BombBusters is Number Guessing Fun

Up until recently I’ve not been a huge fan of co-operative games. I want something I can win on my own, grinding my opponents into the dust. Or something. Anyhoo, I’ve recently played a few cooperative games and I must admit I’m growing to like them.

BombBusters is a cooperative game and it is great fun. It reminds me a tiny bit of the infamous “The Mind” game in which players have to guess where other player’s number cards fit into a sequence.

In BombBusters you are your matching number markers with those of other players as you attempt to cut wires leading to a deadly bomb. You know the order of their numbers, but not what they are (although there are a range of clues you give each other). Cut the wrong wire (match a wrong number) and you lose a life. Cut a red wire or a yellow wire (which have fractional numbers on them) and you lose instantly.

It’s rather exciting, with no small amount of jeopardy as often you have just enough information to take a risk based on an educated guess. The game comes with a increasingly difficult scenarios to have a go at, with more dangerous wires and dummies you have to work around. There’s a genuine feeling of accomplishment when you all manage to find the last red wire and it is all beautifully presented. Good fun I reckon.