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Munchkin
Year
2001
Players
36
Play time
120min
Min age
10+
Weight
1.82
BGG rating
5.87
BGG rank
#6486
Best with
4

Local copies

Rating: 6.0

Publisher's DescriptionGo 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. OtherPart of the Munchkin series. Munchkin is a satirical card game based on the clichés and oddities of Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games. Each player starts at level 1 and the winner is the first player to reach level 10. Players can acquire familiar D&D style character classes during the game which determine to some extent the cards they can play. There are two types of cards - treasure and encounters. Each turn the current players 'kicks down the door' - drawing an encounter card from the deck. Usually this will involve battling a monster. Monsters have their own levels and players must try and overcome it using the levels, weapons and powers they have acquired during the game or run away. Other players can chose to help the player or hinder by adding extra monsters to the encounter. Defeating a monster will usually result in drawing treasure cards and acquiring levels. Being defeated by a monster results in "bad stuff" which usually involves losing levels and treasure. In May 2010, Steve Jackson Games made the "big announcement." Many rules and cards were changed. See The Great 2010 Munchkin Changeover for details. 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. Sequels: The Good, the Bad, and the Munchkin Munchkin Apocalypse Munchkin Axe Cop Munchkin Bites! Munchkin Booty Munchkin Conan Munchkin Cthulhu Munchkin Fu Munchkin Impossible Munchkin Legends Munchkin Pathfinder Munchkin Zombies Star Munchkin Super Munchkin Related Board Games Munchkin Quest Online play Vassal does not support Munchkin anymore. Former link: Vassal Module Pegasus Expansions Munchkin Sammlerbox Munchkin Sammlerkoffer Munchkin Promotional Bookmarks Munchkin Weihnachtsedition - The same as Munchkin, but with a promotional button that grants the wearer extra treasure (when worn in December). Online PlaythroughThere's a great YouTube playthrough with Will Wheaton and Steve Jackson (yes, the Steve Jackson) found here LINK

Categories

Card GameFantasyFightingHumor

Mechanics

Hand ManagementVariable Player PowersRaceTake That

Best with how many players

1
Not rec.
2
Not rec.
3
Recommended
4
Best
5
Recommended
6
Recommended
6+
Not rec.

Community votes from BoardGameGeek

Language dependence

Extensive use of text(103 of 137 votes)

Sub-rankings

  • Party Game Rank#876
  • Thematic Rank#1743

Learn to play

More videos

External data

Wikidata enrichment: 5 links · 3 facts · latest game data 06/20/2026.

Latest Wikidata run: ok · 06/20/2026.

Links

  • Official websiteworldofmunchkin.com

    Source: WikidataUpdated 06/20/2026

  • Official rulesstevejackson.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/10/2026

  • Official rulesstevejacksongames.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/12/2026

  • Official rulesstevejackson.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/11/2026

  • Official rulesstevejacksongames.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/16/2026

  • Official rulesmunchkin.game

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/14/2026

  • Official FAQmunchkin.game

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/14/2026

  • Official FAQmunchkinccg.sjgames.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/14/2026

  • Official FAQstevejackson.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/11/2026

  • Official FAQstevejackson.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/10/2026

  • Official FAQsjgames.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/11/2026

  • Official erratamunchkin.game

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/14/2026

  • Official erratastevejackson.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/11/2026

  • Official erratastevejackson.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/10/2026

  • Official erratasjgames.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/11/2026

  • Publisher supportstevejackson.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/13/2026

  • Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/11/2026

  • Publisher supportstevejacksongames.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/16/2026

  • Wikipedia (da)da.wikipedia.org

    Source: WikidataUpdated 06/20/2026

  • Wikipedia (en)en.wikipedia.org

    Source: WikidataUpdated 06/20/2026

  • Wikidatawikidata.org

    Source: WikidataUpdated 06/20/2026

  • BGG fileboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/13/2026

  • BGG fileboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/13/2026

  • BGG fileboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/13/2026

  • BGG fileboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/10/2026

  • BGG fileboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/11/2026

  • BGG fileboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/16/2026

  • BGG fileboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/11/2026

  • BGG rules threadboardgames.stackexchange.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/14/2026

  • BGG rules threadboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/10/2026

  • BGG rules threadboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/14/2026

  • BGG rules threadboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/11/2026

  • BGG rules threadboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/12/2026

  • BGG rules threadboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/16/2026

  • BGG rules threadboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/17/2026

  • BGG rules threadboardgamegeek.com

    Source: Rules agentUpdated 06/12/2026

  • Imagecommons.wikimedia.org

    Source: WikidataUpdated 06/20/2026

Facts

Publication date
2000