Mark Scrudder
United States
Spokane
Washington
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Munchkinomicon is a booster expansion to the Munchkin series by Steve Jackson games. Including 15 cards, this non-random set has an MSRP of $4.99. This is not a stand-alone game.
Munchkinomicon is designed to be playable with any Munchkin set. Due to the flavor of the cards, I would recommend it for fantasy or Cthulhu, but who hasn't wanted to add some eldritch horror to the wild west?
The set includes 1 treasure, The Munchkinomicon, and 14 spells which the tome whispers in your ear. At the beginning of a game including the Munchkinomicon, you shuffle the spell deck and set it alongside the door and treasure decks, then place the Munchkinomicon atop the treasure deck, thus ensuring that whoever gets the first treasure will be under the influence of the libram.
When someone gains the Munchkinomicon, they draw a spell and add it to their hand. If a player starts a turn with the Munchkinomicon, they draw a spell. Once all 14 spells have been drawn, they're (mostly) gone. Don't despair, even with the spells gone, the Munchkinomicon is a +5 item which takes no hands.
The Munchkinomicon itself is a fickle beast and another Munchkin can lure it away from you by dying, playing a curse/ trap/ madness card on another player, sacrificing 3 cards, or sacrificing a level. This can even be done in the middle of combat, ensuring maximum chaos.
Munchkinomicon is a fun set which adds another vector for strife among the players and can cause hilarious effects when one player MUST win the grimoire back from the unworthy opponent who lured it away by their act of resurrection.
Unfortunately, Munchkinomicon has a large amount of power creep. The tome itself is a +5 item, and there are spells which allow huge combat bonuses, ridiculous numbers of additional monsters, and even a spell which doubles cards gained from a combat.
I would not recommend adding Munchkinomicon to quick games of Munchkin, but if you want to mix things up this volume will certainly fit the bill. Munchkinomicon seems to be designed specifically to be added to Epic games. The power level and speed lends itself to Epic play perfectly.
If you're a fan of Munchkin and especially if you play Epic Munchkin on a semi-regular basis, I would recommend picking up this set. If you like your games to be less chaotic and never play Epic, you may wish to
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Captain Ameritrash
United States
Statesboro
Georgia
I am not Emperor Palpatine. In other news, You Are BANISHED!!!
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Mark?
Dang. Cthulhu must have gotten him.
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