Brick & Mortar Press Kit
Basics
Release date: 2021
Player count: 2–4
Ages: 14+
Designer: Nicholas J. McCollum
Artist: Tristam Rossin
Genre: Economic
Rulebook: Download
Short Description
Brick & Mortar is a competitive economic game of narrow margins, quirky stores, and strategic market manipulation. Two to four players assume the role of store owners seeking to expand their reach into a variety of markets. Over multiple rounds, they try to maximize profits, build equity, and undercut the competition—all while dealing with a market that can change at the whim of their opponents.
Each round, players simultaneously determine the market, speculate on resources, sell what they can, invest in victory points, and manage their storefronts. Each new store in a player’s building provides unique benefits and restrictions. In the end, the player with the greatest investment in both stores and points wins!
Components
- 1 game board
- 4 player boards with unique artwork
- 4 bidding dials
- 4 player screens
- 65 unique store cards
- 6 unique store cards
- 84 market cards
- 105 wooden resource cubes
- 4 custom-shape, printed investment tokens
- 4 custom-shape, printed turn-order tokens
- 4 player aid cards
- 1 custom-shape, printed calendar token
- 1 custom-shape, printed final-month token
- 1 custom-shape, printed game-end token
- 1 phase marker
- money cards
- debt tokens
- 1 rulebook