It is time for Follow Up Tuesday! What is Follow Up Tuesday you ask? Well on Mondays we look at various mechanics then on the day after we follow it up with a game that I think uses that mechanic very well or has revolutionised the mechanic in some way. Yesterday we looked at the mechanic of Hand Management; today we are going to look at a game that I think uses this mechanic in a genious manner arguably changing the way I viewed the mechanic entirely, so lets take a look at Bohnanza.
The vitals
Released 1997
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Plays: 2-7
EPT: 45 minutes
While Bohnanza was released in 1997 I was not introduced to the game until much later; mid 2000s in fact. I had heard of the game and knew it relied heavily...
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Mechanic Mondays – Hand Management
Welcome to Mechanic Mondays! Since this is the first in the series let me introduce what MM has in store. Each monday I will look at various game mechanics; BoardGameGeek has 51 mechanics listed so we should be good for the whole year! (ok almost the whole year). Each week I will explain how the mechanic plays out, a few games that utilize the mechanic and how well the mechanic interacts with other mechanics.
Hand management. An interesting mechanic and one I would argue plays very well with others. It is very modular and can and has been used in some very interesting ways. Traditionalist would argue hand management is a mechanic in which players have a hand of cards and must carefully select which cards are played and when. Such games would...
Grab Bag – Evil Dinner Party (5.5) and Seven Gods Of Fortune (6.5)
Brian takes a look at two Game Crafter Games
Evil Dinner Party by FocusedTangents and War Zombie Edition by Cavallini Games
Favorite Fridays – Scotland Yard
Welcome to Part 2 in my 261 part journey through gaming! Since this is the first Friday of 2015 Let me explain how Favorite Fridays work. I have played a lot of games, and it is always hard to pick favorites but there are some games that stick out in our memories better than others; they may not be the best games, but for some reason they hold a special place in our hearts. These are the games I will be covering on Fridays. I will begin each review by giving the game’s vitals (designer, release date, accolades, etc) followed by explaining how I was introduced to the game, detailing how the game plays, my initial perceptions of the game and how I see the game now, before finally detailing the games current...
2015 – A year in 261 parts
Welcome to 2015.
2014 was a great year for us at Gamer’s Remorse (click here for a review of 2014), but 2014 is over and 2015 has just begun! With a new year come new games, new experiences, new IPs, and many more things to be excited about.
As I was reflecting on 2014 and thinking of ways I could improve on the experience to make 2015 all it could be I had a few grand ideas cross my mind but it was not until Sean made a proposition that I found my goal; my resolution if you will. Let us go back in time to a chat between Sean and I…
September 30, 2014
Sean: “I have a challenge for you next year… every day a game review”
Brian: “365 reviews.... that would take a...