I love board and card games, I have started writing a few reviews of some of my favorite games. I only have two so far, but I will continure to post. The first two I have written on are Battle Line and Bohnanza. These are both card games and they are fairly easy games to learn and play, but the similarities end there.
Battle Line is a war-themed card game in which two opponents face off across a 'battle line' and attempt to win the battle by taking 5 of 9 flags or 3 adjacent flags. Flags are decided by placing cards into 3 card poker-type hands on either side of the flag (similar to straight flush, 3 of a kind, straight, flush, etc). The side with the highest 'formation' of cards wins the flag. (My Review Here)
Bohnanza is a bean planting card game in which you cannot rearrange your hand, as you need to play the cards in the order that you draw them. The cards are colorful depictions of beans in various descriptive poses, and the object is to make coins by planting fields (sets) of these beans and then harvesting them (getting coins for them). To help players match their cards up, the game features extensive trading and deal making. (My Review Here)
That's all for today. I will write more reviews, share more ideas, ask more questions, and generally bore you to death with my ramblings...