Bohnanza is a trading card game where you plant and harvest bean cards to earn coins. The twist is that you can't reorder the cards in your hand and because you have to plant the first card in your hand each go, trading isn't just about what you swap but where it is in your sequence of cards.

Each player starts with a hand of random Bean cards that display a varying number and type of beans. At the start of your go, you must plant the first one or two cards into one of the two Fields you have. If you don't have that type of bean planted you have to harvest the crop prematurely to plant the new variety. What you'd rather do is build up a deep stack of matching beans in a field to maximise your crop and points.

Once planting is done you draw two cards from the deck to trade to plant or swap with other players. You can also trade any card from your hand with other players. This is where the fun heats up as you make bargains for different swaps, maybe even promising future allegiances.

Much of this is found in other card games, but the simple planting mechanic, combined with the rule that you can't rearrange the order of cards in your hand makes this unique. Trading and strategy are driven by sequencing your hand as well as getting a full set of beans. Because having one Bean card in the wrong place might force out a crop about to score the maximum coins.

Another little twist is when you score, you keep back Bean cards to represent coins by flipping them over. This means that the balance of certain types of Beans in circulation changes over time and advanced players will take account of this.

Eventually, you work through the deck of cards a certain number of times and after a final harvest the player with the most coins is the winner.