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2002 Ranked #5,869

Monkeys On The Moon

A civilization game has players advance monkey tribes and launch primates from the moon toward Earth. Every favor for one tribe angers another, making political balance essential to field the strongest mission.

Family Games Animals Card Game Auction/Bidding Animals: Apes / Monkeys

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.12/5

Rating

6.18

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

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?

In Monkeys on the Moon, players advance monkey civilizations while also freeing monkeys from lunar isolation by launching spaceships. Players must carefully balance which tribes they advance, however, as there are monkey politics at play!

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In Monkeys on the Moon, players advance monkey civilizations while also freeing monkeys from lunar isolation by launching spaceships. Players must carefully balance which tribes they advance, however, as there are monkey politics at play! Influencing one tribe will likely harm another tribe's opinion of you. The player who launches the most powerful primates home to Earth by game end will claim victory. Every move that a player makes will impress one of the six monkey tribes yet anger another. Knowing when to play favorites, and when to risk incurring the scorn of a tribe, is key to success. The game's monkey cards also feature six original drawings by cartoonist Scott Starkey.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Jim Doherty

Artists

1
Scott Starkey

Publishers

1
Eight Foot Llama

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