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Monkey Life

Monkey Life

Piosoft · 2023
2–625 min7+ yrsParty
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How do you play Monkey Life?

Monkey Life is a fun friendly game made for families, kids and groups ages 7 and up. Experience time in the jungle as a monkey, encountering predators, who will try and steal your bananas, and poachers, who will try and trap you.

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Monkey Life box art
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Monkey Life is a fun friendly game made for families, kids and groups ages 7 and up. Experience time in the jungle as a monkey, encountering predators, who will try and steal your bananas, and poachers, who will try and trap you. They are both trying to prevent you from reaching your goal to get 12 Monkey Points. Be the first Monkey to climb to the tree of life, and become King of the Jungle!

Standard & Teams - Play Modes: Monkey Life is a competitive card game for 2-6 players. In the "Standard" game, each player plays against each other. If you have 4 or 6 players, you may play in "Teams" mode. Either 2 players against 2, 3 against 3, or 3 Teams of 2 players each.

Magnetic 3D Monkey Pawns & Board: To begin a game, each player will pick one of the six colored Monkey Pawns and place it on the Scoreboard, at the bottom of the tree.

Quick to Learn: The youngest player randomly selects one of the "Top Banana" cards, to reveal the strongest Banana Color for that Match.

Each player will collect the number of cards indicated in the "Setup" section of the game manual, and then the game will start.

Monkey Life is a strategy card game consisting of Rounds and Matches

The Round will start with the youngest player playing a card from their hand and placing it face up on the table. Play continues in a clockwise direction, with each player playing a card. The Round ends after all of the players have completed their turn.

At the end of each Round, the winner collects the cards. Winning strategies and rules are illustrated in the game manual.

A new Round begins with all players replenishing their cards, and the player that won the previous round will play first.

The game will continue until there are no more cards left in the draw pile, and players have no more cards remaining in their hand. That will end the Match.

How to Win: At the end of each Match, players will count their points, and move their Monkey Pawns up the tree, to mark their total number of Points.

The first player to gain 12 Monkey Points, over a number of matches, will win the game and be crowned King of the Jungle.

—description from the designer

game anatomy
Vibe
Party
Play time
25 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
7+ yrs
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Q3How do you play Monkey Life?
Monkey Life is a animals game, for 2–6 players, taking ~25 minutes, featuring card play conflict resolution. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Monkey Life — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Monkey Life support?
Monkey Life is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Monkey Life take?
A game of Monkey Life takes about 25 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Monkey Life for?
Monkey Life is recommended from age 7.
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