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Itchy Monkey

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2018 · 2-4 players · 45min · weight 2.30 · 179 ratings

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ID
249404
Name
Itchy Monkey
Year
2018
Rank
11160
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
45
Min playtime
15
Max playtime
45
Avg weight
2.3
Num weights
10
Bayes avg
5.57136
Average
6.53693
Users rated
179
Num owned
306
Wanting
5
Wishing
61
Num comments
71
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Grid MovementTile Placement
Categories (3)
Abstract StrategyAnimalsHumor
Description (974 chars)

Behold, the Phthiraptera in its natural habitat, also known as the common louse or head lice. The lice live on the monkeys, and the monkeys eat the lice. Although it's quite a nasty symbiosis, it's also a perfect example of something we refer to as the circle of life — beautiful! In Itchy Monkey, several families of lice try to become the more dominant type. Each turn, you spawn new lice and jump over to nearby monkeys. Alternatively you can tickle the monkey, which makes it move and bump into other monkeys. That way more of your little friends can jump over! But beware of your rival families because nobody likes nit picking. The family lice that can build a colony on three gorillas, four of the same animal, or five different species of monkeys wins! Itchy Monkey is an easy to learn, but very strategic and tactical game, with various starting positions, optional abilities, and a fair amount of monkey business... —description from the publisher

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.