Henry Imler March 31st, 2008

Meredith and I have recently made good friends with a few couples at our new church. They, like us, are board game freaks. God is good indeed (it is so good to find a welcoming Christian community! I could go on about this for hours, but this post is focused on board games). They have introduced us to several board games. The cool thing is that all of these people are very capable and very competitive!We introduced the group to some of our of our favorites: Sequence and Ticket to Ride (although I think some of them had either heard of or played TtR before, but I forget).

Bohnanza:

I can’t really begin to describe this one. A surprisingly fun and interactive card game about growing beans. I know, sounds absolutely boring, right? I was thinking the same thing. The only thing that got me to play this game was the fact that four of my friends insisted it was a blast. And indeed it was.

It is one of those quirky German games. I can’t quite explain it, but if you know anyone that has it, try it out and then drop $16 over at Amazon and spread the word.

Scotland Yard Detective Game

If Bohnanza was a relaxing and fun time with friends, Scotland Yard is a weekend trip down to your parents to help clear brush. Sure it is fun, rewarding, and at the end of the day you feel as through you have accomplished something worthwhile, but man of man does this game ever drain you emotionally and mentally.

The object of the game is to either hide from the cops as the mysterious Mr(s). X or catch the dirty rotten scoundrel! It is 1 against 3-5 as the players take turns moving about the city on taxies, tubes, or buses. Every 4-6 turns Mr. X surfaces and the chase begins anew. A lot of thought and deliberation goes into this game and if you are dead set on winning the stress piles onto you as it did me. They finally caught up with me after 19 out of 24 turns. You can grab this bad-boy used on Amazon, but I just snatched up the $12 copy.I wanna grab Ticket to Ride Europe, but I don’t want to drop 40 or so bucks on a new copy. Perhaps we’ll do that next month.

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