Autobahn in about 3 minutes 

I totally thought to Terminus when I saw this video. I have the opposite reaction though, in that I have no interest in these mechanics (though the theme of Terminus is exactly what I love!). Ah well, to each their own. Glad you enjoy both!

That's possibly fair, but i also think brass' complexity is over egged. I play it with some folk who really do not like most heavy euros

well, they mention its the post war era in the rule book. And, well, doing a nazi era is just a bit off. Power Grid did the same thing, focused on the era post war as a rebuilding/new building time.

@@3MBG Ah, right. Obviously you wouldn't do the same game if you were doing Nazi era, would be weird to just have the same game and say "you're the nazi's building roads, have fun". I just think it would be a really interesting design challenge, and make a really unique game. Make it slightly alternate history, with themes of trying to undermine the government, possibly make it similar to "Auztralia" with it being competitive network building, but with the Nazi party and war representing some common threat. Or, would be extremely compelling to me if they additionally went the other way a bit, and they integrated some theming about how much the private business elements profited extensively from the Nazi party, with mechanisms around their use of mass privitisation etc. Though that would be difficult to get right and still have a game people wanted to play; but history is not pretty like that. But I was under the impression that most of the major road construction from scratch, that this game is about, was during the Nazi era? So the comment that this is set after, just seems a bit lazy. I've never thought of power grid as being set during a specific time or circumstance, seemed too abstract to me.

Power grid is very much Germany post war, hence why Coal and oil is up first, nuclear comes along mid game and renewables get more viable towards the end. Im pretty sure that's part of the design intent in that one

Hahahaha, that last bit is legit funny. It's such a game conceit. Like how in civilization a minor war in the ancient era actually takes 1200 years.

@@3MBG Heh...I wasn't being entirely serious with that complaint, but Christopher Nolan would definitely be proud of the different layers of time in this game and how they interact. (Rather Dunkirk-like.)

Brass isn't what i consider a real heavy weight game. It's not an On Mars or Gaia Project. And this one is heading towards that level of complexity

Thank you@@3MBG. On the surface Autobahn looked a bit like Power Grid to me, but I understand there's more to it. Brass: Birminham isn't a heavy game I agree, still a good bit of rules density I'd say. Learning All Bridges Are Burning atm, I'll get there lol

Me either, our last game was won by someone who did a little bit of everything.

Not entirely dissimilar to how i feel about it at all

Yeah, its the hardest part of the teach

Not played BHK

@@3MBG OH MY GOD THIS IS AN OUTRAGE not really

Ha, fair

Possibly not, its very German

Thought the same... and i am german xD