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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.
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:
Plants & Animals
Media & Games
Film & Music
Sports & Leisure
Society & History
Geography & Travel
Art & Literature
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!
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.
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:
Plants & Animals
Media & Games
Film & Music
Sports & Leisure
Society & History
Geography & Travel
Art & Literature
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!
Players: 2 - 8
Playtime: 30 - 60 min
Age: 10+
Game designer: Jon Manker
Artist: Victor Bohlin, Felicia Hjärpe
Complexity: 2.20
Playtime: 30 - 60 min
Age: 10+
Game designer: Jon Manker
Artist: Victor Bohlin, Felicia Hjärpe
Complexity: 2.20
• 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
• 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
Quiz board
Question cards
Event cards
Secret mission cards
Fruit tokens
Answer markers
Deck boxes
Question cards
Event cards
Secret mission cards
Fruit tokens
Answer markers
Deck boxes
PRE-ORDER ESTIMATED SHIPPING Q4, 2026 (Changes in dates may occur.)
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