Spank the Monkey

Stack silly junk into a tower to spank a taunting monkey, and knock down your rivals' towers on the way.

Designer: Peter Hansson
Published by: Gigantoskop
Editions by: Inter Hobby Co., Ltd., Vendetta, Black Book Éditions

A junkyard, a teasing monkey and a pile of garden gnomes. In Spank the Monkey, from 2003, everyone works in a junk yard where a monkey appeared and wants to be spanked, so you climb up to it. Junk cards such as a totem pole, a surfboard and a garden gnome stack into a tower in front of you. Each has its own height, strength and often a special ability. Reinforcement cards like duct tape, ivy and a hired security guard hold weak pieces together. You also attack other players' junk to make it topple or shrink, and the combined height of your tower decides if you reach the monkey. Two to six, about 30 minutes, silly and sneaky.

Junk cards form a tower of height and strengthReinforcement cards like duct tape and ivyAttack other players' junk to topple it

Who it's for

You like card games with sabotage, silly art and a villain monkey.

Not for you if…

You do not like take-that play, or you get annoyed when someone destroys your build.

Vibe's take

Silly and spiteful. You build carefully, then watch someone else's attack take half of it down.