The 2017 Munchkin Fan Gift Guide

Steve Jackson Games
6 min readDec 6, 2017

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By Tyeera Garza

Getting gifts for the Munchkin fan in your life at the last minute? Fear not, we’re here to help! Kick down the door and take your holidays up to level 10 with our newest Munchkin games and accessories!

New Releases

Munchkin Gift Pack

There are three hard-to-find games in this pack, each one individually gift-wrapped, so you can just stick one of the enclosed gift tags on the box, write in your Munchkin fan’s name, and go!

If your favorite munchkin loves the magic, deception, and violence found in the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, you can give them Munchkin Grimm Tidings! This comes with 114 cards featuring new art by John Kovalic. The cards depict iconic villains like evil stepmothers and treasures such as Rapunzel’s golden locks.

For your friend that loves anything to do with young wizards in school, you can gift them Munchkin Spell Skool, illustrated by Katie Cook. They’ll get to experience magic class with fun Munchkin puns! You can carry your Bubble Wand and find the Great Haul or get the Big Friendly Kid to help you. This includes 112 cards and a custom six-sided die.

Finally, Munchkin Lite is perfect for those that want to try Munchkin with fewer players. With 115 cards, it’s got all the same dungeon crawling, backstabbing, and looting fun of the original Munchkin, but you can take it anywhere and play in an hour.

We’ve also thrown in something for you! The Munchkin Gift Pack includes five new Munchkin cards and a fun holiday greeting card illustrated by Len Peralta that you can give away or keep. We won’t judge.

Pick this up at your local game store or Warehouse 23 and check three gifts off your list!

Munchkin Shakespeare Deluxe

The world of Munchkin is a stage and everyone is about to be a player in it.

For the wacky Shakespeare lover in your life, there’s nothing better than Munchkin Shakespeare Deluxe, as it includes puns inspired by the Bard combined with your favorite backstabby romp! You can use your Shake Spear to Break the Fourth Wall, Praise Caesar, and Fake your Death!

This game includes 168 cards, 12 standies, a custom die, and a beautiful gameboard to track your level.

You can get this at Warehouse 23 or your friendly local game store.

Munchkin Collectible Card Game

Though the game doesn’t come out until February 2018, we know there are lots of gamers looking forward to the release, and we wanted to give you a way to gift the game this holiday season.

Enter: The Munchkin Collectible Card Game Holiday Preorder Special!

This bundle contains 12 booster packs and all three starter sets (one of each). It’s the perfect way to get started with the Munchkin CCG!

We’ll even send you a holiday card, so you have something to put in your favorite munchkin’s stocking. They’ll be thrilled to know about the bounty of cards coming their way in February!

You can preorder this bundle on Warehouse 23, but only for a limited time!

Guest Artist Editions

This year, we concluded our celebration of 15 Years of Munchkin with three Guest Artist Editions! Each Munchkin game was illustrated by a different talented artist, and features a deluxe gameboard along with 12 player standies. All of our Guest Artist Editions are limited-run games, so you’ll be getting something really special for your loved one.

Munchkin Guest Artist Edition by Edwin Huang

The Munchkin core set is reimagined in Edwin Huang’s compelling style. We wanted to blend the cards’ wacky feel with a sense of motion and dynamism, and Edwin certainly delivered! If your friend likes Munchkin and action-oriented illustrations, they will definitely love this.

Edwin has previously worked with us on Munchkin Skullkickers and is also an artist for the Street Fighter series from Udon Entertainment. Additionally, he’s created illustrations for DC, IDW, and other Image titles.

This beautiful Munchkin Guest Artist Edition can be found at our own Warehouse 23 and in your local game store.

Super Munchkin Guest Artist Edition by Lar deSouza

Fly through the city, smash villains, backstab your teammates to grab their gadgets, reach level ten, and win! In this Guest Artist Edition of Super Munchkin, Lar deSouza merged his stylized comic art with the game’s pulpy sense of fun.

Lar deSouza has received the Prix Aurora Award for Artistic Achievement in Canadian Science Fiction and is the co-creator of the Shuster Award-winning comics Least I Could Do and Looking For Group.

You can find Super Munchkin Guest Artist Edition at your FLGS or Warehouse 23.

Munchkin Booty Guest Artist Edition by Tom Siddell

Drop your anchors for this buccaneering good time complete with pirates, sharks, and loot! In this Guest Artist Edition, Tom Siddell, best known for his webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court brings the greatest gold-grabbers in history — pirates — to the world of Munchkin.

So fight off monsters like the Viking Kittens and Lobster Mobster, and make your buddies walk the plank!

This Guest Artist Edition can be found on Warehouse 23 or at your local game store.

Munchkin Accessories

We also have some great Munchkin accessories that you can give to your favorite loot-crazy friends as stocking stuffers.

The Munchkin Shakespeare Coloring Book contains art pulled from Munchkin Shakespeare Deluxe, the most dramatic Munchkin game ever! It contains 32 pages of John Kovalic art that you can color As You Like It. Plus you can find other Shakespearian extras, like Drama Dice, a Kill-O-Meter, Spykespeare and Flowerspeare Pawns, and the Staged Demo for compatriots that are new to Munchkin!

The super-sized Munchkin Jumbo D6 include classic John Kovalic art on all sides and come with a unique pair of new Treasure cards (one each for Munchkin and Munchkin Quest). The packs are available in six different colors and come with two jumbo dice, a “Munchkin d6” and a “Monster d6.”

If your friends already have multiple flavors of Munchkin in their possession, try the Munchkin Card Sleeves Bundle. This includes 4 packages of Munchkin Doors & Treasures Card Sleeves and one package of Munchkin Dungeon Card Sleeves for a total of 290 sleeves, plus a bonus card pack with three new promos. But you have to order soon; at the end of this year the bonus card pack will be gone like Santa! Now, the munchkins in your life will be able to seamlessly blend Munchkin Pathfinder, Super Munchkin, and Munchkin: Rick and Morty!

All of these great Munchkin accessories can be ordered through Warehouse 23.

We hope this helps you make your favorite people happy this holiday season!

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