The

munchkins w

ent to the m

ovies . . .

and n

ow t

hey

’re

char

gin

g th

roug

h t

he

alle

ys o

f H

ong

Kon

g (o

r is

it

Toyk

o?Th

ey’r

e st

ill

argu

ing)

. Th

ey’v

e be

com

e n

inja

, ya

kuza

, sa

mur

ai,

and m

onks

. .

. b

ut t

hey

’re

still

killin

g th

e m

onst

ers

and t

akin

g th

eir

stuf

f. Mun

chki

n Fu

is b

ased

on

th

e or

igin

al M

unch

kin

and c

an b

e co

m-

bin

ed w

ith

it, a

nd w

ith

Sta

r M

unch

kin

(see

th

e la

st p

age)

.Th

is g

ame

incl

udes

168 c

ards,

th

ese

rule

s, a

nd o

ne

die

.

Setup

3 t

o 6 c

an p

lay.

You

will

nee

d t

his

dec

k of

car

ds

and 1

0 t

oken

s(c

oin

s, p

oker

ch

ips,

wh

atev

er –

or

any

gadge

t th

at c

oun

ts t

o 10

) fo

rea

ch p

laye

r.D

ivid

e th

e dec

k in

to t

he

Alley

car

ds

(wit

h a

doo

r on

th

e ba

ck)

and

the

Trea

sure

car

ds

(wit

h a

pile

of t

reas

ure

on t

he

back

). S

huf

fle

both

dec

ks. D

eal

two

card

s fr

om e

ach

dec

k to

eac

h p

laye

r.

Card

Managem

ent

Kee

p s

epar

ate

face

-up d

isca

rd p

iles

for

th

e tw

o dec

ks. W

hen

a d

eck

run

s ou

t, r

esh

uffl

e it

s dis

card

s. I

f a

dec

k ru

ns

out

and t

her

e ar

e n

o dis

-ca

rds,

nob

ody

can

dra

w a

ny

of t

hat

kin

d o

f ca

rd!

Your

Han

d:C

ards

in y

our

han

d a

re n

ot i

n p

lay.

Th

ey d

on’t h

elp

you,

but

th

ey c

an’t b

e ta

ken

aw

ay e

xcep

t by

car

ds

that

spec

ific

ally

affe

ct “

your

han

d”

rath

er t

han

th

e it

ems

you

are

carr

yin

g. A

t th

e en

dof

you

r tu

rn, yo

u m

ay h

ave

no

mor

e th

an f

ive

card

s in

you

r h

and.

Carr

ied

Item

s:Tr

easu

re c

ards

can

be

pla

yed i

n f

ron

t of

you

to

beco

me

“car

ried

ite

ms.

” Se

e It

ems,

bel

ow.

Whe

n Ca

rds

Can

Be P

laye

d:Ea

ch t

ype

of c

ard c

an b

e pla

yed a

t a

spec

ifie

d t

ime

(see

bel

ow).

Car

ds

in p

lay

may

not

be

retu

rned

to

your

han

d –

th

ey m

ust

bedis

card

ed o

r tr

aded

if

you

wan

t to

get

rid

of

them

.

Character C

reation

Ever

yon

e st

arts

as

a Le

vel

1 c

har

acte

r w

ith

no

clas

s an

d n

o st

yle.

(Heh

, h

eh.)

Look

at

your

in

itia

l fo

ur c

ards

. If

you

hav

e an

y Cl

ass

card

s (N

inja

,Sa

mur

ai,

Yaku

za,

or M

onk)

or

any

Styl

e ca

rds,

you

may

(if

you

lik

e)pl

ay o

ne

of e

ach

typ

e by

pla

cin

g it

in f

ron

t of

you

. If

you

hav

e an

y ca

rds

that

allow

you

to

hav

e m

ore

than

on

e cl

ass

or s

tyle

, pl

ay t

hem

too

.

An

d i

f yo

u h

ave

any

Item

or M

ook

card

s, y

ou m

ay p

lay

them

as

wel

l.If

you

hav

e an

y dou

bt a

bout

wh

eth

er y

ou s

hou

ld p

lay

a ca

rd,

you

coul

d r

ead b

elow

, or

you

cou

ld j

ust

char

ge a

hea

d a

nd d

o it

.

