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Bohnanza The Duel

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Ratings

Age

9+

Category

Card

Languages

English

Bohnanza The Duel brings the beloved board game to your mobile device with a focus on intense 1-on-1 competition. Players must manage their bean fields, planting different varieties to harvest for gold. In the Duel version, players trade with each other by making offers that the opponent may accept or reject, but beware—your opponent might be forced to give you exactly what you need. Complete secret 'Boohnus' objectives to gain the upper hand and become the master bean farmer.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

84/100

Bohnanza The Duel is a brilliant adaptation of Uwe Rosenberg’s classic bean-farming card game. Translating a game famous for its negotiation and trading into a two-player duel is no easy feat, but this version manages to keep the tension high and the strategy deep. The core mechanic of planting and harvesting beans for gold is preserved, but the 'Duel' aspect introduces 'Boohnus' cards and a bluffing element that makes every turn a psychological battle.

The digital interface is clean and functional, making it much easier to track your bean fields and those of your opponent compared to the physical version. The AI provides a solid challenge for solo play, though the game truly shines when playing against another human. It’s a game of efficiency and timing—knowing exactly when to harvest and when to push your luck is the difference between a win and a loss. It’s a must-have for board game fans looking for a quick, tactical mobile fix.

Dinsun reviewed on: Wed Feb 11 2026

Features

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Official adaptation of the hit card game

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Challenging solo AI mode

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Local and online multiplayer options

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Includes unique 'Boohnus' card mechanics

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Tutorial for new players

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Gameplays

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Q&A

They are secret objectives that reward you with extra gold if you have specific bean combinations in your fields.

Ratings & Reviews

Runs out of time in multiplayer without warning.
Wed Dec 05 2018 1337Clint

Lost several games because it didn't notify me it was my turn and the time ran out. Often have to exit and go back to running games page because it won’t show any games there. Otherwise works well enough. It feels like, for such a light game, play is slowed by all the turn phases for minor actions. This is not a developer issue as it is faithful to the card game but may be a consideration for some.

App runs well in 2025
Sat May 10 2025 AudioOverflow

The app runs well, and I've encountered no technical issues in my time playing it. The interface and animations are a bit dated, but that's too be expected from a decade old app. I'm just glad the developer seems to sell be supporting it. The Duel is not as great of a game as Bhonanza, but it scratches the itch. I found the in-game tutorial to be kind of confusing, but there's a link in the app to a rules PDF that was much easier for me to understand. Still, there are a few nuances to this game that even a seasoned Bhonanza player will need to adjust to. Bluffing, bohnus cards, gifting, and the turn steps are all massive departures from the original game. But after a few games, I was finally able to figure out a winning strategy. Worth the reasonably low price at the time of this review (2025). But if a full Bohnanza app is ever released, I can't see myself coming back to this one.

No problems running, but still not great
Sat Aug 11 2018 ski6913

I haven’t had any of the problems with freezing or crashing discussed in the other comments. But I have had the AI cheat in some of my games: you’re not allowed to harvest a one-bean field if you have other larger fields, but the AI opponent still does it regularly. Also, more of a quibble with the game itself than the app: the Bohnus cards make the game very lucky and very unbalanced...games are pretty much won and lost solely on those cards, rather than the actual gameplay. Just a warning for fans of the original Bohnanza who are looking for a good adaptation: the rest of this game is a pretty solid Bohnanza experience, but the Bohnus cards totally change (and, in my opinion, ruin) the game.

Not user friendly and buggy
Fri Mar 27 2020 Ahlyssr

In the tutorial after a certain point it always just stops and there’s no prompt, no help, no indication of what you do next. I ended up just touching every point on the screen and still nothing happened. And when you’re playing the game there aren’t very many visual clues as to how to progress. I ended up again just touching different parts of the screen to see if anything would happen because there was no clue as to what I was supposed to do or how to do it. I’ve even played the card game in real life before but the app does a terrible job of telling you what phase you’re in, and how to trade cards or plant them or do literally anything. It’s visually messy, overwhelming to look at and confounding.

Love the game; though it’s buggy.
Sat Jan 12 2019 Nixonsmom

I love this game. I own regular Bohnanza and was excited to learn of this version through the app. I don’t have problems with AI cheating as others have mentioned, but I do have to force close the app after each game to start another game because of a bug, and can’t finish old games anymore in the current version. I can deal with those two bugs because they don’t happen during gameplay, but would love to see more AI personalities added. :)

Bugs, bugs, bugs... and a horrible tutorial
Tue Oct 31 2017 GardenOfSimple

Great game. It’s different than regular Bohnanza but adds some neat stuff- I like the game. The app implementation tries but fails. The tutorial is extremely confusing. So go through it and then read the rules and then play against a bot. Good luck there. And there are so many bugs. I try to reject an offer/make a counter offer and instead, it accepts the offer. Not all the time of course. And if you undo (which it doesn’t ever point out is a feature), sometimes the game will not give you the options you should have until you go back to the game list and come back in. And sometimes it says it is your go but there is nothing there. Sometimes it doesn’t show end-game score. At least they have a bug report feature but so far they respond with “we can’t reproduce that” — not helpful. I’m considering asking for a refund but I’m enjoying the game when it actually works...

Fun but bad UI
Fri Nov 17 2017 HamsterCrack

Fun game with some poor interface design decisions. Took me a little bit to figure out how to get past each state of the game - not always intuitive or clear what you are expected to press. Now that I’ve figured it out, i can manage and have more fun.

Great implementation
Sun May 22 2022 dominikach

I struggled a little bit at the beginning with the interface, but once I understood how everything works it became my favorite app! Not too complicated, more an efficiency puzzle. I finally start to beat the easy AI!

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