Steve Jackson Games | Munchkin: Deluxe | Board Game | Ages 14+ | 1-4 Players | 30-120 Minute Playing Time

Munchkin is a great Dungeons and Dragons parody game, full of quirky humour and adorable graphics on the cards. This is a must game for any would-be geek/nerd. (Please note that the base game can be bought without the deluxe version, it just depends if you want the extras or not.) This version of Munchkin provides the base game card deck with character cards, 6 coloured plastic character tokens and a very simple 1-10 board to illustrate game progression. As mentioned you can buy it without the board or extras but play is a little more straight forward with them. There is space in the box to add in expansions but it could get messy. Thankfully each expansion to Munchkin is identifiable on the cards (you might have to scan through the deck to check). The game is both simple to dive into and great fun with great replayabilty. If you are a stickler for rules they come with the game and are dowloadable from the official Munchkin website. You play as a "Munchkin", who for all purposes is a generic treasure hunting Human character. Equip him/her with armour and weapons, change them into a thief or a cleric or wizard etc and even change their race from Dwarf to Elf and so on, using cards you have from your hand. Then "knock" on a door to find out what is in the next dungeon. The aim of the game is to get your character to level 10, simply by battling and defeating monsters. Of course it isn't as simpe as have more power than said monster. Find a monster who is too powerful to defeat and you can use potions/spells or abilities or even call on a friend (who may or may not help). Or maybe you can easily defeat the monster, in which case your friend could chose to help the monster defeat you. Things get ugly as you get closer to winning and it's never as straight forward as have the most powerful character. What I love is that even if someone is miles ahead they can come crashing down very easily. Game times can vary from 10mins to 1 hour. The more people you have the more competitive and longer the games can last. My experience has been that the various add ons are well worth a look and don't forget to checkout forums and other online stuff for variant rules etc. Buy this if: 1) You like quirky role playing games that make fun of the genre 2) You have more than 2 friends as above 3) Even if you don't like the above but want something different from Monopoly or Trivial pursuit 4) You may be willing to lose hours playing and replaying Don't buy this if: 1) You have no sense of humour 2) You really don't have more than 1 other friend 3) Monopoly is you favourtie game ever and there's nothing to beat it...

Great fun. I picked this up after purchasing Munchkin Quest and finding that a little difficult to get going (rules wise) and long running (3-4 hours a game). Munchkin is the polar opposite. With pretty much two sheets of rules, you're up and running very quality. The basic concepts of the game are easy to grasp and crucially the turns move very quickly - whereas munchkin quest could leave the other players sitting around twiddling their thumbs for an age. Artwork and flavour text of the game is great and amusing after multiple play throughs. A core concept of munchkin is 'doing over the other players' by 'being a munchkin'. In this game it feels part and parcel of the system, expected. When playing Munchkin Quest it felt far more vindictive, possibly as a result of how long it had taken you to get anywhere. On average, a 3 player game of Munchkin seems to come in at 35-45 minutes for our group of backstabbers :D One thing not clear to me initially is that you only really need the Munchkin cards to play this game. The Deluxe set comes with a board, munchkin figures and a set of cards (treasure and doors), and a dice. Whilst they figures and board aren't required, they certainly add a nice touch to the game, and keep things nice and organised. However, I thought it worth mentioning that it's pretty easy to play munchkin as a travel game by discarding the board etc and just using the cards and something like a dice to keep track of your level.

After playing this game at a friend's, we decided to buy it ourselves. We decided to get the version that came with the table top board as it made it easier to follow the game. Many hours of fun were had. May get the expansions.

Good game, mostly easy to learn. However it was sent in a plastic bag so two corners of the box were damaged and I’m now using tape on the box to stop the top of the lid separating.

There are already so many reviews of this game all over the Internet that I don't feel the need to embellish on them any more. As the title of my review suggests, this is a fantastically fun game, with plenty of silly moments of humour to keep you and your friends amused. However, all it takes is one person to get annoyed by the cards they are getting, and all of the sudden the worst will come out in you and you'll thoroughly enjoy putting them through the worst game they've ever played. Be careful of this, because this is a game you want people to come back to, and whilst it is supposed to be back-handed and unfair, it's also supposed to be light and fun. Gamers too often forget this, and start treating it like a serious competition to win, and honestly, the winning doesn't really matter. It's the joy of getting there, the thrill of 'swapping levels' with another player just as they reach the top. This game is all about the journey to the top, rather than winning the game. A great game for light-hearted gaming groups, and worth expanding upon with at least one expansion set. I've found 3-4 players to be the sweet spot for this game, and if you pad it out with one of the expansions, it makes for a more balanced, and more devious playthrough.

Super jeu, très drôle et qui dure assez longtemps. On me l'a fait découvrir et j'ai décidé de l'acheter parce qu'il m'a beaucoup plu. C'est un jeu parfait à jouer entre amis ou même en famille. C'est bien une version anglaise que je voulais donc je suis contente de mon achat. SEULEMENT, une des photos du produit montre des figurines qui font office de pions. Je pensais donc recevoir le jeu avec des figurines mais ce sont en fait des petites cartes bien cartonnées et décorées qu'on utilise en tant que pions, on les voit d'ailleurs sur la photo montrant le dessous de la boîte de jeu. L'autre photo est donc mensongère, faites attention! J'ai donc mis une étoile en moins.

Great game!

I am new to Steve Jackson's Munchkin universe and this is the only game in the set that I own (though the first expansion and apocalypse munchkin are in the mail). I would say that this is overall a great game. The game is very interactive with friends, and it's nice to help them one turn then backstab them the next. The titles of the cards are hilarious and John Kavolic did a great job on the artwork. While I do give the game five stars there are some downsides to it that may turn potential players off: 1) Though the game says three to six players I think the ideal size is 4. Once you start getting into the five and six the game becomes a lot of sitting around waiting for your turn and everyone complaining because there aren't enough classes, curses, enhancers, etc. to do anything significant when it's not your turn. I think this problem will be fixed with the expansions but for this one try to keep it at 4 (five if you have a group that loves to screw each other over every turn). 2) This may only be for my group of friends but I've noticed that everyone likes to hold on to their monster enhancers and other mischief until someone gets to lvl 9 (you win the game at lvl 10). This makes the game a little bit slow in the beginning and very long at the final level. It also makes it pointless to try and screw each other over early on because everyone is willing to help out for treasure even if the person in combat is in the lead. Also, saving all your cards till the end makes it almost impossible to reach that final lvl no matter your combat bonuses. I would highly encourage treachery throughout the game to ensure lvl 9 isn't where everyone is three quarters of the game. 3) This game is mostly straightforward but you will find different interpretations of what the cards allow you to do during the game. While most of these questions can be answered on forums or by the munchkin czar that is tedious and impractical in the middle of gameplay. I would suggest just reading the forums during some downtime after a couple of games when you know what to look out for, but you'll probably have to establish some house rules. I know I mostly talk about some of the flaws but this game is a lot of fun. I am an avid gamer of every kind and especially love board and card games. Munchkin is my favorite of them all despite its few flaws. I would also recommend the deluxe version over the standard because the deluxe includes a game board, avatar cards with both genders (important when you're declaring your sex or cursed to change your sex), and miniatures. It adds convenience to the game and minimizes "you're a ****ing liar" disputes.

Fun. Bit hard to understand at first. After 1 session you are having a ton of fun. Not a 3 player game, though. Play with minimum 4

Very fast delivery Everything perfect!!!