The

Mun

chkin

s hav

e lef

t the

dun

geon

. . .

they

’re i

n or

bit,

ram

pagi

ng t

hrou

gh t

he S

pace

Sta

tion,

kill

ing

the

mon

ster

s an

dta

king

th

eir

stuf

f! St

ar

Mun

chki

nis

ba

sed

on

the

orig

inal

Mun

chki

nan

d ca

n be

com

bine

d w

ith it

(see

the

last

pag

e).

This

gam

e in

clud

es 1

68 c

ards

, the

se r

ules

, and

one

die

.

Setu

p3

to 6

can

pla

y. Y

ou w

ill n

eed

10 to

kens

(coi

ns, p

oker

chi

ps,

wha

teve

r –

or a

ny g

adge

t tha

t cou

nts

to 1

0) fo

r ea

ch p

laye

r.D

ivid

e th

e ca

rds i

nto

the

Stat

ion

deck

(with

a d

oor o

n th

e ba

ck)

and

the

Trea

sure

dec

k (w

ith a

pile

of

loot

on

the

back

). Sh

uffle

both

dec

ks. D

eal t

wo

card

s fro

m e

ach

deck

to e

ach

play

er.

Card

Man

agem

ent

Keep

sep

arat

e fa

ce-u

p di

scar

d pi

les

for

the

two

deck

s. W

hen

a de

ck ru

ns o

ut, r

eshu

ffle

its d

isca

rds.

If a

dec

k ru

ns o

ut a

nd th

ere

are

no d

isca

rds,

nob

ody

can

draw

any

of t

hat k

ind

of c

ard!

Your

Han

d:C

ards

in

your

han

d ar

e no

t in

pla

y. T

hey

don’

the

lp y

ou,

but

they

can

’t be

tak

en a

way

exc

ept

by c

ards

tha

tsp

ecifi

cally

affe

ct “

your

han

d” r

athe

r th

an t

he i

tem

s yo

u ar

eca

rryi

ng. A

t the

end

of y

our t

urn,

you

may

hav

e no

mor

e th

an fi

veca

rds

in y

our

hand

.C

arri

ed It

ems:

Trea

sure

car

ds c

an b

e pl

ayed

in fr

ont o

f you

tobe

com

e “c

arrie

d ite

ms.

” Se

e It

ems,

belo

w.

Whe

n C

ards

Can

Be

Play

ed: E

ach

type

of c

ard

can

be p

laye

dat

a s

peci

fied

time

(see

bel

ow).

Car

ds in

pla

y m

ay n

ot b

e re

turn

ed to

you

r ha

nd –

they

mus

tbe

dis

card

ed o

r tra

ded

if yo

u w

ant t

o ge

t rid

of t

hem

.

Char

acte

r Cre

ation

Ever

yone

sta

rts a

s a

Leve

l 1

hum

anw

ith n

o cl

ass.

(Heh

, heh

.)Lo

ok a

t yo

ur s

tarti

ng c

ards

. If

you

have

an

y R

ace

card

s(C

ybor

g,M

utan

t, Fe

line)

or

Cla

ssca

rds

(Psy

chic

, B

ount

y H

unte

r, Tr

ader

,G

adge

teer

), yo

u m

ay (

if yo

u lik

e)pl

ay o

ne o

f eac

h ty

pe b

y pl

acin

g it

infro

nt o

f yo

u. I

f yo

u ha

ve a

ny I

tem

orSi

deki

ckca

rds,

you

may

pla

y th

em a

sw

ell.

If yo

u ha

ve a

ny d

oubt

abo

ut w

heth

er y

ou s

houl

d pl

ay a

card

, you

cou

ld r

ead

belo

w, o

r ju

st c

harg

e ah

ead

and

do it

.

Star

ting a

nd Fi

nishin

g the

Gam

eD

ecid

e w

ho g

oes

first

in a

ny a

gree

able

man

ner.

