Pressman Jumpin' Monkeys

Everyone loves monkeys, and everyone loves catapults--put them together and you have irresistible fun. Jumping Monkeys is a fast-paced game of skill and cunning that plays well for young and old alike. Each player gets four cute, plastic monkeys with arms nearly akimbo and one miniature catapult to launch them into the 10-inch-tall, brown and green plastic tree. It's more challenging than you'd think, and the level of difficulty is compounded by the chance to knock off other players' monkeys with skillful shots. The first player to place all four monkeys in the tree wins a pile of bananas, and the one who ends up with the most bananas wins. --Rob Lightner