Earlier this year, we provided Munchkin Second Edition backers an exclusive look at the first expansion, Munchkin: Duck of Many Things. We’re happy to announce you can now add these 150 cards to your collection. Munchkin: Duck of Many Things includes cards from Munchkin 2 — Unnatural Axe, Munchkin 3 — Clerical Errors, and a few other surprises, including the Bard Class!

Head over to your favorite friendly local game store, preferred online retailer, or to our very own Warehouse 23 to secure your copy. 

Warehouse 23 recently received our reprint shipment of the Munchkin Big Box Upgrade Set. We are still putting together the product page and checking the final boxes, but once we're done, we will make it available on Warehouse 23. Make sure you’re subscribed to Munchkin Monthly to be notified when you can add the Munchkin Big Box Upgrade Set to your collection. 

Steve has been hitting the convention scene hard this year, most recently returning from a trip to Gamehole Con where he ran many playtest games, and had this to say: 

“We just got back from Gamehole Con (great con, you should go!!) where Will Schoonover, Nancy Hutchins, and I ran a lot of demo games of the second edition of Munchkin. They all went smoothly, and most of them were significantly faster than the first edition (the exception, for me, was the game where the young boy kept playing his +10 Monster Enhancer card and then saying "Just kidding" and taking it back. It was actually a surprise when he played it for real, which just goes to show!). Every single comment that I got was favorable. The shiny gold coins were especially well received. I sweated blood to get as many of those as possible into the game, but in my experience so far nobody comes close to running out . . . usually, people spend to get a level every time they collect 10.”

Overall, we’re seeing a lot of great feedback on Munchkin Second Edition, with the new shiny Gold Coins doing their best to steal the show. What are you enjoying most about Munchkin Second Edition? Tell us in the comments!

The Munchkin 5.5e RPG is still going strong on Backerkit, with quite a bit of time left to go! Head over to the campaign to check out the eight different stretch goals they’ve unlocked so far, including additional adventures, more curses and cursed items, and a bonus for the writers! 

That’s all we have for today! If you have any questions, leave a comment below or visit our help site to send a message. 

 - Darryll 

Hello everyone!

We have some great progress to report on fulfillment, as well as plenty of other exciting news to share. 

US: We are still receiving trickle damage reports, but we believe we are 99.9% complete with US fulfillment. If you have not yet received your Munchkin Second Edition pledge items and live in the United States, please let us know by clicking here and leaving us a message.

EU: We’re happy to report that, based on our information, the European GamesQuest team has completely fulfilled all backers in the EU who completed their surveys. Should you run into any issues with your shipment, please reach out to GamesQuest for help by clicking here. 

UK: As we mentioned in our last update, we were still awaiting inventory to arrive. We’re working through the inventory check-in process, and it will ship to backers immediately after. GamesQuest appears to be presenting some shipments to the carrier as of this morning. Please be on the lookout for your pledge shipment over the next 3-10 business days. 

AU & NZ: We received word from our fulfillment partner that all shipments within Australia and New Zealand have been dispatched. 

Have you signed up for the Munchkin Monthly Newsletter? If not, you’re missing out on new and exclusive rules that come out every month! 

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Munchkin 5.5e Ye Olde Rulebook is a sourcebook and adventure book for the tabletop RPG you've been pretending to play correctly.

This campaign brings not only Ye Olde Rulebook to your table for maximum chaos, but also The Deadliest Dungeon where you can test your mettle and absolutely, definitely, totally follow the rules. Fight new monsters, trigger new and interesting traps, and hoard useful loot. It will all be useful. Probably.

Click here to learn even more!

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That's all we have for today! Leave a comment below if you have any questions or visit our help page to leave us a message. 

- Darryll

Hello everyone!

Thank you all for being so patient and understanding while our small team worked through the incoming messages regarding the bagged shipments. In total, we received more than 500 reports of damage, which took us some time to process as we responded to everyone. Among the requests, many of you offered words of support and general thanks, while others took the situation in stride with a cheerful email. Your support always serves as a great reminder of why we do this.

As you might expect, we've received a number of important updates regarding fulfillment and want to keep you informed about what to expect. We also want to mention that we see the project itself was marked as 'fulfilled'. We don't have any control over that designation, and we will ask BackerKit for more information.

Thank you so much to each and every backer who reached out to us about the damages. We've been quietly working to finalize reships, and are happy to share that we expect them to begin shipping this week. You can expect to receive these very soon. We will let everyone know when we've heard that replacement shipments have concluded via a pinned comment reply to this update.

A small number of US shipments are still outstanding. We've identified what appears to be 198 outstanding orders. There are 25 orders remaining to be shipped from Warehouse 23 that contain add-ons, along with 60 retail orders. We are also tracking 113 orders that were not included in any previous fulfillment waves. We expect to ship these pledges immediately after the damage replacements go out.

We are very close to beginning shipping for both the UK and EU countries. We've heard some good news regarding inventory from GamesQuest this morning. They've also informed us they are expecting to send out address verification notices later this week. Please make sure to keep an eye on your email to confirm whether an address update is needed.

We expect shipping for the EU to begin on August 31, while UK orders are currently slated to begin shipping on September 14.