Heh

, heh

.Pl

ay p

roce

eds

in tu

rns,

eac

h w

ith s

ever

al p

hase

s (s

ee b

elow

).W

hen

the

first

pla

yer

finis

hes,

the

pla

yer

to h

is l

eft

goes

, an

d so

on. Th

e fir

st p

laye

r to

rea

ch 1

0th

leve

l w

ins

. .

. bu

t yo

u m

ust

reac

h 10

th le

vel b

y ki

lling

a m

onst

er. I

f tw

o pl

ayer

s ki

ll a

mon

ster

toge

ther

and

rea

ch 1

0th

leve

l at t

he s

ame

time,

they

bot

h w

in.

Turn

Pha

ses

(1)

Ope

n A

Doo

r:D

raw

one

car

d fro

m th

e St

atio

n de

ck a

ndtu

rn i

t fa

ce u

p. I

f it’

s a

mon

ster

, yo

u m

ust

fight

it.

See

Com

bat.

Reso

lve

the

com

bat c

ompl

etel

y be

fore

you

go

on. I

f you

kill

it, g

oup

a le

vel (

or, f

or a

big

mon

ster

, tw

o le

vels

– it

will

say

so

on th

eca

rd). If

the

card

is

a tra

p –

see

Trap

s, b

elow

– i

t ap

plie

s to

you

im

med

iate

ly (i

f it c

an) a

nd is

dis

card

ed.

If yo

u dr

aw a

ny o

ther

car

d, y

ou m

ay e

ither

put

it in

you

r han

dor

pla

y it

imm

edia

tely

.

(2)

Look

For

Tro

uble

:If

you

did

NO

T en

coun

ter

a m

onst

erw

hen

you

first

ope

ned

the

door

, yo

u no

w h

ave

the

optio

n of

play

ing

a m

onst

er (i

f you

hav

e on

e) fr

om y

our

hand

and

fight

ing

it, a

s de

scrib

ed a

bove

. D

on’t

play

a m

onst

er y

ou c

an’t

hand

le,

unle

ss y

ou’re

sur

e yo

u ca

n co

unt o

n ge

tting

hel

p!

(3)

Loot

The

Roo

m: I

f you

kill

ed a

mon

ster

, tak

e th

e nu

mbe

rof

Tre

asur

es s

how

n on

the

mon

ster

car

d. D

raw

them

face

dow

nif

you

kille

d th

e m

onst

er a

lone

, or

face

up

if yo

u ha

d he

lp.

If yo

u m

et a

mon

ster

but

ran

away

, you

get

no

treas

ure!

If yo

u di

d no

t m

eet

a m

onst

er (

or m

et o

ne w

ho w

asfri

endl

y to

you

), se

arch

the

room

. Dra

w a

sec

ond

card

from

the

Stat

ion

deck

, fa

ce d

own,

and

put

it

in y

our

hand

.(F

elin

es h

ave

the

optio

n of

ope

ning

a s

econ

d do

or,

inst

ead.

)

(4)

Cha

rity

: If

you

have

mor

e th

an f

ive

card

s,gi

ve t

he e

xces

s to

the

pla

yer

with

the

low

est

leve

l. If

play

ers

are

tied

for

low

est,

divi

de t

hem

as

even

ly a

s po

ssib

le.

You

choo

se w

ho g

ets

the

bigg

er h

alf.

If YO

U a

re lo

wes

t or

tied

for

low

est,

just

dis

card

the

exce

ss.

It is

now

the

next

pla

yer’s

turn

.

