Smash UpThe Most Awesomest-est Game Ever!2016-09-25T19:34:27Zhttps://www.alderac.com/smashup/feed/atom/Todd Rowlandhttp://www.alderac.com/smashup/?p=7032015-07-08T14:42:13Z2015-07-08T14:41:50ZGen Con is almost here! And with that, you will be able to unleash the Munchkins on your Smash Up game. Here’s a look at a few more cards that will be at your disposal.

Smash Up: Munchkin will be on sale in August, at Gen Con Indy and your friendly local game stores, from Steve Jackson Games and AEG.

You can’t be without your bratwurst in a battle, every halfling knows that!

And he even brings another monster with him! So bonus preview, suppose that’s good.

]]>Todd Rowlandhttp://www.alderac.com/smashup/?p=6912015-06-12T12:57:36Z2015-06-12T12:57:36ZOrcs have a very simple work ethic. Let the others work, then take what they earned. Seems like a good plan.

Taking things is not the Orcs only focus, they do like to chop up things too.

]]>Todd Rowlandhttp://www.alderac.com/smashup/?p=6872015-06-10T14:05:09Z2015-06-10T14:05:09ZOut of the frying pan, and hanging out with the Friar. This look at the Clerics faction from Smash Up: Munchkin may look a little like the Pirates at first, but looks can be deceiving. While they share this mechanic on this card, the overall focus of the Clerics takes things in a very different direction. Now turn to page 545 in your hymnal and we’ll sing “Oh Loot That Rains Down from on High”.

]]>Todd Rowlandhttp://www.alderac.com/smashup/?p=6812015-06-06T01:35:35Z2015-06-05T21:11:38ZWell, with all these monsters appearing Smash Up: Munchkin, don’t you think there would be lots of cards to manipulate and use them, even if you don’t have Munchkin bases in play? Of course there will be, who would assume there wouldn’t be? (hint hint social media…). Anyhoo… here is the first preview from the Mages faction!

]]>Todd Rowlandhttp://www.alderac.com/smashup/?p=6652015-06-01T15:13:58Z2015-06-01T15:06:26ZIt wouldn’t be a Smash Up game of Munchkin without Monsters and Treasures! These two new card types add unique excitement to games featuring Munchkin factions. Bases are not all that they seem, and you can also reap rewards! Read on to learn all about how they work and see a few.

Monsters and treasures are new special types of cards in Smash Up Munchkin. During setup, the treasures are shuffled together to form their own deck and the monsters shuffled to form theirs. These are put to the side for any player to use when necessary. Players may not draw from these decks unless instructed to do so during the course of the game. Each of these decks has its own discard pile and any time a treasure or a monster leaves the play area, it goes to the appropriate discard pile, not to a player’s discard pile.

Monsters
Bases in Smash Up Munchkin have a monster number (see below). Whenever a base is put into play, that many monsters are drawn from the monster deck and played on the base. To save table space, you may overlap the monster cards so only their power and abilities show. Monsters are minions, and their abilities trigger just as with normal minions.

Monsters are a special type of minion card. They have a treasure number. If a monster is destroyed, the player who controls the effect that destroys it draws that many treasure cards and places them in his or her hand. If a base with monsters on it scores, the treasures for all the remaining monsters are shared among the players with minions there (see Getting Loot below).

Monsters are treated as normal minions in all ways except:

When a base is played that has a monster number on it, that many monsters are played from the deck onto the base.

Monsters do not count against the threshold of the base they are on. Instead, they ADD to the breakpoint of the base. If someone takes control of a monster, however, it stops adding to the base’s breakpoint and acts as a normal minion of that player.

Monsters are not played from players’ hands but directly from the top of the monster deck. They can only be played by cards that specifically say to play a monster. Playing a monster does not count against a player’s limit of one minion per turn.

Monsters always go to their own discard pile when they leave play.

Monsters have no owner or faction, so cards that refer to a minion’s owner do not apply to monsters.

Treasures

Treasures are treated as normal actions and minions in all ways, except:

Treasures go to their own discard pile when they leave play.

Treasures have no owner or faction. However, they do have a controller as normal.

Getting Loot

After awarding VPs, if the scoring base has monsters on it, the treasure numbers of all the monsters on it are added, and that many cards from the treasure deck are revealed. Shuffle the treasure discard pile if needed. Until the treasures are all claimed, players take turns choosing one of the revealed cards to add to their hand, in order of the amount of power they have at the base, from highest to lowest. Break ties by going clockwise from the current player. A player must control a minion at the base in order to be included in the treasure distribution; however, all players with minions there are included, not just the top three.

For example, if player A and player B each have at least one minion on the base and the monsters there have a total treasure value of 5, then 5 cards will be revealed from the base. If player A had the higher total power, they will choose one of the cards, then player B will choose one, then player A will choose another, etc. Player A will get first, third, and fifth choices, and player B will get second and fourth. Player C did not have a minion on the base, and will not get any treasure.

Keep watching for more previews of monsters, treasures, and the factions that love them, as we near the August release of Smash Up: Munchkin. From Steve Jackson Games, Inc. and AEG.

]]>Todd Rowlandhttp://www.alderac.com/smashup/?p=6572015-05-29T15:54:09Z2015-05-29T15:53:08ZThe Thieves in Smash Up: Munchkin are a wily sort. You never know what you’ll be able to hang onto when they are running around the bases.

Smash Up: Munchkin is coming this August from Steve Jackson Games and AEG!

]]>Todd Rowlandhttp://www.alderac.com/smashup/?p=5992015-05-27T15:32:06Z2015-05-27T14:54:13ZHalflings. Halflings here. Halflings there… Halflings tend to turn up everywhere, all the time. Just when you think you’re free to eat a bratwurst alone… you hear the pitter-patter of little feet. And just try getting rid of them, sheesh.

Smash Up: Munchkin, from Steve Jackson Games and AEG, will release August 2015!

]]>Todd Rowlandhttp://www.alderac.com/smashup/?p=5542015-05-28T21:55:09Z2015-05-25T14:08:59ZHere is the first of many Smash Up: Munchkin previews, the Elf Help Guru! While the ability may seem counterintuitive, clever players can find ways to make this Elf win them bases, all while making friends! Smash Up: Munchkin releases at Gen Con 2015, and will feature some new twists for Smash Up. We’ll introduce those next week, along with the official product page and more! But until then, seek help. Seek Elf Help.

]]>Todd Rowlandhttp://www.alderac.com/smashup/?p=5502015-05-13T15:09:23Z2015-05-13T15:09:23ZWe’re down the top 8, go vote today and find out tomorrow which factions made it into the Smash Up: It’s Your Fault expansion in spring 2016!