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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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).
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...