Munchkin

[helen]

Encountered a set of games called Munchkin by Steven Jackson Games, the base game seems to be a parody of the dungeon and dragon genre.

Has anyone played this game or any other variations from The World of Munchkin series?

[helen]

Re: Munchkin

I purchased the base Munchkin game some years ago and played it once with two other people.

The game series has a running joke with "you start off as a level 1 human with no class".

At this point in time there are 15 games which are:

• Munchkin (base game - on the Dungeons and Dragons genre)
• Star Munchkin (space opera)
• Munchkin Fu (martial arts)
• Munchkin Bites! (horror - vampire)
• Super Munchkin (superhero)
• Munchkin Impossible (spy)
• Munchkin Cthulhu (horror)
• The Good, The Bad, and The Munchkin (western)
• Munchkin Booty (pirate)
• Munchkin Zombies (horror)
• Munchkin Axe Cop
• Munchkin Conan
• Munchkin Apocalypse (end of the world)
• Munchkin Legends (a collection of various fantasy stories)
• Munchkin Pathfinder

The game tends to parody common things and tries to twist it in a humorous way. For instance in the base Munchkin game there is a card that says a 11 foot pole (based on the saying "I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole").