I am the Power Lord!!!

Playing new boardgames is always fun for me because I am willing to play anything once. Therefore this weekend was very good since I got to play some new boardgames thanks to an invite to a family game day. The new games were Power Grid and Bohnanza ( the Bean Game).

I was not expecting Bohanaza be much fun when you see the set-up. It is a deck of cards full of different beans and the concept is to plant bean crops and accumulate the most money. Sounds lame right? Well like I found out, you would be wrong. Bohnanza is a very deep game full of strategy especially when you add-in the main mechanism of the game, card trading. The game is fun, frustrating , cut-throat and did I mention fun. For the price, definitely a must buy.

The next game was the true gem. It's a small game named Power Grid. In the game you buy power plants of different varieties, the raw material to power the plants and cities to power. The end-game is to power more cities and have the most cash. The game really is a bookkeepers or accountants dream come true. I simply love this game. I will be buying this game. I will become the next Mr. Burns ...