Customer Reviews

Munchkin Quest

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I really love the Munchkin card games. My gaming group, between us, own five of the different genres of the game. One of my friends bought this game and its expansion. We've played it a few times now and I have to say, I just don't like it as much as the card games. It's a good concept, but a few glaring problems make it far less fun in my opinion.

Pros:
-Well made. Everything feels like a good quality piece. Everything you need is there and it doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart on you.
-Rules are similar enough to the card game that anybody with experience with the cards will pick up this version very quickly.
-Simple, and mostly intuitive, rules. And if you make a small mistake it won't ruin everybody's experience.

Cons:
-Individual turns can be time consuming. If one person has ways of making extra moves beyond the base three then that turn can take forever. This is especially true if they don't stop to loot rooms and just fight monster after monster after monster while laying down more and more tiles that nobody else is going to bother entering because there's no longer anything there to fight. This is a real problem because...
-...there is far less player interaction in the board game than there is in the card game. Unless you are next to a person there are only so many things you can do to another player. This makes it more like each individual playing their own game and seeing who can win first, rather than everybody playing a single boardgame. For example, I've played in a game where a player went from level six to level 10 and won the game in a single turn. The whole time they were going through the motions to do this there were no actions anybody else could take and nobody could stop them. It was four people sitting around for ten minutes while one person got to play and then it was over. Not fun.

I really wanted to like this game. It just doesn't play as smoothly as the card games and I think it is less fun due to the longer time between turns and the decreased player interactions.

First off, I would really recommend this for people who are familiar with the Munchkin card game. If you like the card game, chances are you will enjoy the board game. Although the gameplay is somewhat different, it definitely helps to know how to play the card game. It is more complicated because of the fact that you lay down dungeon tiles and have to keep track of monsters and such, but that is what makes it fun! The additional rules on the dungeon tiles add to the fun as well.

I bought this for my boyfriend as a Christmas present and we brought it over to his friend's house so we could try it out. We played it with four people, and just glanced over the rules and delved into the game. We figured that we could consult the rules as we went along (This makes it more fun but it can take longer). Of course, we did some things that might be against some of the rules but we learned for the next time. We also noticed that the game came with a die that had 6 colored sides to it, two of which we did not have player tokens for. The reason for this is that the expansion, Munchkin Quest 2: Looking for Trouble, has the two extra player pieces along with additional cards, rules, etc... It took us longer than usual to play through the game because we were trying to get the monster movement and who owns what monster down, but after a few turns, we were more confident. Next time we play, it will probably take less time because we would know how everything works.

I enjoyed the game and everyone else seemed to like it as well. The only problem is that we can't always play because it takes up so much time.

Overall it was a very fun game as long as you don't mind the complexities of Munchkin's transition to the board game. And as with most board games, it takes some time to play (the box actually states that gameplay can take up to 3 hours!). However, I would check out the reviews on [...] as they do a better job explaining it than me!

From PlayingWithmWeiner.com:

Munchkin Quest, Steve Jackson Games' latest, is Munchkin with a dynamically built, interlocking board and monsters that followed you around. If you are not familiar with Munchkin the card game, it is a game based on dungeon crawling without all that finicky "character development". You kick down a door, you fight a monster within, you gain loot, you level. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Quest takes the ever-growing insanity that is Munchkin (there are several thousand different Munchkin cards spanning several genres, all of which can be used together) and attempts to tame it into a board game. It mostly works. I appreciated having a die-rolling element in my battles, as opposed to straight level vs. level. The movement through the dungeon gave new like to the idea of exploring rooms and finding what lurks within. My favorite new twist, however is the introduction of a real endgame. In Munchkin Quest, instead of just "I beat a monster, I'm level 10, I win. Woohoo.", you have to achieve level 10, then get back to the entrance of the dungeon, where you have to fight a level 20 monster to escape.

One thing hasn't changed, however. It still takes forever to win. One of the more clever mechanics in Munchkin is the ability to throw monkey wrenches at your opponents by growing their enemies, summoning more monsters, or worse. Munchkin Quest gives some disincentive for this by letting monsters roam, meaning that the level 1 Potted Plant you pumped up to level 25 against your buddy might come to feed on you, Seymour. That isn't true of the exit monster, though. If you lose, it disappears. Thus, the end of Munchkin Quest is just like the end of Munchkin proper - a war of attrition until someone runs out of whammies.

