Vinyl: British Invasion

The British Invasion is commencing. Music from talented British musicians is taking to the airwaves and entering homes around the world. People are flocking to record stores to purchase inexpensive 45s to explore these new sounds and eventually invest in 33s of their favorite bands. Stores are importing music from these bands to meet the surging demand.

British Invasion is a Vinyl edition that expands on the core mechanisms of Vinyl with the introduction of the Listening Booth and 45s. Players will collect albums and 45s from six British bands, which may have been imported or recorded in high fidelity. 45s have two sides, an "A-side" with locked attributes and a "B-side" with unlocked attributes. The player can "flip a 45 from its "A-side" to the "B-side" at the Listening Booth and use it to collect albums.

As the collection gets larger, the player may retire the 45s and albums from a single band to earn a Collection Reward Token.

For 6 the new bands (Half & Half, Lead Balloon, Scarabs, The What, Rolling Bones, Pink Fluid), the following is included in this expansion:

• 66 Magazine Cards
• 72 Album Cards
• 24 45s Cards
• 5 Overlays – two Record Bins, one Magazine Rack, one Front Counter (with Listening Booth), one Sales Bin
• 5 Meeples
• 13 Basic Scoring Tokens
• Rulebook

British Invasion can be played without the base game. However, the base version of Vinyl will enhance British Invasion by adding the following components:

• Board
• Loyalty Cards
• Crate
• Publisher’s Expansion
• Alternate Scoring with Mixed, Pure, and Double Mix

The British Invasion can also use the Memorabilia from Masters of Metal.

The British Invasion is a Vinyl stand-alone edition that builds on the base game of Vinyl and introduces the Listening Booth and singles (45s).

Historically, 45s were purchased to initially and eventually encouraged buyers to acquire the associated LP (Long Play) album or even another album from the band. In British Invasion, players can acquire 45s by matching the band icon. Each 45 has an “A-side” with locked attributes that can be unlocked at the Listening Booth. At the Listening Booth, players will discard a magazine card with one matching icon to flip the 45 to its “B-side” giving the player more points and the opportunity to use the 45 to acquire LPs with similar attributes in future rounds.

British Invasion focuses the players on collecting 45s and LPs from single bands into large collections for big points.