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You are in a dungeon. Also present in this dungeon are monsters and treasure. You have been sent on a holy quest to kill the monsters and steal the treasure. Unfortunately, everyone else in your party is trying to do the same thing.
 
''[http://www.worldofmunchkin.com/ Munchkin]'' is a card game series by [http://www.sjgames.com/ [Steve Jackson Games]]. The fundamental rules are simple and easy to learn, but the text on the cards regularly changes the rules. If you keep a sharp eye on what the rules say at this very moment, you will uncover situations where your half-Elf half-Halfling Barbarian Cleric can wield four weapons at once, send any monster he fights over to another player instead, and get the treasure from it anyway.
 
This is very [[Munchkin]]ly. Do it.
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** Munchkin Cthulhu had 3 expansions and a line of [http://www.worldofmunchkin.com/toys/chibithulhu/ plush toys.]
** The Unspeakably Awful Indescribable Horror in the standard deck may also be a Lovecraft reference.
* [[Cool School]]: The Munchkin Spell Skool.
* [[Cute Is Evil]] - it's not a fluffy kitty, it's the set's nastiest, most powerful monster. Called 'The Evil'.
** Also, the My Little Cthulhu doll, which makes it impossible to avoid [[Secret Circle of Secrets|Joining The Cult]]
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** The "Vampire Hunter" in ''Munchkin Bites'' is a [[Buffy|blond girl]] in a [[Iconic Item|strangely familiar jacket]].
** A "Bowie Knife" has the word "[[David Bowie|Ziggy]]" written on it.
** "You must fight a Rabbit! However, it's ''that'' rabbit, from [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|''that]]'' [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|movie]]. And his picture is no one else than [[Sluggy Freelance|Bun-bun]].
** Munchkin is illustrated by John Kovalic. So, it's a perfectly normal thing that the PCs sighted include [[Dork Tower|Matt, Carson, Ken and Igor.]] ''[[Dork Tower]]'' throws in a reverse [[Shout-Out]] [http://www.dorktower.com/2006/11/03/comics-archive-853/ here.]
** [[Pokémon|Pukachu, I]]--''([[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]])--ew...''
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** One of the expansions to ''Star Munchkin'' contains a plasma gun. The picture shows the item in question being carried by [[Schlock Mercenary|Sergeant Schlock.]]
** One particular encounter in ''Star Munchkin'' is an ''Ogre'' cybertank.
** One of the Space Ships in the expansion booster for Star Munchkin is "[[Firefly (TV series)|Housefly]]" which grants specific bonuses if you're using it with the cowboy set.
** ''[[Eric and the Dread Gazebo]]'': Commemorated with a [[:Filemedia:Munchkin gazebo.png|special card]].
* [[Superhero]]: Super Munchkin. That's right, munchkins trying to [[Playing Against Type|play superheroes.]] Weep.
* [[That One Rule]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] in the rulebook. "Decide who goes first by rolling the dice and arguing about the results and the meaning of this sentence and whether the fact that a word seems to be missing any effect."
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