Genre: On-line multi-player casino
Developer: BitRhymes Inc
Game Description: A fun, thrilling bingo and slots game that will turn you into a bingo addict in no time!
Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle, Facebook
Price: Freemium
Bingo Bash is one of those games that just seems to do everything right. It is a highly addictive bingo game that is so well crafted its hard not to get hooked. Unlike other Bingo games, Bingo Bash has so many clever variations of bingo, that it isn’t hard to figure out why it is the most popular and successful in its genre. It’s cool, hip, fun, clever and… did I say it’s clever?
The sheer inventiveness of the designers make Bingo Bash a real winner!
To start off with, you are given a pile of bingo chips, power ups, coins and gems, which you use to purchase bingo cards and play some games. Every 20 hours, you are rewarded with free bingo chips, provided you log in to the game every day. You also get a free scratch card every day and a chance to spin the wheel in a daily raffle, which awards you with either free chips, coins or power ups, depending on where you land. Each time you play, you score experience points (XP) which enables you to level up. Whenever you reach certain level milestones, you receive more chips each time you sign in, but unfortunately only up to a maximum of 72.
Every day you are treated to a “Spin to Win” raffle.
The game can be played either as a guest or by logging in with a Facebook account. For newbies, you can start off with just one or two cards and work your way up to four cards once you’ve got the hang of it. You can play it on iPad, iPhone, smartphone (android), PC and Kindle. If you’re playing on a smart phone, you have the option to play four cards, but only two will be visible on your screen – the other two cards are automatically daubed, which is a very handy feature. You may also toggle between the two sets of cards but it really isn’t necessary.
Two cards played on the iPhone in the Pot of Gold Featured Room.
Millions of people play this game regularly, so the fact that it’s played live in real time means that at any given time of day, you’ll have enough people to play against. Obviously, it’s best to play at peak times which means that the more players there are, the more bingos are up for grabs. The newest (and cheapest) rooms are usually always full, whereas the more expensive and older rooms tend to be empty and it’s difficult to muster enough players to actually get a game. If there aren’t sufficient players, you always get your chips refunded.
Completing collection is immensely satisfying and a great incentive to keep playing Bingo Bash!
Bingo Bash is basically divided into three sections consisting of a wide variety of rooms, each with its own unique theme – Wonder Rooms (from Amazon and Venice, to Las Vegas and Machu Picchu), Featured/Seasonal Rooms (from Purrfect Crime and Pokeringo to Zombie Bash and Happy Harvest), and Slots, which currently features Grande Tour and Carnival of Cash, with more slots games to follow in the future. So you are spoiled for choice when deciding which room you want to play in. You can also collect coins and gems each time you play bingo, which either enable you to cash them in for power ups (which can increase your chances of calling bingo) or enable you to play slots. Slots are a great way of increasing your stash of cash, which in turn, helps you to buy power ups to use in the bingo rooms.
The Carnival of Cash slots room offers great rewards but is quite difficult to complete collection.
Basically, each room has a different spin on how bingo is played. Each round begins with numbers being randomly called, which, if you have that particular number and row, you daub on each of the cards that you play. Usually, you call a bingo if you have lines filled out in a row in a number of ways (diagonally, horizontally, vertically or four corners), but some of the games which follow a different formula, automatically call bingo once you have daubed the required numbers. Those games which have a “different” spin on the bingo formula are the most endearing and often have me gobsmacked by the sheer inventiveness of the designers.
There are so many cute, quirky and downright inventive bingo rooms to choose from.
In my opinion, the success of this game hinges greatly on the fact that each room involves completing a collection of collectible icons. On completion, you receive huge rewards. And to me, this is the most addictive part of the game! And this is the reason why I have played Bingo Bash every single day for more than two years! The only time I have missed a day or two has been when I have been on long haul flights and have found myself without an internet connection! At the same time, however, my biggest gripe is how expensive it is to play. The free daily bingo chips (and the rewards that you get for getting bingo) simply aren’t enough to play to your satisfaction (especially if you are trying to complete collection in the more expensive rooms)! When you are lucky enough to complete collection, the rewards you get are often spent entirely on trying to complete collection in some other room. And, like me, you may find yourself giving in to the urge to keep playing and buy bingo chips. At one stage, I was paying more than a hundred dollars a month on bingo chips. You have been warned!!!
Rewards for completing collection can be quite sizable and a great incentive to keep playing!
I must say, that since Bash Gaming (formerly BitRhymes Inc), the original developers of this marvelous game, was bought out by GSN Games, a lot of the joy of the game has been sucked out of it. Clearly the bottom line is more important to them than customer satisfaction. We are constantly pelted with push notifications to Buy! Buy! Buy! And it’s getting harder and harder to get Bingo. On principal, I have stopped buying bingo chips, and so has my winning. It takes me much longer to complete collection and my winning is few and far between. One thing in their favor though, is that they are giving away free chips more often now, which works out to 16 free chips a time, once or sometimes twice a week. And they have kept their promise to introduce new rooms on a regular basis. While many players complain that these free chips are not enough, it’s still better than nothing.
Back in the good old days when I used to win regurlarly.
With the game’s chat feature, which enables you to chat with other players in real time, Bingo Bash can be a very social, fun game and the great thing is that you hardly ever come across nasty players. Bingo Bash enables you to gift collectibles to other players and swaps are made on a regular basis. However, this system is flawed and many a time I have either tried to gift someone or tried to receive a gift which has failed miserably.
The chat feature enables you to connect with people from across the globe!
Aside from a few technical glitches from time to time, and the fact that it can be a very costly game, Bingo Bash is entertaining, colorful, inventive, fun and oh, so addictive, and gets a major thumbs up from me!
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