About Monkey Life, from BoardGameGeek:
Monkey Life is a fun friendly game made for families, kids and groups ages 7 and up. Experience time in the jungle as a monkey, encountering predators, who will try and steal your bananas, and poachers, who will try and trap you. They are both trying to prevent you from reaching your goal to get 12 Monkey Points. Be the first Monkey to climb to the tree of life, and become King of the Jungle!
Standard & Teams - Play Modes:
Monkey Life is a competitive card game for 2-6 players. In the "Standard" game, each player plays against each other. If you have 4 or 6 players, you may play in "Teams" mode. Either 2 players against 2, 3 against 3, or 3 Teams of 2 players each.
Magnetic 3D Monkey Pawns & Board:
To begin a game, each player will pick one of the six colored Monkey Pawns and place it on the Scoreboard, at the bottom of the tree.
Quick to Learn:
The youngest player randomly selects one of the "Top Banana" cards, to reveal the strongest Banana Color for that Match.
Each player will collect the number of cards indicated in the "Setup" section of the game manual, and then the game will start.
Monkey Life is a strategy card game consisting of Rounds and Matches
The Round will start with the youngest player playing a card from their hand and placing it face up on the table. Play continues in a clockwise direction, with each player playing a card. The Round ends after all of the players have completed their turn.
At the end of each Round, the winner collects the cards. Winning strategies and rules are illustrated in the game manual.
A new Round begins with all players replenishing their cards, and the player that won the previous round will play first.
The game will continue until there are no more cards left in the draw pile, and players have no more cards remaining in their hand. That will end the Match.
How to Win:
At the end of each Match, players will count their points, and move their Monkey Pawns up the tree, to mark their total number of Points.
The first player to gain 12 Monkey Points, over a number of matches, will win the game and be crowned King of the Jungle.
-description from the designer