Starting

and

Finishing the G

ame

Dec

ide

wh

o go

es f

irst

in

any

way

you

can

agr

ee o

n. (S

nic

ker.

)Pla

y pro

ceed

s in

tur

ns,

eac

h w

ith

sev

eral

ph

ases

(se

e be

low

).W

hen

th

e fi

rst

pla

yer

fin

ish

es, th

e pla

yer

to h

is l

eft

goes

, an

d s

o on

.Th

e fi

rst

pla

yer

to r

each

10th

lev

el w

ins

. .

. bu

t yo

u m

ust

reac

h10

th l

evel

by

killin

g a

mon

ster

. If

tw

o pla

yers

kill

a m

onst

er t

oget

her

and r

each

10th

lev

el a

t th

e sa

me

tim

e, t

hey

bot

h w

in.

Turn P

hases

(1)

Ope

n A

Doo

r:D

raw

on

e ca

rd f

rom

th

e A

lley

dec

k an

d t

urn

it

face

up.

If i

t’s

a m

onst

er,

you

mus

t fi

ght

it.

See

Com

bat.

Res

olve

th

eco

mba

t co

mple

tely

bef

ore

you

go o

n.

If y

ou k

ill

it,

go u

p a

lev

el (

or,

for

a bi

g m

onst

er, tw

o le

vels

– i

t w

ill

say

so o

n t

he

card

).If

th

e ca

rd i

s a

trap

– s

ee T

raps

, be

low

– i

t ap

plies

to

you

imm

e-dia

tely

(if

it

can

) an

d i

s dis

card

ed.

If y

ou d

raw

any

oth

er c

ard, y

ou m

ay e

ith

er p

ut i

t in

you

r h

and o

rpla

y it

im

med

iate

ly.

(2)

Look

For

Tro

uble

:If

you

did

NO

T en

coun

ter

a m

onst

er w

hen

you

firs

t op

ened

th

e doo

r, y

ou n

ow h

ave

the

opti

on o

f pla

yin

g a

mon

-st

er (

if y

ou h

ave

one)

fro

m y

ou

r h

an

dan

d f

igh

tin

g it

, as

des

crib

edab

ove.

Don

’t p

lay

a m

onst

er y

ou c

an’t h

andle

, un

less

you

’re

sure

you

can

cou

nt

on g

etti

ng

hel

p!

(3)

Loot

The

Roo

m:

If y

ou k

ille

d a

mon

ster

, ta

ke t

he

num

ber

ofTr

easu

res

show

n o

n t

he

mon

ster

car

d.

Dra

w t

hem

fac

e dow

n i

f yo

uki

lled

th

e m

onst

er a

lon

e, o

r fa

ce u

p i

f yo

u h

ad h

elp.

If y

ou m

et a

mon

ster

but

ran

aw

ay, yo

u ge

t n

o tr

easu

re.

If y

ou d

id n

ot m

eet

a m

onst

er,

or m

et o

ne

wh

o w

as f

rien

dly

to

you,

yo

u se

arch

th

e em

pty

ro

om.

Dra

w

a se

con

d

card

fr

om

the

Dun

geon

dec

k, f

ace

dow

n, an

d p

lace

it

in y

our

han

d.

(4)

Char

ity:

If y

ou h

ave

mor

e th

an f

ive

card

s, g

ive

the

exce

ss t

oth

e pla

yer

wit

h t

he

low

est

leve

l. If

pla

yers

are

tie

d f

or l

owes

t, d

ivid

eth

e ca

rds

as e

ven

ly a

s pos

sibl

e, b

ut i

t’s

up t

o yo

u w

ho

gets

th

e bi

gger

hal

f. I

f YO

U a

re t

he

low

est

or t

ied f

or l

owes

t, j

ust

dis

card

th

e ex

cess

.

It i

s n

ow t

he

nex

t pla

yer’

s tu

rn.

