Brick Work is the quick brick building, dice rolling, worker placement board game for 2 players ages 9+ that takes between 15 and 30 minutes to play.
To begin the game, players CREATE objects — called brickprints — using yellow bricks.
Each round, players take turns placing dice onto the game board to COLLECT bricks of their own color (red or blue), connect bricks, and manipulate die rolls.
The first player to BUILD both brickprints again, using bricks of their own color, is the winner!
Each copy of Brick Work includes:
Brick Work combines the joy of brick building with creativity, puzzle solving, and modern game mechanisms. It’s easy to learn and surprisingly deep: perfect for both gamers and families.
CREATIVITY
Players build the goals of the game — the brickprints — at the beginning of every game. Be creative; you’re free to build whatever you like!
You can build a bit of strategy into your brickprint, but so can your opponent. And because a player must rebuild both brickprints to win, everyone starts on a level playing field.
PUZZLE SOLVING
Each brickprint is a miniature puzzle for you to solve:
You will be shocked by how much strategy goes into rebuilding your miniature masterpieces!
BRICK BUILDING, DICE ROLLING, WORKER PLACEMENT
At the beginning of a round, all four dice are rolled then players take turns. Each turn, you choose one die and place it on an action space on the game board. The action spaces allow you to collect bricks, connect or disconnect bricks in your collection, or manipulate die rolls.
The pips on the dice correspond directly to the pips on the bricks:
Even when the dice don’t roll your way, there’s something useful to do:
A round ends when all four dice are placed on the game board. Remove the dice, flip the turn tower over to change turn order, and begin a new round!
BUMPING DICE
Action spaces are never blocked! If you place a new die on an occupied action space, the old die is BUMPED from the board, re-rolled, and returned to the dice pool.
As a result, each time a die is bumped, you — or your opponent — will get an extra turn this round. How badly do you want to take that action? Who will benefit most?
By strategically choosing when to bump — and when not to — you may be able to eke out a few extra actions over the course of the game!
WINNING THE GAME
When you have two objects in your collection: one exactly the same shape as your brickprint and one exactly the same shape as your opponent’s brickprint, the game ends immediately and you are the winner!
While your objects must be the same shape as the brickprints, you don’t have to build them with the same bricks. By thinking creatively, you can use your dice and bricks more efficiently!
PLAY YOUR WAY
Want to customize game length, level of competition or variety?
“It is very, very delightful… A really great nostalgic feeling… A surprising amount of depth… A fun little quick-playing filler game…” – Richard Ham, Rahdo Runs Through
“12/10… Really, really impressive… Ingenious…” – Daniel Zayas, The Meeple Mechanic
To the Table Review – Coming Soon!
Over the past two years, Brick Work has been tested by a wide variety of players: casual gamers to experienced veterans, kids to adults. Brick Work has been to game stores, conventions, design meetups and Protospiels. Here’s what players have to say about Brick Work:
“Great strategy. Great appeal for kids and adults. My son loves it and so do I.” – David
“Smart design with surprising depth. Both families and gamers will enjoy this one.” – Aaron
“This game is addictive!” – Laura
“When can I play again?” – Scot
“Brick Work is way more fun than it has any right to be.” – Jennifer
“Creating brickprints encourages imagination and ensures that every game is unique.” – Ben
Download the Brick Work Rulebook
Want to try Brick Work? The PnP BASIC kit is available for free! PnP BASIC contains text-only black-and-white versions of Brick Work’s printed components (does not include artwork or advanced rule cards; you will need to provide bricks, dice, and tokens):
CREATE, COLLECT, BUILD – $1
PnP PRO – $6
BRICK WORK – $26
BRICK WORK ADVANCE – $96
You may pledge for up to 10 total copies of Brick Work. For each additional copy of Brick Work, add the following amount to your total BRICK WORK or BRICK WORK ADVANCE pledge amount:
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*BRICK WORK ADVANCE copies ship from the United States.
Stretch goal details will be released once we reach our funding goal of $16,900. Here’s a sneak peek at what we have planned:
We’re David Lankton and Scott Diehl and we’re Yoopers: born and raised in the heart of Copper Country in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We’ve known each other since pre-school and we grew up playing games together.
Brick Work is our second Kickstarter campaign. This game is an opportunity to combine our lifelong love for building bricks with our passion for board games. We hope you enjoy playing Brick Work as much as we have enjoyed designing it!
Brick Work™ and Copper Country® Copyright © 2015 CMX Games®, LLC, All Rights Reserved
Warning! Not suitable for children under 36 months: contains small parts that could be swallowed or inhaled. Not a children’s toy: age 9+ general use hobby gaming product.
Brick Work™ building bricks manufactured by KAZI. Brick Work™ is not sponsored, authorized, or endorsed by the LEGO® Group, Mega® Brands, or any other building brick manufacturer.