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Smash Up: Munchkin

Mash two fantasy factions together and smash more Bases than your friends.

Smash Up: Munchkin takes the shufflebuilding game and runs it through the Munchkin world of silly fantasy. You shuffle two twenty-card factions into one forty-card deck and then try to smash more Bases than your opponents. The eight factions here are Clerics, Halflings, Orcs, Warriors, Elves, Thieves, Dwarves and Mages, and each brings its own tricks, so every pairing plays differently. Whoever has the most power on a Base when it breaks scores points, but second and third place score too. Two to four players, about 45 minutes, from age 12, published in 2015.

Eight Munchkin factionsShuffle two factions into one deckSmash Bases for points

Who it's for

You like Munchkin humor or Smash Up and enjoy combining weird factions into surprising decks.

Not for you if…

You want a long-term strategic game or you dislike take-that cards that mess with your plans.

Vibe's take

Quick, bouncy and a bit mean. Every faction pair plays differently, and the fun is figuring out how your two odd halves fit together while you steal Bases out from under people.

#4,049 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2015 · 11 years ago

older than 63% of games

In 6,221 collections

collected more than 66% of games

2–4 players · ages 12+

Best with 3

about 45 min

shorter than 51% of games · typical 30–90 min

Complexity: medium

One warm-up round · 2.2 out of 5 · heavier than 57%

Opinions: divided

Some love it, others really don’t

Language: some text

Text on cards or in the rules

Play style: competitive

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