Any

card

th

at g

ives

bon

us l

evel

s to

mon

ster

s (s

eeEn

han

cers

, ab

ove)

can

be

pla

yed o

n a

Moo

k, a

nd s

tays

wit

h h

im a

s lo

ng

as h

e live

s. O

nly

on

e su

ch c

ard c

an b

epla

yed o

n e

ach

Moo

k.A

Moo

k ca

n s

acri

fice

him

self

for

you

. If

you

lose

a f

igh

t, t

hen

in

stea

d o

f ro

llin

g to

run

aw

ay, yo

u m

ay d

isca

rd a

Moo

k.Yo

u au

tom

atic

ally

esc

ape

from

all

mo

nst

ers

in

the

figh

t,ev

en i

f a

mon

ster

car

dsa

ys e

scap

e is

im

pos

si-

ble

. If

so

meo

ne

was

hel

pin

g yo

u in

th

e fi

ght,

YO

U

dec

ide

wh

eth

erth

at p

erso

n a

utom

atic

al-

ly

esca

pes

as

w

ell,

or

mus

t ro

ll t

o es

cape.

Other M

unchkin Stuff

Ther

e w

ill

be t

imes

wh

en i

t w

ill

hel

p y

ou t

o pla

y a

Trap

or

Mon

ster

on

you

rsel

f, o

r to

“h

elp”

anot

her

pla

y-er

in

a w

ay t

hat

cos

ts h

im t

reas

ure.

Th

is i

s ve

ry m

unch

kin

ly. D

o it

.

Trad

ing

You

may

tra

de

Item

s (b

ut n

ot o

ther

car

ds)

wit

h o

ther

pla

yers

. You

may

on

ly t

rade

item

s fr

om t

he

tabl

e – n

ot f

rom

you

r h

and.

You

may

trad

e at

any

tim

e ex

cept

wh

en y

ou’r

e in

com

bat

– in

fac

t, t

he

best

tim

eto

tra

de

is w

hen

it’s

not

you

r tu

rn.

Any

item

you

rec

eive

in

a t

rade

mus

t go

to

the

tabl

e; y

ou c

an’t s

ell

it u

nti

l it

’s y

our

turn

.Yo

u m

ay a

lso

give

item

s aw

ay w

ith

out

a tr

ade,

to

brib

e ot

her

pla

y-er

s – “

I’ll g

ive

you

the

Stra

ngl

ing

Cor

d o

f Et

ern

al F

rien

dsh

ip i

f yo

uw

on’t h

elp B

ob f

igh

t th

e D

rago

n L

ady!

”.Yo

u m

ay s

how

you

r w

hol

e h

and t

o ot

her

pla

yers

. Li

ke w

e co

uld

stop

you

.

Interfering

With C

omba

tYo

u ca

n i

nte

rfer

e w

ith

oth

ers’

com

bats

in

sev

eral

way

s:U

se a

on

e-sh

ot

card

.If

you

hav

e a

Pow

der

, yo

u co

uld h

elp s

ome-

one

by t

hro

win

g it

at

his

foe.

Of co

urse

, you

can

“ac

ciden

tally”

hit

you

rfr

ien

d w

ith

th

e Po

wder

, an

d i

t w

ill

coun

t aga

inst

him

.P

lay

a c

ard

to e

nh

an

ce a

mon

ster

.See

Mon

ster

En

han

cers

, abo

ve.

You

can

pla

y th

ese

eith

er d

urin

g yo

ur o

wn

com

bats

or

dur

ing

som

e-on

e el

se’s

com

bat.

Pla

y a w

an

der

ing

mon

ster

.Th

is s

ends

a m

onst

er f

rom

you

r h

and

to j

oin

any

com

bat.

Tra

pth

em, if

you

hav

e a

Trap

car

d.

Hong

Kong

Wh

enev

er a

ny

“Hon

g K

ong”

(H

K)

mon

ster

appea

rs,

any

pla

yer

may

pla

y an

y ot

her

HK

mon

ster

fro

m h

is h

and t

o h

elp i

t ou

t.W

hen

ever

a H

K m

onst

er a

ppea

rs, a

ny

pla

yer

may

giv

e th

atm

onst

er a

ny

HK

ite

m f

rom

his

han

d o

r h

is o

wn

col

lect

ion

of I

tem

s. H

e m

ust

spec

ify

wh

ich

mon

ster

he

is h

elpin

g.Ig

nor

e th

e “h

ands”

req

uire

men

t an

d s

pec

ial p

ower

s or

lim

ita-

tion

s of

ite

ms

give

n t

o m

onst

ers.

