Just when you’re looking for a stocking stuffer for your favorite Dungeons & Dragons gamer, Wizards of the Coast steps in with an update to one of its classic card games. The Great Dalmuti is a multi-player card game from the mind of Richard Garfield, creator of Magic the Gathering. Artist Harry Conway has provided the D&D spin on the cards, but the core rules remain the same. It’s available now here at Amazon, and via your local game shop.
Review by C.J. Bunce
This week the Wizards of the Coast roleplaying game team introduces a third way to enter its family friendly world of Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying fun in a card game format with Dungeon Mayhem: Monster Madness. Along with the barbarian Sutha the Skullcrusher, the wizard Azzan the Mystic, the paladin Lia the Radiant, and the rogue Oriax the Clever from 2018’s Dungeon Mayhem base card game, and ranger Minsc with his miniature-giant space hamster, Boo, and the shapeshifting druid Jaheira from the Battle for Baldur’s Gate expansion pack, players now have six new monsters to add to the mix, and a stylized deluxe box that allows for all 12 character card decks to be housed in one place and played as a single game for up to six players.
In Dungeon Mayhem: Monster Madness, you play as one of six D&D monsters, each with their own way to charm, crush, disintegrate, and devour their foes. They include the beholder Delilah Deathray, the mind flayer Dr. Tentaculous, Blorp the gelatinous cube, the killer lounge chair mimic Mimi Lechaise, the red dragon Lord Cinderpuff, and the owlbear Hoots McGoots. Select a character from the core deck and one from the six monsters or combine decks from any past edition you have–each player chooses a character and corresponding deck of cards and all prepare for mayhem.
If you enjoyed the previously released six characters, you’re going to love mixing them up with the new six. Their personalities are smartly coordinated with their individual powers, and players will soon find their own favorites. Kids of all ages will love attacks like crushing hugs from an owlbear, or defending an attack from a rogue using “all the daggers.” Whether prompted by an evil sneer from a wizard or an eviler sneer from a dragon, everyone will have fun with the now complete set of Dungeon Mayhem characters.
Kick open the door. Kill the monster. Steal the treasure. Any questions?
Munchkin is the popular role-playing card game created by Steve Jackson with its trademark cartoon fantasy heroes and monsters illustrated by John Kovalic. A humorous parody on the role-playing genre, the card game has taken off with fantasy and non-fantasy fans alike, now available in expansion sets including Munchkin Conan, Munchkin Zombies, Munchkin Steampunk, Munchkin Adventure Time, and even Munchkin Cthulhu, among many other editions.
Tomorrow BOOM! Studios’ BOOM! Box division is releasing the first issue of a new comic book series featuring the characters, world, artwork and humor of the game. And game players will want to add the series to their local comic book shop pull lists as each monthly issue will ship with an exclusive game card. We have a preview of Issue #1, variant covers, and a peek at the first three game cards for you, courtesy of BOOM! Studios, after the break.
Written as an anthology, Issue #1 includes three stories.
Tom Siddell (Gunnerkrigg Court) is the writer of the first two stories with that familiar Munchkin art style drawn by Mike Holmes (Bravest Warriors, Adventure Time), with Fred Stresing colors, and Jim Campbell medieval lettering. Story one asks the question: What is a Munchkin? Introducing readers to the nature of the characters in the role-playing game, and such vital concepts as the art and skill of betrayal and backstabbery. If you haven’t played the card game you’ll discover quickly whether it is for you (it probably is).
