Munchkin (2001)

Publisher's Description

Go down in the dungeon. Kill everything you meet. Backstab your friends and steal their stuff. Grab the treasure and run.

Admit it. You love it.

This award-winning card game, designed by Steve Jackson, captures the essence of the dungeon experience... with none of that stupid roleplaying stuff. You and your friends compete to kill monsters and grab magic items. And what magic items! Don the Horny Helmet and the Boots of Butt-Kicking. Wield the Staff of Napalm... or maybe the Chainsaw of Bloody Dismemberment. Start by slaughtering the Potted Plant and the Drooling Slime, and work your way up to the Plutonium Dragon...

And it's illustrated by John Kovalic! Fast-playing and silly, Munchkin can reduce any roleplaying group to hysteria. And, while they're laughing, you can steal their stuff.

Other

Part of the Munchkin series.

In October 2009, Munchkin Holiday Edition was released exclusively for Barnes & Noble: "This special Holiday Edition comes in a box with a unique cover design. It includes all the classic Munchkin cards, in full color for the first time! It also includes the brand new expansion, Waiting For Santa, with 15 new monsters and treasure to add Christmas spice to the Munchkin fruitcake!"

Another variant, Munchkin: Bobblehead Edition, contains both the standard Munchkin card game and the Munchkin Bobblehead. It comes with a red d6 instead of the normal white one.

Sequels:

• The Good, the Bad, and the Munchkin
• Munchkin Bites!
• Munchkin Booty
• Munchkin Cthulhu
• Munchkin Fu
• Munchkin Impossible
• Star Munchkin
• Super Munchkin

Related Board Games

• Munchkin Quest

Pegasus Expansions

• Munchkin Sammlerbox
• Munchkin Promotional Bookmarks
• Munchkin Weihnachtsedition - The same as Munchkin, but with a promotional button that grants the wearer extra treasure (when worn in December).

Awards

• 2007 BoardGamer.ru Recommendation.
• 2001 Origins Awards Winner, Best Traditional Card Game.

Microbadges

Components

• 1 rule book
• 1 six-sided die
• 168 Playing cards
  • 100 Door cards
  • 68 Treasure cards

Card Change

As of the 14th printing, the Kneepads of Allure card was removed from the set and replaced by an additional Wandering Monster card.