Code Monkey Island
BGG rank
BGG #26,881
BGG rating
5.6

Code Monkey Island

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  • 2–4 players
  • 45 min
  • 6+
  • Complexity 1.3/5

Rules assistant for Code Monkey Island

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Code Monkey Island is a board game released in 2014 for 2–4 players, 45 minutes per game, and ages 6 and up. It was designed by Raj Sidhu and its main mechanics are Open Drafting.

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About the game

Code Monkey Island is a family-friendly board game that introduces kids ages 8 and up to programming concepts used by real programmers. Code Monkey Island is a board game designed for families. It takes about a minute to learn the rules and 45 minutes to play, and exposes kids to fundamental programming concepts like control structures, data structures, Boolean logic and operators, and assignment and mathematical operations. Step 1: Each player chooses their favorite tribe of monkeys, and sets them down in the corresponding Start Circle. Step 2: Everyone is dealt 3 Rule cards. Step 3: On their turn, a player draws 1 Rule card, and plays another card from their hand to move their monkeys forward. Step 4: The first player to get all 3 of their monkeys around the island and into the banana grove wins!

Editions

  • Code Monkey Islanden(Self-Published)2014

Mechanics

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Publishers

  • (Self-Published)
  • Code Monkey Planet

Questions and answers

Code Monkey Island supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.