many of the tried and true strategies of the original are no longer as powerful as they once were, and other interesting new strategies are waiting for you to discover.