Cheeky Monkeys
Cheeky Monkeys Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- 1 two-part 3D tree
- 32 monkey cards
- 1 pool board
- 1 spinner board
- 1 two-part plastic spinner arrow
Quick Start
Take turns to spin the spinner. If the arrow lands on...
- Banana section: Turn over a monkey card. Spin again or hook your monkey on the tree.
- Cheeky monkey: Take one monkey from another player. Hook it on the tree with any others collected on your turn.
- Pool monkey: Take any monkeys collected on your turn and place onto the pool board.
- Question mark: Take all monkeys from the pool board with any collected on your turn and hook onto the tree.
When there are no monkey cards left on the table, count how many bananas you have collected. The winner is the player with the most bananas.
Setting Up the Game
- Attach the spinner arrow to the spinner board.
- Slot together the 3D tree by matching the coloured strips at the bottom to create four coloured sections.
- Spread the monkey cards face down on the table.
- Each player chooses a coloured section of the 3D tree (red, blue, yellow or green). They then take one face down monkey card from the table and hook it onto their section.
- Place the spinner and pool board within reach of all players.
Turn Structure
1a. Spin the Spinner
The youngest player starts by spinning the spinner.
If the arrow lands on a banana section, turn over a monkey card and place it face up in front of you. Your monkey will be holding 0, 1, 2, 3 or 6 bananas.
Decide whether to end your turn by keeping the monkey and hooking it onto your section of the tree, or take a chance and spin again to try to win more bananas. If you spin again and land on a banana section you can take another monkey card from the table, but if the arrow lands on one of the sections below, your turn ends as follows:
- 1b. The cheeky monkey: you can take one monkey from another player's section and hook it, together with any other monkeys collected on your turn, onto your section of the tree. Play passes to the next player.
- 1c. The pool monkey: take any monkeys you have collected on your turn and place them on the pool board. Play passes to the next player. If you have not collected any monkeys on your turn, play passes to the next player.
- 1d. The question mark: take all the monkeys you have collected on your turn, together with any monkeys on the pool board, and hook them onto your section of the tree. Play passes to the next player.
Top tip: There is one monkey with 6 bananas!
Remember
If the spinner lands on a banana section, you can spin again as many times as you like until you decide to hook the monkeys onto your section of the tree or the arrow lands on another spinner section.
Remember not to hook your monkeys onto your section of the tree until your turn is over!
End of the Game
The game ends when there are no face down monkey cards left on the table.
The person playing at this point takes any monkeys collected on that turn and hooks them onto their section of the tree. Players then take all the monkeys from their section of the tree and count how many bananas they have collected.
Any monkeys on the pool board at the end of the game are not counted.
The Winner
The winner is the player with the most bananas.