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Artist
Publisher
Year Published
2001
# of Players
2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players
(124 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
13 and up
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(41 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
(62 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
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Category
Mechanic
Expansion
Expands
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Primary Name
Munchkin
Alternate Names
Munchkin 1+2
Munchkin Bobblehead Edition
Munchkin Das Kartenspiel
Munchkin Deluxe
Munchkin Edycja Rozszerzona
Munchkin Holiday Edition
Munchkin Target Edition
Манчкин
マンチキン
小白世紀 (小白世纪)
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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.

In May 2010, Steve Jackson Games made the "big announcement." Starting with the 19th printing, Munchkin will be in full color. At the same time, the rules were expanded and tweaked, and some of the cards were changed slightly. All future printings of the various Munchkin games will be in full color (for those not already so) and will have the new card text and the new rules. The full changelog is available at the Munchkin website. Of note to Munchkin fans, the Kneepads of Allure card, which had been removed in the 14th printing, was added back to the game but modified to be less powerful.

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Components

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

Deluxe Edition Additionnal Components

  • 1 gameboard
  • 6 pawns
  • 6 player 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. This card has since been restored to the game with modified rules.

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Munchkin 1+2
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German revised color edition
Publisher: Pegasus Spiele
Artist: John Kovalic
Year: 2012
Product Code: 17221G
Size: 6.00 x 5.10 x 2.75 inches
0.62 pounds
German
Release Date:  Mar 2012
Unreleased
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Munchkin Deluxe
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First deluxe edition
Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
Artist: John Kovalic
Year: 2011
Product Code: 1483
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Munchkin Target Edition
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English edition
Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
Artist: John Kovalic
Year: 2011
Size: 9.25 x 6.20 x 1.75 inches
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Munchkin Edycja Rozszerzona
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Polish Second Expanded Edition
Publisher: Black Monk
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Year: 2010
Size: 8.27 x 5.51 x 1.57 inches
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Munchkin
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Steve Jackson English Nineteenth Printing with color
Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
Artist: John Kovalic
Year: 2010
Size: 9.25 x 6.25 x 1.88 inches
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4 Custom Game Board v1.0
A little something I decided to try out. This is sized to be printed on US Letter sized paper. It has an area to hold both sets of cards, including discards, and also has a "level counter" that players can use coins, tokens, etc... to progress. Any advice/questions/comments are appreciated! Thanks!
2011-12-14
1 CZ_nová_pravidla
Czech translation of the rules verion 1.5 released in 2010.
2011-09-09
2 Easy Print Munchkin Level Counter
Black n White, print on 8.5 x 11. simple numbers, 1-10 to use as a level counter. Just use any piece and simply put on current level. I saw there wasn't any other b/w level counter print, just cut a strip across and you have it! Includes 5 sets of level counters, easier than random coins in front of your munchkin character!
2011-07-18
4 Rule Sheet (with slight variants)
This rule sheet was made for my students to use as they play in the classroom. It's modified a bit to be more kid friendly (and less screaming about who gets to do what first).
2011-06-04
0 Munchkin 19th print rules Russian translation
Munchkin 19th print rules Russian translation. Русский перевод обновлённых с 19 принта правил Манчкина. Перевод неофициальный и сделан до такового.
2011-05-10
1 Munchkin card box
A simple design for a cardbox that will hold one deck of Munchkin cards (door or treasure). It fits inside the Munchkin boxes, and with the instructions on top, the cards will stay put in their respective boxes. What you do is use something pointy, but not sharp, and trace the outline of the box onto some cardboard, or if you have a printer that can handle cardstock, print it out. Using that same pointy object (I use a sturdy staple remover), score the horizontal and vertical lines. Cut along the outer edges with a box knife, or scissors if you have a really steady hand, and use the box knife to cut along the diagonals, taking care not to go more than about half deep into the cardboard/cardstock. Fold upwards along the inner score marks, and fold the corners in. They should lie...
2011-03-06
3 Munckin pocket rules
Munckin pocket rules V2, thanks Tor Sverre Lund for the correction. Post any other corrections as needed.
2010-06-20
17 Greek Munchkin Player Board
Player board in Greek plus level track.
2009-11-02
1 Tablero en Español tamaño A3 (8)
Tablero para jugar a Munchkin en tamaño A3 en español
2009-10-30
1 Tablero en Español tamaño A3 (7)
Tablero para jugar a Munchkin en tamaño A3 en español
2009-10-30
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