Another problem is that the game has a rule that any monkeys that are lying flat on the tree don’t count and have to be removed from the tree. If you have any questions, comments, or would like to see you product reviewed on Geeky Hobbies, check out our contact us page. Each player is given four bananas at the beginning of the game and every player puts one banana into the pot before each round.

They don’t usually shake the tree very hard but the monkeys are usually just barely hanging on the tree so this is still enough to knock monkeys off the tree. As a young kid one of my favorite games was Jumpin’ Monkeys where you would launch monkeys at a tree hoping to get them to stick.I had this feeling because all too often the games that I remember from my childhood have failed to live up to what I remember of them. I don’t know if we ever really played with the official rules but I definitely remember loving to shoot the monkeys at the tree. Each version of the game comes with the same components but the quality may differ and the artwork definitely changed at one point. In this simple game, kids have to help the monkey collect fruits and protect it from the flying bees.

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If you have never liked launching games Jumpin’ Monkeys is not going to be for you especially since there are quite a few better launching games. There might not have been as many launching games when Jumpin’ Monkeys was first released as there are today but as I have reviewed quite a few of these type of games it only seems fair that the game should be compared to the other similar games.At its’ core Jumpin’ Monkeys is like pretty much every other action/dexterity game where you are launching objects through the air. Jumpin’ Monkeys is a fine launching game but is another example of game from my childhood not being as good as I remembered. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Product details - Catapult monkeys in to the tree and try to get them to hold onthe first player to get all their monkeys on tree will wingreat family fun!It is not going to be something that you play all of the time, but it is fine for a game that you bring out every so often. I had some fun with the game and I think other people who like these type of games will enjoy it as well.