Gam

e de

sign

by

Stev

e Ja

ckso

n •

Illu

stra

ted

by J

ohn

Kova

licD

evel

opm

ent

help

and

pri

nt b

uyin

g: M

onic

a St

ephe

ns •

Gra

phic

des

ign

and

art d

irect

ion:

Phi

l Ree

d •

Col

orin

g: W

ayne

Bar

rett

Play

test

ing:

Way

ne B

arre

tt, S

teve

Bri

nich

, Car

l Cam

pbel

l, M

oniq

ue C

hapm

an, A

ndy

Daw

son,

Jes

sie

Fost

er, D

rew

Hap

pli,

Bri

an N

isbe

t, W

illia

m T

opor

ek,

Ale

x Ye

ager

, and

the

inte

rnat

iona

l con

spir

acy

of M

unch

kins

In

Bla

ck. T

hank

s to

Tom

Wha

m f

or t

he A

wfu

l Gre

en T

hing

!

Cla

sses

and

Rac

esTh

ese

card

s m

ay b

e pl

ayed

to

the

tabl

e as

soo

n as

the

y ar

eac

quire

d, o

r at

any

tim

e du

ring

your

ow

n tu

rn.

Hal

f-B

reed

and

Sup

er M

unch

kin

Thes

e ar

e ca

rds

that

let y

ou h

ave,

resp

ectiv

ely,

two

race

s an

dtw

o cl

asse

s.Yo

u ca

n pl

ay H

alf-B

reed

any

tim

e yo

u ha

ve o

ne ra

ce in

pla

y;yo

u ar

e no

w h

alf t

hat r

ace

and

half

hum

an. Y

ou m

ay a

dd a

sec

-on

d ra

ce a

t the

sam

e tim

e or

late

r, as

long

as

you

still

hav

e H

alf-

Bree

d ou

t; yo

u ar

e no

w (

for

inst

ance

) ha

lf Fe

line

and

half

Mut

ant,

with

the

adva

ntag

es a

nd d

isad

vant

ages

of b

oth.

You

lose

Hal

f-Bre

ed a

t any

tim

e yo

u ha

ve n

o ra

ce c

ard

in p

lay.

You

can

play

Sup

er M

unch

kin

any

time

you

have

one

cla

ss in

play

and

you

hav

e a

seco

nd c

lass

car

d to

add

to

it. Y

ou l

ose

Supe

r M

unch

kin

if yo

u lo

se e

ither

of y

our

clas

s ca

rds.

Side

kick

sIf

you

draw

a S

idek

ick,

eith

er fa

ce u

p or

face

dow

n, y

ou m

ayus

e it

imm

edia

tely

or k

eep

it in

you

r han

d fo

r lat

er. Y

ou m

ay p

lay

it at

any

tim

e, e

ven

in c

omba

t, as

lon

g as

you

hav

e on

ly o

neSi

deki

ck in

pla

y at

a ti

me

(two

for

Trad

ers)

. You

may

dis

card

one

Side

kick

at a

ny ti

me

in o

rder

to p

lay

anot

her.

You

may

not

trad

eSi

deki

cks.

Each

Sid

ekic

k ha

s ce

rtain

pow

ers

that

can

hel

p yo

u. T

hey

can-

not

do a

nyth

ing

not

stat

ed o

n th

e ca

rd;

for

inst

ance

, th

ey c

an’t

carr

y th

ings

unl

ess

the

card

say

s th

ey c

an. A

Side

kick

is N

OT

an“i

tem

”! S

idek

icks

don

’t af

fect

a P

sych

ic’s

bonu

s fo

r fig

htin

g al

one.

ASi

deki

ck c

an s

acrif

ice

him

self

for

you

(inde

ed,

this

is

the

only

thin

g Re

d Sh

irts

are

good

for).

If y

ou lo

se a

figh

t, th

en in

stea

dof

rolli

ng to

run

away

, you

may

dis

card

one

Sid

ekic

k an

d an

ythi

ngit

is c

arry

ing.

You

aut

omat

ical

ly e

scap

e fro

m a

ll m

onst

ers

in t

hefig

ht, e

ven

if a

mon

ster

car

d sa

ys e

scap

e is

impo

ssib

le. I

f som

eone

was

hel

ping

you

in

the

fight

, YO

U d

ecid

e w

heth

er t

hat

pers

onau

tom

atic

ally

esc

apes

as

wel

l, or

mus

t rol

l to

esca

pe.