On

ly t

he

leve

l bo

nus

es c

oun

t, a

nd

the

item

s ar

e dis

card

ed a

fter

th

e co

mba

t en

ds.

Exam

ple

: M

ia k

icks

open

a d

oor

and e

nco

unte

rs t

he

Hon

g K

ong

Ton

g. A

ndre

w t

akes

Hon

g K

ong

Kon

g fr

om h

is h

and a

nd s

ends

him

into

th

e fi

ght. E

rik

take

s th

e H

KB

ong

from

his

han

d a

nd g

ives

it

toK

ong;

its

+2 b

onus

cou

nts

for

Kon

g. R

ach

el i

s cu

rren

tly

wea

rin

g th

eH

ong

Kon

g Th

ong,

but

rem

oves

it

and g

ives

it

to K

ong.

Its

+2 b

onus

also

cou

nts

for

Kon

g.

Rules C

ontrad

ictions o

r Disputes

Wh

en t

he

card

s dis

agre

e w

ith

th

e ru

les,

fol

low

th

e ca

rds.

Any

oth

er

dis

put

es

shou

ld

be

sett

led

by

loud

ar

gum

ents

am

ong

the

pla

yers

, w

ith

th

e ow

ner

of

the

gam

e h

avin

g th

e la

st w

ord.

Com

bining T

his Gam

e With M

UNCHKIN

and

STA

R M

UNCHKIN

(Or Both)

Go

for

it!

Your

Elv

en N

inja

-Cle

ric

and H

alf-E

lf H

alf-F

elin

e W

ire

FuW

izar

d c

an r

ampag

e th

roug

h t

he

cata

com

bs o

f th

e fa

r-of

f pla

net

of

New

Hon

g K

ong

. . .

Shuf

fle

all

the

Trea

sure

ca

rds

toge

ther

. Sh

uffl

e th

e D

unge

on,

Stat

ion

, an

d A

lley

car

ds

toge

ther

an

d t

reat

th

em a

s th

e sa

me

kin

d o

fca

rd; an

y re

fere

nce

to

one

incl

udes

th

e ot

her

.U

se t

he

“fas

t pla

y” r

ules

(se

e ab

ove)

.Tr

aps

and C

urse

s ar

e tr

eate

d a

s th

e sa

me

kin

d o

f ca

rd. A

ny

refe

r-en

ce t

o a

Trap

als

o m

ean

s a

Cur

se a

nd v

ice

vers

a. Y

es, G

adge

teer

s ca

n“d

isar

m”

Cur

ses.

Lik

ewis

e, C

redit

s an

d G

old P

iece

s ar

e th

e sa

me

thin

gan

d c

an b

e co

mbi

ned

to

buy

leve

ls, pay

tax

es, an

d s

o on

.A

ll c

har

acte

rs m

ay h

ave

Rac

es, C

lass

es, an

d S

tyle

s!H

irel

ings

, Si

dek

icks

, an

d M

ooks

are

all t

he

sam

e “H

irel

ing”

cla

ss,

and t

he

Moo

k ca

n s

acri

fice

him

self

lik

e a

Sidek

ick,

but

eac

h c

ard c

anca

rry

item

s or

be

enh

ance

d o

nly

as

that

car

d s

ays.

Any

Mun

chki

n Fu

card

des

crib

ed

as

a “d

emon

” is

+5

vs.

Mun

chki

nC

leri

cs.

How

ever

, M

unch

kin

Cle

rics

may

“tu

rn”

Gak

i as

thou

gh t

hey

wer

e un

dea

d.

Som

e M

unch

kin

Fuca

rds

(suc

h a

s H

opped

Up O

n L

otus

) m

enti

onth

ings

th

at a

re n

ot i

n t

his

gam

e, t

o al

low

for

cro

ssov

ers.

