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2022 Ranked #5,099

Hungry Monkey

This shedding card game has players play animal cards in sequence and empty their hand and card row first. Powerful animals can alter the flow, while beans reward strong results across repeated games.

Animals Card Game Ladder Climbing Hand Management

Players

2-6

Play time

15-30 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.35/5

Rating

6.84

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.1/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Once upon a time, Hungry Monkey searched for his lost breakfast bean in the jungle. He asked the other animals for help, from Swift Sparrow to King Tiger, but they all ignored his pleas.

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Once upon a time, Hungry Monkey searched for his lost breakfast bean in the jungle. He asked the other animals for help, from Swift Sparrow to King Tiger, but they all ignored his pleas. Until Tiny Ant climbed into Tiger's ear and ordered him to help. King Tiger was scared by the voice in his ear. He commanded all animals to look for the bean, and no one dared to refuse. Eventually, Swift Sparrow found the bean, and Hungry Monkey was finally happy. Hungry Monkey is a card game where the goal is to get rid of your hand cards and collect beans. You have animal cards both in hand and in a face-down row. You must be the first to play all your cards, first from your hand and then from your card row. You have to play cards with the same or a higher number. You can trigger an effect with a powerful animal. If you want to play multiple games you keep track of the scoring with Bean cards. The player with the most beans at the end of the last game wins. —description from the publisher

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–6
Play time
15–30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Erik Andersson Sundén

Artists

1
Sushrita Bhattacharjee

Publishers

1
HeidelBÄR Games

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