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Viva Gorilla

Monkeys and LianAS

Little monkeys are playing in the jungle on lianas and search for suitable endings. 40 monkey cards in four colors and 12 action cards are shuffled and stacked, you are dealt seven cards. Then you determine the jungle area at the start, because a card can only be placed if it fits completely within the jungle boundaries, that is, the playing area.

At the start you draw the top card from the stack and put it in the middle of the jungle. The active player places a monkey card or an action card at one end of the liana. For a monkey card the monkeys must have the same color and cards are places long side to long side and short one to short one, but monkeys can stand on their head. You must always place a card in a way that no dead-end is created and that the next player can place a card completely within the jungle area.

Action cards result either in change of liana direction, change of color or, for a joker, one of both according to your choice. The next player must place a suitable monkey card or another action card. If you cannot place a card you draw one and can place it, if it is suitable. If necessary you clear all cards but the last one placed - this one is placed in the middle of the jungle and, in case of an action card, replaced with the correct monkey card - all others are shuffled for a new draw pile. If you can place your last card, you win.

Viva Gorilla packs up old mechanisms in a nice new way - monkey move Mau Mau style through the jungle and all have fun! Removing the display can change the situation completely and enable you to place cards that were impossible to place before.

Players: 2-4

Age: 6+

Time: 20+

Designer: Opi and Me

Artist: not named

Price: ca. 10 Euro

Publisher: Piatnik 2014

Web: www.piatnik.com

Genre: Card placement

Users: For children

Version: multi

Rules: de fr it pl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Cute design

Well-known mechanisms well revised

Nice illustrations

Good family game, too

Compares to:

UNO or Mau Mau for the placement rules

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 1

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0