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Going Bananas!

Going Bananas!

2026

Designed by Douglas Puccetti

Published by Smidgen Games

Description

Find the fruit. Skip the spice. But don t get stung! In this fast-paced 18-game of jungle trickery, everyone claims to be a Banana... but only one of them is telling the truth! Outsmart the pranksters, avoid the sting, and be the first to grab three bananas to win. Stop the monkeying around. With this many lies, you re bound to start Going Bananas! Separate the +1 Point Banana Cards in a pile. For a 3 player game, deal out a Monkey, Banana, Chili; 4 Players: Add the Beehive; 5 Players: Add a second Banana. The Monkey reveals their card; everyone else stays secret. Everyone except the Monkey tries to act like a yummy Banana to convince the Monkey to choose them. You can lie, argue, or make promises to get picked! The Monkey points to one person and says, "BANANA!" If the Monkey picks a BANANA: The Monkey and the Banana BOTH take 1 Point. If they pick a CHILI: Only the Chili takes 1 Point. If they pick a BEEHIVE: The Beehive player steals a point from the Monkey if they have one. If not, they take from the middle. Pass the monkey card to the player clockwise, shuffle the rest of the role cards, deal the role cards out, and start another round. The first player to collect 3 Points wins!

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