Munchkin Deluxe Board Game (Base Game), Family Board & Card Game, Adults, Kids, & Fantasy Roleplaying Game, Ages 10+, 3-6 Players, Avg Play Time 120 Min, From Steve Jackson Games

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.

It’s a great game definitely use the QR code and tutorial walk-through on your first use of the game. It’s confusing but once you get the rules down it’s very fun to play.

I just finished playing this game for the first time with my mom and my nephew, and I can't wait to get some friends together to play it again!Munchkin is a rather simple game to learn. While the rules seem a bit long, that's part of the joke. My 10-year-old nephew hadn't read the rules, but after a few turns he was figuring things out for himself and even reminding me of things. (My mom... not so much. But she'll be the first to tell you that she has no imagination, and fantasy isn't really her favorite genre anyway.) However, there's actually quite a bit of strategy to it. Between the humor and the gameplay, I can already tell it has LOTS of replay value. The first thing my nephew asked when we finished the game was "That was awesome! When can we play this again?"I do feel the need to point out a few things. First of all, while this Deluxe version does come with a board, Munchkin is a card game, not a board game. The board is just a (very) convenient way to keep track of each player's progress and to help keep the stacks of cards a bit orderly. (One of my mom's complaints was that we didn't seem to be moving the pieces around the board fast enough. My nephew's response was "Well, it's really a card game.") It's entirely possible to play the game with a few counters (such as 10-sided dice) or a few sheets of scratch paper, and the only real difference between the regular and Deluxe versions of the game is the addition of a board and tokens.Also, if you're going to be playing the game regularly, you'll probably want to buy one (or more) of the several available expansions. With three players, we went through half of the cards in a single game. Since part of the fun of the game is wondering what cards are going to show up next, more is definitely better. Fortunately, there are currently about 7 major expansions (of about 100 cards each) and about a dozen minor expansions (of about 15 cards each), in addition to the different variants. So it will be easy to spice things up a bit if the game starts feeling a bit repetitive.Finally, Munchkin is a parody of fantasy roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons. If you've played those kinds of games before or you just like the fantasy genre, you'll probably have a lot of fun playing this game. If not, you might want to look into one of the several other versions of the game, such as Star Munchkin (sci-fi), Munchkin Fu (martial arts movies), Super Munchkin (superheros), Munchkin Bites! (vampires, werewolves, and etc.), Munchkin Zombie (self-explanatory), Munchkin Booty (pirates), The Good The Bad And The Munchkin (westerns), etc. There's a Munchkin for just about everyone. And it's fairly easy to combine different versions of the game if you want.I play a lot of card games and board games with my friends. In the past year (and that I can remember), we've played Apples To Apples, The Game of Things, Trivial Pursuit, Clue, Say Anything, and good old-fashioned poker. But I think Munchkin is going to be a new favorite, and frequent part of game night.

I purchased this game for my 23 yr old son’s birthday per his request. Both his older brother and he loves the Munchkin games and Warhammer 40K. My son stated that it was definitely worth the money, the gameplay is great and they had fun playing it. The color accuracy was to be expected. They found much like other munchkins games pacing and strategy were as expected. He told me several times how thankful he was that he received it as a gift.