Monkey Palace is an officially licensed strategy game that revolves around building a structure out of Lego bricks

Lego Monkey Palace Strategy Board Game Gets First Big Discount

Monkey Palace is an officially licensed strategy game that revolves around building a structure out of Lego bricks

Amazon and Walmart have the recently released Lego Monkey Palace board game on sale for its lowest price yet for a limited time. The family-friendly strategy game is on sale for $31.56, which saves you over 20% off its $40 list price. This is marked as a limited-time deal at Amazon, and considering the retailer says it has sold over 10,000 copies of Monkey Palace over the past month, we wouldn't be surprised if it sold out soon. The Lego Store recently sold through its stock at full price.

Monkey Palace turns building Lego into a fast-paced and varied strategy game for 2-4 players. It 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 sell for rather high prices, so it'd be wise to add Monkey Palace to your collection sooner rather than later.

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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 each player will approach from a different angle.

Lego enthusiasts have no shortage of new building sets to choose from this month, as the brick-building giant released over 100 playsets and display models on January 1. If you're interested in picking up some new Lego builds, check out our roundups of the biggest releases: