In a Bind (Yogi) First Impressions
In most card games, drawing more cards is a good thing.
This one certainly is not, it just means you have to keep playing.
In a Bind is a party game involving physical challenges.
The game features a deck of cards, each one featuring a simple “bind”, e.g., “one finger touching nose”, “left elbow above shoulder”, “two hands touching” or “this card on top of head”.
Each turn, you draw a new card. Its instruction must be obeyed for the entire rest of the game. When you have so many binds that you are unable to comply with them all, you lose. The last person to lose wins.
Everyone takes turns drawing one of these cards each with a weird and wacky instruction on them… I really like the style of art on these with the exaggerated body parts showing what the action is.
You then do what it says… having a card touch your left eyebrow above is brilliant when you’re wearing glasses. It’s a massive advantage!
When it comes to you, you draw another and keep going until you can’t do one, or fail to do one you already have. Last person standing wins.
If you like this kinda thing, Kragmortha is a much better option. That has this dexterity thing mixed in with a fantasy board game.
In a Bind Update 12/06/2018
So this game was picked up in 2017 and released as Yogi. What you can’t deny is its popularity. At Cannes, I saw it being played everywhere and not just at the booth. It as in the cafe, car park… all over the place.
So Kragmortha is an option as I said. That is a board game where you get ‘In a Bind’ style cards as a punishment for being caught by the big bad as you sneak around a maze.
Another good game is Hop! which looks phenomenal and has various dexterity challenges. Dancing Eggs also involves holding things and trying not to drop them, except their eggs.
For dexterity games, I prefer skill-based ones like Kung-Fu Zoo and Ice Cool. The sportsman in me (he’s there somewhere :)) loves the challenge. I like to get that perfect flick in Zoo Ball and PitchCar, especially the latter.
But if you want a quick fun challenge that non-gamers will get, In a Bind is the game for you.
Jesta ThaRogue