Othe

r Mun

chkin

Stuf

fTh

ere

will

be

times

whe

n it

will

hel

p yo

u to

pla

y a

Trap

or

Mon

ster

on

your

self,

or

to “

help

” an

othe

r pl

ayer

in

a w

ay t

hat

cost

s hi

m tr

easu

re. T

his

is v

ery

mun

chki

nly.

Do

it.

Trad

ing

You

may

trad

e Ite

ms

(but

not

oth

er c

ards

) with

oth

er p

laye

rs.

You

may

onl

y tra

de i

tem

s fro

m t

he t

able

– n

ot f

rom

you

r ha

nd.

You

may

trad

e at

any

tim

e ex

cept

whe

n yo

u’re

in c

omba

t – in

fact

,th

e be

st ti

me

to tr

ade

is w

hen

it’s

not y

our t

urn.

Any

item

you

rece

ive

in a

trad

e m

ust g

o to

the

tabl

e; y

ou c

an’t

sell

it un

til it

’s yo

ur tu

rn.

You

may

als

o gi

ve it

ems

away

with

out a

trad

e, to

brib

e ot

her p

laye

rs –

“I’l

l giv

e yo

u th

is T

ailg

unif

you

won

’the

lp B

ob fi

ght t

he P

lasm

oid!

”.Yo

u m

ay s

how

you

r w

hole

han

d to

othe

r pl

ayer

s. L

ike

we

coul

d st

op y

ou.

Inte

rfer

ing

Wit

h C

omba

tYo

u ca

n in

terfe

re w

ith o

ther

s’co

mba

ts i

nse

vera

l way

s:U

se a

one

-sho

t ca

rd.

If yo

u ha

ve a

gre

nade

, yo

uco

uld

help

som

eone

by

thro

win

g it

at h

is fo

e. O

f cou

rse,

you

can

“acc

iden

tally

” hi

t you

r frie

nd w

ith th

e gr

enad

e, a

ndit

will

cou

nt a

gain

sthi

m.

Play

a c

ard

to e

nhan

ce a

mon

ster

.The

se a

re c

ards

that

mak

e a

mon

ster

wor

se .

. . a

nd g

ive

it m

ore

treas

ure.

You

can

pla

y th

ese

eith

er

durin

g yo

ur

own

com

bats

or

du

ring

som

eone

el

se’s

com

bat.

Play

a w

ande

ring

mon

ster

.Th

is s

ends

a m

onst

er f

rom

you

rha

nd to

join

any

com

bat.

Trap

them

, if y

ou h

ave

a Tr

ap c

ard.

Lase

r W

eapo

nsLa

ser w

eapo

ns in

clud

e an

y ite

m w

ith a

nam

e en

ding

, mor

e or

less

, in

“ase

r.” E

ach

lase

r wea

pon

is a

2-h

ande

d w

eapo

n, b

ut a

nyan

d al

l las

er b

arre

ls c

an b

e sn

appe

d to

geth

er to

cre

ate

a si

ngle

2-

hand

ed w

eapo

n w

ith th

e po

wer

of b

oth.

For

inst

ance

, a L

aser

(+2)

and

a D

azer

(+3

) co

mbi

ne t

o cr

eate

a L

aser

-Daz

er (

+5).

Add

anot

her

Lase

r an

d it’

s a

Lase

r-Las

er-D

azer

(+7)

. And

it’s

still

just

a2-

hand

ed w

eapo

n.H

owev

er, t

he c

ombi

ned

wea

pon

can

be b

roke

n do

wn

a pi

ece

at a

tim

e if

nece

ssar

y, a

nd c

ount

s as

one

Item

for e

ach

card

mak

-in

g it

up.Y

ou c

anno

t Ann

ihila

te o

r A

ntim

atte

r th

e w

hole

wea

pon

. . .

just

one

car

d!A

ll la

ser w

eapo

ns a

re c

onsi

dere

d “f

ire”

wea

pons

.

