AMIGOGames Bohnanza Classic Card Game – Plant & Harvest Your Beans in This Exciting Strategic Game That is Fun for the Whole Family – For Kids & Adults Ages 12 & Older

Bought Bohnanza on a recommendation from a friend a while ago and have been playing it non-stop since. My whole life I had always played the "generic" / mainstream board games such as Monopoly, Scrabble, etc. so it was a nice breath of fresh air to play a "non-mainstream" board game. Since then I have bought a LOT of other boardgames (carcassone, settlers of catan, loot, etc) but Bohnanza is still a perennial favorite amongst my family.Bohnanza's premise is fairly simple:You are a bean farmer, and by planting and harvesting beans (cards) you get gold coins (gold coins are printed on the back of each card...collect a certain number of a type of bean and you can get a certain number of coins for them). The player with the most gold coins at the end wins the game. You start with two bean fields to plant in (only one type of bean per field at a time) and the catcher is that you can NOT change the order of the cards in your hand. So if you are building two nice bean stalks in your bean fields but your next card is not either of those types, you'll have to harvest one bean field to make room for the new bean. (later on in the game you can also purchase a third bean stalk.)To alleviate this problem of harvesting when you dont want to, you can trade or donate beans to the other people playing. This makes the game very interactive and a great social game.The game says it is for 2-7 players. However, because of the trading aspect of the main game, the 2 player version is VERY different from the "main" regular way to play when you have 3+ players. While the 2-player rules were OK, it was not particularly fun and would not recommend this game if it will only be 2 people playing.Most of the time I have been playing this game was with 3-4 people, and it is great. Games take about 45 minutes, but there is constant talking and trading so you dont really feel downtime at any one point.However, I recently played this game with the max recommended 7 people and did not enjoy it! The game was very slow, and with so many people throwing out trades to the active player it takes a while on each person's turn. Worse if that if you do not have anything to trade with the active player, you may have to sit for a while and let other people hash out their trades. While it can be fun to observe others arguing over whose trade is the better deal, it can get tiring and drawn out with 7 people.Decent mix of strategy and luck, but the part I enjoy the most is just the social interaction of offering and accepting trades. Negotiations can become funny especially if two people are offering the same trade and the third person must decided whose to take (or decline both!). I highly, highly recommend this game if you plan on playing with 3-5 people.

Bohnanza is the most fun game about beans that you'll ever play, and even when you forget about the beans it's still pretty fun.This game is a card game and is all about trading, set collection, and decision making. Plant your beans in one of two slots, make them grow, and harvest them. The more beans that you have, the more points that you'll get. Stacks of beans may take more or fewer beans to get points depending on how common the bean cards are in the deck. There are lots of decisions to be made. When you only have two slots to fill (or a third if you buy it), you may have to get rid of a type of bean sooner than you want to. There are lots of things to consider about the order in which you play your cards so that you can mitigate these things. In that way, you'd be able to maximize your points.As far as the components go, it's a lot of cards. They do seem to be of decent quality, though I can see that the cards may get worn out quickly. I would consider card sleeves for this. The artwork is a lot of fun - the Stink Bean, sitting in slop, or the Coffee Bean, wired on caffeine. There's definitely a sense of humor in this game. The red bean is embarrassed and appears to be covering up his private parts. Don't think that the game is inappropriate - it isn't crude by any means. Just a little silly.The rule book is very clear and easy to follow. There is nothing that we found to be ambiguous. The game does support as many players as it says, and they took the time to consider the various minor rule changes to accommodate such a wide range of players. That said, though, the two player variant is a little different. Trading is not involved there, but card denial becomes a big factor. It's no better or worse than the regular game - it's simply different.I definitely recommend this game. It's a good gateway to the style of games that are popular right now, as it is very easy to teach and have fun with. There's a constant sense of satisfaction as your harvest your beans, especially so when you manage to sell off a big stack.