Monkey Palace, an officially licensed Lego board game, is discounted to its lowest price yet at Amazon. For a limited time, you can pick up the family-friendly strategy game for only $19.11, which is over 50% off its $40 list price. Monkey Palace is a fun experience that turns the act of piecing together Lego bricks into a fast-paced and varied strategy game for 2-4 players. As with many of Amazon’s deals, the Monkey Palace discount doesn’t have an end date listed, so it could disappear at any time.
Created by Bezzerwizzer in collaboration with Lego, Monkey Palace released last October and still frequently sells for its full $40 MSRP at most retailers. At the moment, Walmart has it for $35, while Target and the Lego Store are selling the game for $40. Since we often times see price-matching on board games at major retailers, it’s a bit surprising that Amazon is selling Monkey Palace for such a low price.
$19.11 (was $40)
What happens when a monkey stumbles upon an ancient palace in the jungle but decides to redecorate their new home? The entire place collapses, of course, so now you and up to three other players need to rebuild the structure from scratch.
To help the monkey live large again, humans take turns adding Lego pieces to makeshift staircases. Each piece is worth a certain number of Monkey Credits, which are exchanged for Monkey Cards. The Monkey Card you choose to play determines which brick type(s) you use to make and decorate the staircases. As you build, you rack up Banana Points, which are counted at the end of the game to determine the winner. Games last roughly 45 minutes.
Monkey Palace comes with 231 bricks and multiple game boards, each of which presents their own unique challenges and adds replay value. There are many different ways to build your palace, so while there are rules to follow, it is a fairly open-ended game that can be approached from different angles.
The game is recommended for players ages 10 and up, but younger players with experience building Lego can enjoy the loop, too. My four-year-old regularly builds and modifies Lego Super Mario playsets, and he enjoys Monkey Palace. We have to help him at times with strategy, but that hasn’t stopped Monkey Palace from becoming one of his favorite board games.
Monkey Palace certainly isn’t the first officially licensed Lego board game, but it is the only one still in print at the moment. Older Lego board games tend to be listed for rather high prices on reseller storefronts, so it’d be wise to add Monkey Palace to your collection sooner rather than later, especially since it’s on sale for so cheap.
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