Munchkin

So over the lat few weeks on my floor the board/card game Munchkin has become very popular. We have spent several late nights playing this game over and over, sacrificing sleep to play it.

Basically this charming little game is a satire of Role Playing Games like Dungeons and Dragons. You all play as a generic adventurer exploring a dungeon. Your goal in the game is to reach level ten. To do this you must defeat monsters, sell equipment, and use certain action cards to go up levels.

Everything is this game is sarcastic. Monsters range from one titled "Hoard of Lawyers" to one that is simply a giant nose, to a potted plant. You defeat these various beasties by using items such as the "Hammer of Kneecapping" or the "Singing and Dancing Sword". You can also use potions and other crazy things.

The biggest part of the game, however, is the act of betrayal. At points in the game it becomes less about going up levels yourselves as it becomes trying to stop someone else from going up a level. You can play your potions to, instead of making the adventurer stronger, making the monster stronger. There ends up being a lot of treachery and backstabbing, which makes for a wonderful game.

This is all in all a great game that is very fun to play when you have an hour to blow. The best part about it is that it is endlessly expandable. There are currently 25 different expansions to the original game, each with around a hundred new cards.

Come by Baker during open dorms sometime to play this fun little game.