Rul

es C

ontr

adic

tion

s or

Dis

pute

sW

hen

the

card

s di

sagr

ee w

ith th

e ru

les,

follo

w th

e ca

rds.

Any

othe

r di

sput

es s

houl

d be

set

tled

by l

oud

argu

men

ts a

mon

g th

e pl

ayer

s, w

ith th

e ow

ner o

f the

gam

e ha

ving

the

last

wor

d.

Com

bini

ng T

his

Gam

e W

ith

Mun

chki

nG

o rig

ht a

head

. You

r Mut

ant C

leric

Bou

nty

Hun

ter a

nd H

alf-E

lfH

alf-F

elin

e W

izar

d ca

n ra

mpa

ge th

roug

h th

e Sp

ace

Dun

geon

. . .

Shuf

fle a

ll th

e Tr

easu

re c

ards

from

bot

h ga

mes

toge

ther

. Shu

ffle

the

Dun

geon

and

Sta

tion

card

s tog

ethe

r and

trea

t the

m a

s the

sam

eki

nd o

f car

d; a

ny re

fere

nce

to o

ne in

clud

es th

e ot

her.

Use

the

“fas

t pla

y” ru

les

(see

abo

ve).

Trap

s an

d C

urse

s ar

e tre

ated

as

the

sam

e ki

nd o

f ca

rd.

Any

refe

renc

e to

a T

rap

also

mea

ns a

Cur

se a

nd v

ice

vers

a. Y

es, G

adge

teer

s ca

n “d

isar

m”

Cur

ses.

Like

wis

e, C

redi

ts a

nd G

old

Piec

es a

re th

esa

me

thin

g an

d ca

n be

com

bine

d to

buy

leve

ls, p

ay ta

xes,

and

so

on.

The

Hire

ling

from

Mun

chki

nis

cons

ider

ed a

Sid

ekic

k, a

nd t

he “

Kill

the

Hire

ling”

car

d ca

n be

use

d on

any

Side

kick

.B

ig

item

s (fr

om

Mun

chki

n)

and

Com

plex

ite

ms

(from

Sta

rM

unch

kin)

are

NO

T th

e sa

me

thin

g, a

nd a

ll ru

les

from

both

ga

mes

ap

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som

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lper

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rsa.

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cing

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line

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e m

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mon

ster

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two

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leve

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som

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fast

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ve y

ou a

pen

alty

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your

roll.

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u es

cape

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card

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mon

ster

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get

no

treas

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rear

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ually

no

bad

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the

card

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on-

ster

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rt yo

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you

get

aw

ay fr

om th

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atch

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ou, i

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car

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ite

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sing

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ly

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on

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any

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ach

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all

your

stu

ff. Y

ou k

eep

your

cla

ss(e

s),

race

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nd le

vel –

you

r ne

w c

hara

cter

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look

just

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you

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don

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Body

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out

you

r han

d be

side

the

card

s yo

u ha

din

pla

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tarti

ng w

ith t

he o

ne w

ith t

he h

ighe

stle

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each

oth

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ayer

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oses

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cas

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ties

in le

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roll

a di

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run

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fter

ever

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here

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isca

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ew c

hara

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app

ears

imm

edia

tely

and

can

hel

p ot

hers

in c

omba

t on

the

next

turn

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but

you

hav

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car

ds.

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your

nex

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n, s

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layi

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ss,

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tem

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ou w

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as

whe

n yo

u st

arte

d th

e ga

me.

