Are
You Brave Enough to Enter the Valley of the Ape?
Seek out fantastic treasure and capture the giant
ape before other explorers beat you to the prize. In this adventure
game for kids you create your own jungle terrain, scatter the
encounter tiles (with hazards or treasures) across the valley, and
send bands of toy soldier figures to seek fame and riches.
These rules provide guidelines for playing the
game and suggestions for creating your own customized board and
pieces. You’ll also need lots of six-sided dice and a few rulers.
Valley of the Ape distills core miniature wargaming concepts
of movement and attack to help kids learn the basics while enjoying
the game. Each player gets a rules summary card customized to their
particular explorers: intrepid British troopers, brave tribal
warriors, fanatical dervishes, and a determined big-game hunter and
his bodyguards. Encounter tiles provide objectives to explore: maybe
they’re valuable treasures to retrieve, but they might also hide
deadly jungle hazards! Beware Mungo, the giant ape who lives in the
ruins at the valley’s heart...he protects his home and attacks
anyone who ventures too close. Capture the giant ape to win the game,
but greedy treasure hunters can collect enough riches to win, too!
Bonus
Game!
Cowboys in the Canyon ports the Valley
of the Ape rules to the Old West using the same rules, revised
player cards, and desert encounters!
Read
about Valley of the Ape’s Development at Hobby Games Recce:
