A great card game is coming to Steam – don’t believe the Munchkin haters

techradar.com:

Hit tabletop card game Munchkin is being adapted into a video game, bringing the classic, if slightly derided, dungeon-delver to Steam later this year.

A tongue-in-cheek dungeon-crawler – which we just so happen to think is one of the best card games around – Munchkin puts you in the shoes of an upstart adventurer. You and your party of competitive wannabe heroes will take turns attacking satirical creatures, collecting a whole lotta loot, and discovering various magical items.

It’s all very silly. Munchkin is essentially one big spoof that takes aim at the self-indulgence of classic high fantasy games like Dungeons & Dragons. You’ll be using items like the Horny Helmet and Staff of Napalm to defeat equally weird creatures with names like Plutonium Dragon and Floating Nose.

This upcoming digital adaptation, set to release this fall, looks like a faithful recreation of the original card game. As announced(opens in new tab) by developer Dire Wolf Digital, it’ll let you play online multiplayer games of Munchkin, or a series of solo challenges, across PC, Android, and iOS devices. Even its cartoonish art style looks to have been directly carried over.

Although Munchkin has been one of the more popular tabletop card games of the last twenty years, it’s gained a fairly divisive reputation. It's often spotlighted as a fantastic gateway game for those new to the hobby. Its straightforward rules can be picked up quickly, its art is charming, and it leans into a lot of mechanics players might be familiar with from video games.

It also encourages a lot of player interaction. Between kicking down dungeon doors, you’ll be taking every opportunity to stab your friends in the back. Much of the game consists of effectively blackmailing your