banana loco

Banana Loco is an upcoming card game about banana treasures. To pursue the greatest banana treasure in this world, players race to collect all banana treasures to win and become the ultimate treasure hunter! Be wary, because other players will try to steal your treasure and your belongings!

2-6 Players

20-30 Minutes

Age 8+

Bananas

Basic Mechanics

Objective

To collect at least 4 banana treasures. All treasures must have no concurrent monkey raids from other players.

Table Setup

Each player will have a treasure zone and a starter deck zone. The center pile and the discard pile are located in the center of the table. The discard pile may be placed away from the center pile.

All discarded cards will be shuffled to create the main deck. Players who emptied their starter deck will draw from the main deck.

Starter Deck

Each player will start with their own starter deck. Remove the Fiesta treasure along with other multi-colored cards from the main deck, then secretly assign each player one multi-colored card. The number of multi-colored cards to be assigned is equal to the number of players.

The main deck must be divided to be equally (may be estimated) distributed among players, and then each player inserts their multicolored card inside their starter deck. Each player will shuffle their decks and draw 4 cards to start the game. Players will decide who will be the first to play.

Turn Mechanics

Each turn, a player must have 4 cards on their hand to play. During a turn, each player may:

1. Bury an unlimited number of treasures, empty treasures, and traps in the center pile.

2. Play one of the following cards:

Monkey Card
Treasure Map
Event Card

3. Discard a card when no move is available.

A player cannot bury a treasure in the center pile when a monkey card, treasure map, or event card is already played by the player.

To end a turn, draw cards from the starter deck or main deck to replenish the hand with 4 cards.

Each treasure can be found using its corresponding colored treasure maps or monkeys. Use them to find your desired bananas. Be careful! Other players will try to steal your treasures and your belongings!

The table may be set up from 2 to 6 players. It is important to denote the zones in the table setup to denote which area will the playing cards land.

The Center Pile is the area that receives buried treasures. Players may place treasures, empty treasures, and traps in a face-down position. When a card has been placed, a change of position is not allowed unless an effect of a card results in a change of position.

Own
Dig
Protect
Raid

Use a monkey card to own a face-down card from the center pile. The treasure card will be transferred to your treasure zone in a face-down position. The monkey card is discarded after owning the treasure.

Use a monkey card to flip a face-down card in your own treasure zone. The monkey card is discarded after digging the treasure.

Use monkeys to protect your treasures from raids. Place a monkey card on top of a treasure card inside your own treasure zone.

A certain protecting monkey card may only be discarded if a raiding monkey card is equal or higher to the level of the protecting monkey card. It is also applicable vice-versa.

For example, a raiding level-1 monkey card will discard a protecting level-1 monkey card, while a raiding level-3 monkey card cannot discard a protecting level-4 monkey card.

There are no limits to the number of protecting monkey cards.

Attack other player's treasure by placing a monkey in their treasure zone. There should be two monkey cards to force-discard a treasure card from a player's treasure zone.

For example, a player raided another player with a level-1 monkey card. Another player raided the same treasure using a level-3 monkey card. The treasure card will now be discarded.

A level-3 monkey card alone cannot force-discard a treasure card. There should be two monkey cards.

STRATEGIC CARDS

Dominate your opponents by placing empty treasures and traps in the center pile. Exercise your treasure-hunting competitiveness by using event cards to benefit your search for the sweet banana glory. Win by using monkey-powered moves to become the ultimate treasure hunter

Bury the Unknown

Burying cards in the center pile is also a threat that can be use as a leverage to win more treasures. Bluff your opponents so that they may leave your buried cards alone.

Utilize the Circumstance

Using the event cards like monkey robber, binoculars, poison, and map confusion places players in an advantage. Using them in the right timing is also an advantage.