What happened to the monkey?

[Hawkmoon269]

I just noticed the artwork for the Monkey was changed class decks. I miss the old monkey. (Which may not have biologically been a monkey.)

[Vic Wertz]

Yeah, the old "monkey" was really a chimpanzee. We contemplated leaving the art the same and changing the name to Chimpanzee, but we currently have a rule against having two cards that are exactly the same in all but name.

[Melemkor]

You have no idea how happy this makes me - my wife is a zookeeper, and harassed me about that card whenever she saw it!

[Vic Wertz]

Yeah, well, he told us he was a monkey, and we took him at his word. Turns out chimpanzees lie!

[Hawkmoon269]

There was only one of them in the deck. I kept saying he was a chimpanzee named "Monkey". He was a proper name ally, just like Ven Vinder or Aldren Foxglove.

[Vic Wertz]

Oh, maybe that's what he meant. I apologize for maligning chimpanzees in general.

[Dave Riley]

Aldern Foxglove's secret was that he was a monkey...?

[Scribbling Rambler]

Ooooh... chimpanzee that monkey news!!

[Mike Selinker]

BoardGameGeek, April 1, 2014. The date gave me pause, but it was no foolin'.

[Mike Selinker]

Scribbling Rambler wrote:

Ooooh... chimpanzee that monkey news!!

All right, pack it in. We've all had a bit of fun.