Brass: Birmingham

Yes — two locations are “connected” if you can trace a route of Link tiles owned by any player, and actions that require a connection (e.g., consuming coal or selling to a Merchant) use this rule. (Rulebook p.8; Sell action p.10).

If you aren’t connected to an unflipped Coal Mine you may purchase coal from the Coal Market starting at the cheapest space (you must be connected to a merchant icon); if the Coal Market is empty coal costs £8 and iron costs £6 from the supply. (Rulebook p.8).

Wild cards are not placed on your Discard Pile when used; instead Wild cards are returned to their Card Draw Area whenever they are played or discarded by an action. (Rulebook pp.9, 11).

You may overbuild an opponent’s Coal Mine or Iron Works only if there are no cubes of that resource type anywhere on the board (including its Market); overbuilt tiles are removed from the game and do not score VPs. (Rulebook p.10).

Taking a Loan gives you £30 and moves your Income Marker back 3 income levels (place it on the highest space within the new level); you may not take a loan if it would drop your income level below -10. (Rulebook p.11).

Your own unflipped Breweries may supply beer regardless of connection, but an opponent’s Brewery can only supply beer if it is connected to the sale location; you may also consume the beer beside a Merchant tile when selling for the Merchant bonus. (Rulebook p.8; Sell action p.10).