To our friends in Australia and New Zealand, you'll be happy to know that our fulfillment partner (Let's Play Games) notified us over the weekend that inventory has arrived. They are currently working through a bit of a backlog, but they expect to begin fulfillment the week of August 31.

We're excited to partner up with GamesQuest and Let's Play Games to get your pledges in your hands. As always, if you have any questions, please leave a comment below or visit our help page to leave us a message. 

Thank you

- Darryll

We’re throwing the ultimate Munchkin party at Gen Con, and we want you to be there!

The Munchkin 25th Anniversary Party is being held in celebration of 25 epic years of your favorite monster-slaying, Treasure-stealing, buddy-stabbing card game.

It will take place on Friday, July 31 at Tavern on South, only a short walk from the Indianapolis Convention Center. The party begins at 7:30 pm and concludes at 10:00 pm, but VIP ticket holders can enter early at 7:00 pm!

You'll begin your evening by picking up your goodie bag, which will be filled with Treasures like a Munchkin d6, a party-specific badge ribbon, an exclusive pin, a branded Munchkin sugar cookie, and more!

Next, you'll receive a character card for an (optional) quest throughout the evening. There are eight stations around the venue, like a photo booth and a memory wall, where you can collect stickers to try to get your character to Level 10. When you do, the card has a special in-game rule and becomes usable in all your future Munchkin games!

Food, a mocktail, and soft drinks are included, and we will have an extensive menu of heavy hors d'oeuvres. The mocktails will be themed to potions in Munchkin!

If you purchase a VIP ticket, you’ll get extra goodies in your welcome bag, early entry, and a custom, hand-drawn caricature of yourself by Munchkin artist Lar deSouza to take home from the party – and it also includes an in-game rule!

Best of all, Steve Jackson will be there to meet and sign autographs for all attendees!

Tickets are extremely limited and selling fast, so grab yours on TicketSpice 

Hello everyone,

Yesterday morning we were made aware of a distressing issue. Via a help request, we learned that a number of US backers were sent their Munchkin Second Edition pledges in plastic shipping bags. Obviously this created an early morning stir, and we worked to track down every bit of information that we could about what was happening.  

What we know:

What we did:

What changes:

What we need from you:

We want to be clear: 

We're apologize to each and every backer that had or will have a damaged copy show up on their doorstep because it was bagged, and we're right along side you in our disappointment over the situation. Please reach out to us so we can correct it. 

Thank you,

- Darryll

Hello everyone!

We have another big crunchy update for you, so we’re going to get right to it!

United States: Shipping is currently underway. We have shipped approximately 400 pledges out from Warehouse 23, while our secondary team is actively staging to begin fulfillment. Once we get the thumbs up that fulfillment has begun, we will let you know how things are progressing.

Canada: Canadian fulfillment is already well underway, and we are already seeing some results. According to our information, all Canadian backers should expect to receive their package soon, as many are already on their way to you! To our friends to the north – thank you for your support! 

United Kingdom & European Union: We are working with GamesQuest to handle the fulfillment of Munchkin Second Edition. Due to some logistical restraints along with current events, Munchkin Second Edition was paired with Fighting Fantasy Set 2 on the outbound shipments. We don’t have specifics yet, but we're targeting an August delivery and will work to get these to you as soon as possible. 

Australia/New Zealand: We are working with a local team in the region to assist us with fulfillment. Similar to the UK and EU shipments, these shipments were paired with Fighting Fantasy Set 2 items and will be delivered together to Sydney. We expect delivery in late July, and we will work with the local team to get your shipments to you as soon as possible. 

Rest of World:  Pledges headed out to the Rest of World will be handled by Warehouse 23 in Austin. We will ship your pledge directly to you, and you will receive an email notification once the process has started. We expect to begin shortly.

We’re really excited to see these go out, and we appreciate your patience as our teams pack and ship your pledges!

Near the end of the campaign, we had to make the difficult decision to limit the number of Big Box Upgrade Sets available to help us stay ahead of manufacturing deadlines. We recently received news that the second wave of Upgrade Sets will be completed in late July. Unfortunately, it’s too far behind in the process to be included in the upcoming fulfillment, but we will make these available and let you know where to find them.

We’re happy to share that we are in the process of digitally distributing these items. Backers who selected Munchkin Digital as an add-on during the survey will receive a code redeemable on Steam found within the BackerKit Digital Locker. All other backers will receive the exclusive character skins for your support of Munchkin Second Edition. These skins can be redeemed on the Dire Wolf website, allowing you to use the skins on Steam, Apple Store, and Google Play compatible devices. 

Be on the lookout for an email from BackerKit with your code!

We are going to be sharing a fun announcement, and the first to hear about it will be those on the Munchkin Monthly email newsletter. Sign up for the Munchkin Monthly newsletter to be among the first to learn about everything Munchkin!

Read the newest issue and sign up here!

Warehouse 23 is still accepting pre-orders for our two Munchkin 25th anniversary t-shirt designs. We want to be sure we order enough (but not too many!). Make sure to get your pre-order in soon!

That was definitely a lot of news, but we've reached the end and that's all we have left to share for today. Should you have any questions, please leave a comment below or visit our help site for additional assistance. 

Thank you!
 
 - Darryll