Brass: Birmingham board game box art showing the industrial Birmingham skyline

Brass: Birmingham Gave Me a Terrible First Impression - Then Became My Favourite Game

You sit down to play Brass: Birmingham for the first time. Someone reads the rules. You build something. It gets removed. You try to connect to a city. Someone else already took it. You end the game with no idea what you did, what your score means, or why the winner is smiling like they just solved a proof. You probably never want to play it again. Then a friend convinces you to try it one more time. And again. And somewhere around play three, the whole board shifts into focus - and you realise you’ve been playing the best game of your life. ...

1 October 2026 · 8 min · The Dice Drop
Food Chain Magnate box art - a retro 1950s fast food diner scene

Second Chance Review: Food Chain Magnate - Why Your First Game Lied to You

BGG Rank: #51 · Rating: 8.03 · Weight: 4.18/5 · Players: 2-5 · Time: 120-240 min · Designer: Jeroen Doumen & Joris Wiersinga There’s a very specific kind of board game story that people share in hushed, slightly ashamed tones. “We played Food Chain Magnate. I ran out of money by round four. My friend had six restaurants up and running. I had one. It was serving nobody. I offered to concede but we didn’t even know if that was allowed.” ...

9 September 2026 · 8 min · The Dice Drop
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