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Cheeky Monkey

Swap a monkey for an elephant

The „if only I could stop“ mechanism is the main mechanism in this game and for this game; this enchanting versions, packed into a cuddly plush monkey, is the third edition of this game in English. 52 animal tiles are placed in the bag; 8 bonus tiles are on display, they show the animals in the game and the number of tiles for each animal. You draw a tile, put it on the table and can draw another tile or stop voluntarily. If you on and you draw another animal than you did before, you can decide again to draw or stop. If you stop voluntarily you stack the animals according to your choice and can decide to put one kind of animal at the bottom of a stack. But if you go on and draw an animal for the second time, you put back all tiles drawn in this round. If you draw an animal that is also visible on one or more stacks of other players, you can take all of them and then decide to go on or stop. When must put tiles back you must also put the tiles taken from other players back into the bag.

Monkeys are governed by special rules; you can treat them like another animal or swap them for another animal from a player’s stock. When all tiles are taken, all players sort their animals; if you have most of a kind you take the corresponding bonus tile and you win with the highest total from tiles and bonus tiles-.

Cheeky Monkey is an attractive version of the Can’t stop principle; the monkey is simply cuddly! Tactic and luck of the draw are nicely balanced; the info on the bonus tiles lets you check if a majority could still be achieved, but for this you need to count all animals with all players!

Players: 2-6

Age: 7+

Time: 15+

Designer: Reiner Knizia

Art: Rob Walker

Price: ca. 24 Euros

Publisher: Gryphon Games 2012

Web: www.freddistribution.com

Genre: Collecting game

Users: For families

Version: en

Rules: de en hu jp ru

In-game text: no

Comments:

Attractive design

Enchanting packaging

Felicitous version of a well-known mechanism

Compares to:

All games with a stop/go on choice

Other editions:

Monkey Business, Piatnik; Cheeky Monkey, Face2Face

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 1

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 2

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0