Munchkin Quest comes out in October, shipping sparing.

I got this game for my boyfriend and he absolutely LOVES it! He's so obsessed that he makes me play it with him long distance via webcam. We have all the expansions for the card game and have been long awaiting the arrival of this board game. It makes a lot sense and can incorporate things the card game can't, such as how you can only get help from people who are nearby in the adjacent rooms. I highly recommend this for those who love the card game, and also for those who may not be too keen on the idea of card only games, since this has more visual appeal.

If you plan on getting this, also plan on getting the expansion because it is somewhat incomplete without it. The creators split it into two parts to release the game faster and make it seem cheaper.

Munchin Quest takes the popular card game and turns it into a successful D&D type dungeon crawler. Believe it or not, it is actually more fun than the card game. It's tougher to gang up on each other and the re-playability is astounding. The only down side is that a game can take up to 3 hours or longer to complete for beginners due to the increase in rules and ever expanding map. Once you get your head around everything that is going on you and your friends will master this game in no time.

I wanted to like this game...I love the Munchkin card game. But the whole thing just ends up being tedious. Each turn has many different components, and usually includes all the different elements of the monster as well, such as drawing its card, digging out its standie, rolling for it's color (which generates a card draw for that color's player) rolling for it's combat bonus, etc. A turn can have several of these monster-generation/combat sequences, and also includes searches, flee attempts, various card draws for treasure if monsters are defeated or searches are successful... a single turn can take 20 minutes. And it's not 'fun' time...it's a lot of basically doing little fiddly things and trying to remember intricate sequences of actions you're supposed to do. Then, after all that, you still have to do the 'monster move' before the next person takes their turn.

The overall effect is like a video game that's been translated wholesale into a board game, with no thought given to the reality...in a video game, the computer keeps track of all the tedious stuff for you, such as your level, your hit points, your movement allotments, the monsters levels and hitpoints and movements, and on and on. I think this actually has potential to be a fun multiplayer video game, but as a board game, frankly, it sucks.

It's as if someone said hey, lets make a D & D board game, without the DM. We'll have to make the monsters be generated by the game, and have all the players take care of their movements and behaviors. Well...there's a reason we have DMs. They make the game much more fun for everyone else.

I gave this game 2 stars for the high quality of the game components and for my suspicion that if a group of adult gamers who were already Munchkin fans were playing, it might be more fun than my experience of trying to play it as a family game. Even with bright 10-yr-olds who love the Munchkin card game, this game is way too slow and way too intricate to be an enjoyable family game.

Munchkin Quest is a fairly faithful adaption of the popular card game for a board game format.

As in the card game a big part of the game is stabbing your fellow adventures in the back. You will find many of your favorite monsters and weapons ready to play and big as life. Unlike the card game you find yourself in different rooms going your different ways.

There is also a luck factor involved, as your level totals in combat are adjusted by die(dice) roll(s). This extra bit of chance in the game makes it interesting.

The rooms themselves are double sided tiles with different advantages and disadvantages based on race, class etc.

Once you make 10th level you then have to get back to the entrance and do battle with a level 20th monster to win.

It is a fun game with two jarring weaknesses.

The first is the 4 player limit. You need to purchase an expansion to get to 6. I know this is an industry standard these days but that really stinks.

The second is time. The game tends to take a long time to play, particularly if you have skilled players playing to win. The game becomes a bit less fun if you are still fighting it out at 1 a.m.

With smaller groups the time factor is lessened but either way the game is good and worth your time and money.

A very well, easy to learn, implementation of the card game. I enjoyed playing it for the first time. Actions are made easy with "feet" counters representing one action.

It is a very fun product and a good price here on amazon. Very worth getting, but might need the expansion cause there is only 4 playable characters for the basic game.

Munchkin Quest tries to take the card game and turn it in to a dungeon crawling board game. It is moderately successful. The cards are funny, the game is interesting, and the concept is sound, but the execution is somewhat lacking. Monsters that are not defeated stick around, which is a great idea, but then when the monsters move they always manage to clump into an overwhelming mob. Then they sit there for the rest of the game as no one wants to try their luck against 40+ levels of monsters when they could just discover a new room.

Individual turns also seem to take forever and gameplay is just not interesting enough. I love the Munchkin series and have numerous expansions. I will keep playing and buying them, but I am afraid that this game will collect some dust.