Spank the monkey
2003 card game by Peter Hansson
Spank the Monkey is a card game created by Peter Hansson, in which players are workers at a junk yard. A monkey has climbed the highest scrap pile, and it is each player's job to climb the scrap pile and bring down the monkey by spanking it.
Gameplay
The goal of the game is to build a tower of the same height as the scrap pile on which the monkey resides. The tower is built by playing Junk-cards, each of which has a height and a strength. The junk can be reinforced by playing reinforcement-cards. When the player's tower has reached the height of the monkey, that player may try to spank it by rolling a die. If successful, that player wins the game. It is easiest to spank the monkey from exactly the same level, but it is also possible to do so from above.
Players can also attack other players' towers using attack-cards. They can be one of throwing attack, hand attack and sneak attack.
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