ATTENTION PARENTS: Rules for younger age groups This gets everyone thinking about which card will be played, and whether they want to take a chance pointing there or not. Whenever a player loses a monkey to the middle, if they have one, their next play MUST be a Banana or Coconut. (That’s great news cuz Frank has an awesome monkey dance!) MONKEY BUSINESS GAME VARIATION But Frank, with two bananas, and therefore 2 points, is the winner. With -1 points for the coconut, Dan would come in last. The player with the most points wins the tie.įor example, after smooshing and rescue, Frank, Jenn, and Dan end the game each with one monkey in the middle.įrank has 2 bananas left, Jenn has 1 banana left, and Dan has 1 Coconut remaining. IF THERE’S A TIE Each extra banana a player has is worth +1, while each leftover coconut card is worth -1. And does their best monkey victory dance! 4. Set these bananas and rescued monkeys to the side, out of play.Īt this point, the player with the fewest monkeys in the middle wins.

SMOOSH! Set all coconuts and smooshed bananas to the side, out of play.Įvery two bananas you have left unsmooshed will “rescue” one of your monkeys from the middle. Follow the steps below, in order:Įach Coconut in your Coconut Pile “falls” onto one of your bananas. Once the last round has been resolved, it’s time to score. Continue in this manner until all cards have been played. When you take a coconut card, keep it face up in your “Coconut Pile.”ĭon’t get too excited though, coconuts SMOOSH bananas.Īfter all monkey, banana, and coconut cards have been resolved, play your next card. Two players are pointing at it: Woohoo! You pick the player that gets it.Only one player is pointing at your coconut: OOPS! They have to take it.Nobody is pointing at your coconut: Sad monkey, you have to keep it.When you play a coconut card, who takes it is determined by the following: Monkey cards must always be placed facing the person who played them. GAMEPLAYĮach round, players select a card from their hand and place it face-up on their “play pile.” You may play any card in your hand: monkey, banana, or coconut.

Draw a card at the end of your turn so that you always have 5 cards. Shuffle your deck of cards and deal yourself a hand of 5 cards. Every player takes one “monkey-board” and a deck of 16 cards.

Monkey business board game