Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Keep your hand in its dealt order, play adjacent matching monkeys, beat the current combination, decide whether to keep or discard captured cards, and empty your hand first.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
Jungo is a brisk ladder-climbing card game built around one stubborn rule: once cards enter your hand, you may not rearrange them. On a turn, play one card or a group of adjacent cards sharing a value, and beat the combination on the table with a stronger value or a larger group. The cards you defeat can be discarded to move closer to victory or inserted anywhere in your hand to create a stronger future cluster. If you cannot or prefer not to play, draw from the Jungo; the new card can be placed, discarded, or immediately combined under the Law of the Jungo. Flexible double-value cards open surprising escapes. The first player to empty their hand wins, and the short format makes a best-of-three match a natural fit.
