Banana Party
Banana Party Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Object of the game
Each player hangs their monkey gang (four monkeys) on any limbs of their choice of the 3-D jungle. When playing the game, the players want to tease the other players' monkeys and drive them away from the limbs of the jungle trees. The players rotate particular limbs of the jungle trees and if a monkey is hanging on such a limb on the other side, it will tumble down. Depending on the number of bananas that monkey was carrying, the player who successfully drove it away gains the same number of bananas from the general supply. The player that collects the most bananas wins the game.
Game components
- 4 jungles (8 walls and 8 bases). A jungle consists of two walls and two feet. Fix two bases into two walls.
- 20 limbs. Put 5 limbs (little wooden sticks) through the holes of each jungle in such a way that each limb's center is in the hole.
- 16 monkeys. Each player takes one monkey gang (four monkeys with identical backs) and places them in front of themselves.
- 30 bananas. Keep the bananas at hand as general supply.
- 1 die. Stick one icon label on each side of the die.
- 1 rules booklet.
Setup
For 2 players: Set up two jungles (A & B) and place them between the two players (plan view: player 1 at the top, player 2 at the bottom).
For 3 players: Set up three jungles (A, B & C) and arrange them as shown in the plan view (player 1 at the top, player 2 lower left, player 3 lower right).
For 4 players: Set up four jungles (A, B, C & D) and arrange them as shown in the plan view (player 1 upper left, player 3 upper right, player 2 lower left, player 4 lower right).
Preparing to play the game
With any number of players, each player always sits in front of two jungle walls, which they can only see.
First, each player secretly hangs two of their monkeys on each of their two jungle walls.
Note: There may never be more than two monkeys on a jungle wall at any time during the game!
Playing the game
Players take their turns in clockwise direction. The player who has last seen a monkey is the first player and rolls the die.
What are the icons of the die?
Two limbs: The player is allowed to rotate two limbs of their choice on their side of the jungle walls, thus trying to drive away the other players' monkeys from the trees.
Three limbs: The player is allowed to rotate even three limbs!
Monkey and limb: Two actions are triggered by this icon:
- All players who currently have monkeys placed before them on the table hang them on any limb on their sides of the jungle. Do not forget: No more than two monkeys may hang on each side of the jungle wall!
- The active player (who had rolled the die) may rotate any one limb.
Monkey and banana: Two actions are triggered by this icon:
- All players who currently have monkeys placed before them on the table hang them on any limb on their sides of the jungle. Do not forget: No more than two monkeys may hang on each side of the jungle wall!
- The active player (who had rolled the die) receives one banana from the general supply.
Important
- The limbs must always be rotated in clockwise direction only!
- Players may rotate a limb from which their own monkey is hanging – it will not tumble down!
If a monkey falls down on the other side of the jungle, that player shows this monkey to the active player, who in turn receives the same number of bananas from the general supply as the monkey had been carrying. The player places the bananas in front of them.
Also, the owner of the fallen monkey places that monkey in front of them.
More rules
- If all four of a player's monkeys have been driven off from the trees, they must hang them back on the limbs immediately. If, for example, the active player has rolled "two limbs" and the fourth monkey of another player falls down when rotating the first limb, that player hangs their four monkeys back on the limbs immediately, and then the active player may rotate a second limb.
- In case a falling monkey pushes another monkey in a way that this monkey tumbles down as well, the player hangs that second monkey back on any limb.
End of the game and winner
The game ends as soon as the last banana is taken from the general supply. All players count the number of their collected bananas and the player with the most bananas is the winner of the game. In case of a tie the tied players share the victory.