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sure

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n yo

u ki

ll a

mon

ster,

you

get i

ts tre

asur

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ach

mon

ster h

asa

Trea

sure

num

ber o

n th

e bo

ttom

of i

ts ca

rd. D

raw

that

man

y tre

as-

ures

. Dra

w fa

ce-d

own

if yo

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lled

the

mon

ster

alon

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raw

face

-up

, so

the

who

le p

arty

can

see

wha

t you

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omeo

ne h

elpe

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u.Tr

easu

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play

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on a

s yo

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m. I

tem

card

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n be

pla

ced

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ont o

f you

. “G

o U

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Leve

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ards

can

be u

sed

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antly

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acte

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tsEa

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ally

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or, a

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dget

s, w

ith th

ree

stat

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evel

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lass

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inst

ance

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cha

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leve

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ine

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unte

rw

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attle

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sex

star

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ff th

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me

as y

our

own.

Leve

l:Th

is is

a m

easu

re o

f how

gen

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ly b

uff a

nd s

tudl

y yo

uar

e. (M

onst

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have

leve

ls, t

oo.)

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trac

k of

you

r lev

el b

y pl

ac-

ing

toke

ns i

n fro

nt o

f yo

u. L

evel

ran

ges

from

1 t

o 10

. Yo

u w

illga

in a

nd lo

se le

vels

con

stan

tly d

urin

g pl

ay.

You

gain

a le

vel w

hen

you

kill

a m

onst

er, o

r whe

n a

card

say

sth

at y

ou d

o. Y

ou c

an a

lso

sell

item

s to

buy

leve

ls (s

ee I

tem

s).

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lose

a le

vel w

hen

a ca

rd s

ays

that

you

do.

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r le

vel c

anne

ver g

o be

low

1. H

owev

er, y

our e

ffect

ive

leve

l in

a co

mba

t can

be n

egat

ive,

if e

noug

h ba

d ca

rds

are

play

ed o

n yo

u.

Race

:Cha

ract

ers

may

be

hum

an, M

utan

t, Fe

line,

or

Cyb

org.

If yo

u ha

ve n

o Ra

ce c

ard

in fr

ont o

f you

, you

are

hum

an.

Hum

ans

have

no

spec

ial a

bilit

ies.

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h ot

her

race

has

diff

er-

ent s

peci

al a

bilit

ies

or p

enal

ties

(see

the

card

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ou g

ain

the

abil-

ities

of a

rac

e th

e m

omen

t you

pla

y its

car

d in

fron

t of y

ou, a

ndlo

se t

hem

as

soon

as

you

disc

ard

that

car

d. Y

ou c

an d

isca

rd a

race

car

d at

any

tim

e, e

ven

in c

omba

t: “I

don

’t w

anna

be

aM

utan

t any

mor

e.”

Whe

n yo

u di

scar

d a

race

car

d, y

ou b

ecom

ehu

man

aga

in.

Som

e ra

ce (a

nd c

lass

) abi

litie

s ar

e po

wer

ed b

y di

scar

ds. Y

oum

ay d

isca

rd a

ny c

ard,

in p

lay

or in

you

r ha

nd, t

o po

wer

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pe-

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abi

lity.

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e th

at i

f yo

u ha

ve N

O c

ards

in

your

han

d, y

ouca

nnot

“di

scar

d yo

ur w

hole

han

d.”

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may

not

bel

ong

to m

ore

than

one

race

at o

nce

unle

ss y

oupl

ay th

e H

alf-B

reed

car

d.

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ss:

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ract

ers

may

be

Gad

gete

ers,

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chic

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rade

rs,

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unty

Hun

ters

, with

the

appr

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lass

car

d. E

ach

clas

s ha

sdi

ffere

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bilit

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sho

wn

on th

e ca

rds.

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gai

n th

e ab

ilitie

s of

acl

ass

the

mom

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ou p

lay

its c

ard

in fr

ont o

f you

, and

lose

them

as s

oon

as y

ou lo

se o

r di

scar

d th

at c

ard.

You

can

disc

ard

a C

lass

car

d at

any

tim

e, e

ven

in c

omba

t: “I

don’

t wan

na b

e a

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ay n

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elon

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mor

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ne c

lass

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once

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ess

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play

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n ite

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and

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at p

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ne C

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item

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at

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carr

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for

inst

ance

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ly o

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elp

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