Friday 26 December 2014

Munchkins!

Defeat the Gelatinous Octahedron and the Potted Plant with the aid of the Boots of Butt-kicking or the Slimy Armour! Meanwhile, watch out for curses like the Duck of Doom or even the terrible Income Tax!

Me and my brothers got Munchkin as a Christmas present. Munchkin is a really funny, simple game -- without all that complicated role-playing stuff! We had to look at the rules every five minutes at first, but since then we got the hang of it.

You get treasures, like the slimy armor, by killing monsters. Sometimes, the better players speed ahead of everybody else, because of the positive circle generated. You get bigger treasures by killing worse monsters, kill worse monsters by getting bigger treasures, gain more levels by killing worse monsters, and kill worse monsters by gaining more levels. To compensate for this, there is a charity phase, in which you give all but five cards to the lowest level player.

This can mean a lot of cards around the board get circulated around the game for a while, before getting worn down by monsters, curses, and other cards played.

Here are the three best things about Munchkin:

1.   It is a really funny game. My favorite monster is the Net Troll, who is dangerous because he does not have any special abilities, and is really mad about it.

2.   There are so many fifteen-card sets you can buy, and add to the decks. I once played, at a relatives house, a Christmas version of Munchkin. It included monsters like Kris Kringle!

3.   You can play the game with a lot of players. Six, to be exact.

Since this is a full review, here are the two worst things about Munchkin:

1.   Many times, my brothers spent a long time thinking about what to give to who in the Charity phase, and we did not even have time to finish our first game.

2.   Once, we all spent a very long time at level 1. After level 1, it is easier to gain levels, but it sometimes takes a while to launch off.


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