Monday, June 04, 2012

I agree, Munchkin is awful. The game play is terrible and it really is just a vehicle for a bunch of sophomoric, silly gaming jokes, funny only to 15 year olds. I have no idea how Steve Jackson has made a business model out of that shit. Seemingly gone are the days of development of quirky but fun games like GURPS, Ogre "You Asshole", Car Wars and Illuminati. Now we have:

Munchkin
Munchkin 2 - Unnatural Axe
Munchkin 3 - Clerical Errors
Munchkin 3.5 - Clerical Errata
Munchkin 4 - The Need For Steed
Munchkin 5 - De-Ranged
Munchkin 6 - Demented Dungeons
Munchkin 7 – More Good Cards
Star Munchkin
Star Munchkin 2 – The Clown Wars
Munchkin Fu
Munchkin Fu 2 – Monky Business
Munchkin Bites!
Munchkin Bites! 2 – Pants Macabre
Super Munchkin
Super Munchkin 2 – The Narrow S Cape
Munchkin Impossible
Munchkin Cthulhu
Munchkin Cthulhu 2 – Call of Cowthulhu
Munchkin Cthulhu 3 – The Unspeakable Vault
The Good, The Bad, and The Munchkin
Munchkin Booty
Munchkin Booty 2 - Jump The Shark
Munchkin Blender
Munchkin Zombies
Munchkin Zombies 2 - Armed and Dangerous
Munchkin Axe Cop
Munchkin Dice
Munchkin Miniatures

Yay fun... Not!

Nightfall was really fun. eLzar and I played a few times and the mechanics have a few good hooks. He had mentioned the iOS tutorial isn't very straight forward, but the game play isn't difficult. The hard part is getting your head wrapped around the peculiar "Chain" mechanism that is at the heart of the game. Once you get that, it is very simple to play.

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