Don't let the monkeys fall!

Components

• 1 Tree
• 30 Monkeys
• 30 Sticks in 3 colors
• 1 Die
• Rulebook

Object of the Game

To carefully pull colored sticks from the tree trunk without letting the Monkeys tumble out of the tree. The Player who let the least Monkeys fall by the end of the game is the winner!

Setup

Randomly place two sticks of each color through the holes on each level of the tree.

Drop the monkeys in the top. If any fall out, put them in again.

Game Play

1. The youngest player goes first.

2. On your turn, roll the die and carefully pull out one stick of the matching color from the tree-always taking sticks from the highest level first.

3. If any monkeys fall from the tree, you must keep them.

4. If all the sticks of one color have been removed and you roll that color, you are lucky and miss that turn.

5. Continue in turn (clockwise) until all the monkeys have fallen out of the tree.

End of the Game

The player with the least monkeys wins the game!

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