PRE-ORDER ESTIMATED SHIPPING Q4, 2026 (Changes in dates may occur.)
A Quiz Game That Will Surprise You
Will your knowledge help you win or trick you into not being smarter than monkey?
Looking for a quick and clever puzzle game that’s fun for the whole family? Smarter than a Monkey is a beautiful game that fits any coffee table or couples dinner. Across 8 interesting categories you will find yourself equally entertained, enlightened and excited in a quiz game that combines cozy strategies and constant action like no other.
This is truly a quiz game for all quiz lovers and haters alike. Here you find no down-time, the ability to shine on questions you (think) you know for sure, light hearted strategy, variability through missions, deceptiveness through secret missions, trade, bidding, clear answer alternatives and a constant feeling that you gain knowledge.
Why should you purchase Smarter than a Monkey?
• Fast-paced logic and pattern recognition: Solve puzzles under pressure in real time
• Multiple game modes: Play solo, cooperatively, or competitively with friends or family
• Simple rules, deep challenge: Easy to learn in minutes, with levels that escalate in difficulty
• Fun for all ages: Great for kids, adults, classrooms, and quick game nights
Game designer: Jon Manker
Artist: Victor Bohlin, Felicia Hjärpe
Complexity: 2.20
How to play
How to play Smarter Than a Monkey?
A quiz game with many twists. The questions challenge your preconceived ideas. The answer alternatives are given before you get to hear the question. All players take part in every question. You can play using Events and Secret missions. The player in the lead sets their answers in public view. These characteristics of the game lets you have some extra levels of strategy. And some extra levels of flexibility to how you win, which makes it more inclusive to those who may not be fans of quiz games normally.
There are 8 categories of questions in the game:
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Plants & Animals
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Media & Games
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Film & Music
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Sports & Leisure
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Society & History
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Geography & Travel
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Art & Literature
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Technology & Science
The base game can be expanded with question expansions. The expansions are playable in themselves as small travel friendly versions of Smarter than a Monkey and can be used to replace a category of the base game. Enrich your mind with surprising facts and have a great time together in one of the most ambitiously designed quiz games yet!
Content
- Quiz board
- Question cards
- Event cards
- Secret mission cards
- Fruit tokens
- Answer markers
- Deck boxes
Extras
- DOWNLOADABLE RULES Smarter than a Monkey
- Playtest on Tabletop Simulator
- Smarter than a Monkey on Boardgamegeek
(Please be aware that changes in shipping dates may occur due to this crazy world we live in. We promise to do all we can to make this wonderful game available as fast as we possibly can!)