

In other words, you can't choose to equip a different Headgear or different Armor once combat has started. This is all covered in the rules, but not all in the same place. be careful whose help you accept! Important Note #2: Playing/Equipping/Switching Items During Combat On the other hand, if you force someone to help and they would win the game, they get to stay in. If you have forced someone to help and then the combat becomes one for the win, your helper is kicked out of the fight without penalty and you must fight alone (or ask someone to help – good luck with that). You cannot use a card or ability to force someone to help you if the combat is for the win. A Go Up a Level card played after combat, however, cannot be, because the card does not itself kill the monster. (If a card says a monster is automatically defeated, this counts as a kill unless the card says otherwise.) If you have a character ability that lets you get an extra level after winning certain combats (e.g., the level an Elf gains for helping in combat), that level can be the winning level. Note also that ANY level gained as a result of killing a monster counts as the winning level.

The corollary is that if the card does not say it can be the winning level, then it cannot be. If the card explicitly says that it can end the game, or that the level it grants can be the winning level, then obviously it can be.

certain cards specifically overrule this. If you have a card or an ability that lets you mess with another player and get a level in return, you cannot play that card or use that ability.īUT. If you are at Level 9 and something else happens that would normally let you go up a level. The general rule is that you may not reach Level 10 except by killing a monster. 1 of any Munchkin base game for more information.

See the "Conflicts Between Cards and Rules" box on p. However, there are certain rules that must be specifically contradicted by cards. In general, rules on specific cards override the general game rules. Most of the cards in Munchkin have rule effects of one type or another. We added one important question about unequipped Steeds, Vehicles, or Ships (short version: you can't) and a few others that don't quite rise to that level of universality. May 2019 update: We've cleaned up a fair number of things throughout the document. We've also made the answer to the "owner of the game" question more explicit.
