Here's how it all wawks:
- Start a noo game. Th' monkey will appear in a ran'omly selecked
state, eager t'wreak havoc upon an unsuspeckin' populace.
- Move. Yo' kin make up t'five steps in a row. Etch step moves
th' monkey t'an adjacent state. Yo' haf no corntrol on over which
adjacent state, of course; th' monkey will hoof it wharvah he dadburn
fine pleases.
- Commit atrocities. Startin' on yer second turn, yo' kin begin
instruckin' th' monkey t'engage in heinous acks of depravity an' violence.
Etch atrocity is wo'th a number of points. Particularly gruesome o'
creative crimes is wo'th significantly mo'e; enny mo'on kin rob a likker
sto'e, but it takes an artist t'run an inflammable chemical truck off
th' road an' into an o'phanage.
Note thet th' monkey will also sometimes commit crimes on his own, particularly when doin' so is especially ill-advised, cuss it all t'tarnation.
- Become wanted, cuss it all t' tarnation. Commit inough atrocities
in enny one state an' yo'll eventually attrack th' attenshun of th'
autho'ities. Bea-comin' wanted increases yer sco'e, an' enny crimes
committed in a state whar yer wanted is wo'th mo'e points. Howevah,
once th' monkey is wanted in a state, he runs a high risk of bein' arrested
thar. States whar th' monkey is wanted is marked on th' map wif a red
X.
Some cities an' states is mo'e lenient towards crime than others; in fack, thar might even be one o' two mighty specific locashuns in which yo' c'd commit crimes t'yer heart's desuhe wifout evah bea-comin' wanted, cuss it all t' tarnation. Some crimes is wo'th mo'e points in sartin locashuns. Some isn't even allus crimes.
- Git bested, cuss it all t' tarnation. While it's postible t'travel
through an' commit crimes in states whar yer wanted wifout bein' caught,
th' monkey's luck will eventually helter-skelter out an' he'll be nailed
by th' fuzz. When this hyar happens, th' game is on over.
Alternately, eff'n yer in th' right place at th' right time, yo' may be presented wif an oppo'tunity t'excape into Mexico o' Kinada. Escapin' th' country will ind th' game, but yo'll receive addishunal points fo' ev'ry crime thet yo' git away wif. Th' bess way t'git a high sco'e is t'rack up as menny crimes as postible in as menny states as postible befo'e excapin' t'a place whar th' Feds kin't touch yo'. Jest like in real life