An

d y

es, th

eSw

ord o

f Sl

ayin

g Ev

eryt

hin

g Ex

cept

Squi

d,

from

Unn

atur

al A

xe,

isus

eles

s ag

ain

st t

he

Kar

ate

Squi

d!

Flee

!B

ig

item

s (f

rom

M

unch

kin)

an

d

Com

ple

x it

ems

(fro

m

Star

Mun

chki

n) a

re N

OT

the

sam

e th

ing,

an

d a

ll r

ules

fro

m b

oth

gam

esap

ply

nor

mal

ly.

Nor

mal

ch

arac

ters

may

car

ry o

nly

on

e B

ig i

tem

and u

se o

nly

on

e C

omple

x on

e.

Gam

e de

sign

by

Stev

e Ja

ckso

n Il

lust

rate

d by

Gre

g H

ylan

dD

evel

opm

ent h

elp

and

prin

t buy

ing:

Mon

ica

Step

hens

Grap

hic

desi

gn: K

ella

r H

all

Play

testi

ng: M

iche

lle B

arre

tt, W

ayne

Bar

rett,

JHG

Hend

riks,

Andr

ew H

acka

rd,

Mia

She

rman

, Muz

Van

Dijk

, Cyn

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per

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clas

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mor

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mon

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bat

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clas

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kill

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eat

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mat

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very

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def

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kille

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mon

ster

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ou r

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p a

leve

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def

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ster

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ou’ll

pro

babl

y h

ave

to,

unle

ss t

her

e’s

a Ya

kuza

aro

und. Y

ou m

ay o

ffer

him

any

Item

(s)

you

are

curr

entl

y ca

rryi

ng,

or

any

num

ber

of t

he

Trea

sure

car

ds

the

mon

ster

has

. If yo

u of

fer

him

par

t of

th

e tr

easu

re, y

ou m

ust

agre

e w

het

her

th

eypic

k fi

rst, o

r yo

u pic

k fi

rst, o

r w

hat

.W

hen

som

eon

e h

elps

you,

add h

is L

evel

an

d B

onus

es t

o yo

urs.

The

spec

ial ab

ilit

ies

or v

uln

erab

ilit

ies

of t

he

mon

ster

als

o ap

ply

to

your

hel

per

, an

d v

ice

vers

a. F

or i

nst

ance

, if

you

are

not

a M

onk,

but

aM

onk

hel

ps

you,

th

e Ti

ger

Gh

ost

will be

at

a -2

aga

inst

you

. B

ut if

you

are

faci

ng

the

Hon

g K

ong

Con

g an

d a

Sam

urai

hel

ps

you,

th

e fo

e’s

leve

l is

in

crea

sed b

y 4 (

unle

ss y

ou,

too,

are

a S

amur

ai a

nd t

he

foe’

sle

vel

has

alr

eady

been

in

crea

sed . . . d

on’t i

ncr

ease

it

twic

e).

If s

omeo

ne

succ

essf

ully

hel

ps

you,

th

e m

onst

er i

s sl

ain

. Dis

card

it,

dra

w t

reas

ure

(see

bel

ow),

an

d f

ollo

w a

ny

spec

ial

inst

ruct

ion

s on

th

em

onst

er c

ard.

You

still

go u

p a

lev

el f

or e

ach

sla

in m

onst

er.

Your

hel

per

doe

s n

ot

go u

p a

lev

el.

If n

obod

y w

ill

hel

p y

ou .

. . o

r if

som

ebod

y tr

ies

to h

elp, a

nd y

our

fellow

par

ty m

embe

rs h

urt

you

or h

elp t

he

mon

ster

so

the

two

of y

oust

ill

can

not

def

eat

it . . . y

ou m

ust

run

aw

ay.

Running A

way

If y

ou r

un a

way

, yo

u don

’t g

et a

ny

leve

ls o

r tr

easu

re.

You

don

’tev

en g

et t

o lo

ot t

he

room

(th

at i

s, d

raw

a f

ace-

dow

n A

lley

car

d).

An

dyo

u don

’t a

lway

s es

cape

. . .

Rol

l th

e die

. Yo

u on

ly e

scap

e on

a 5

or

bett

er.

(Nin

jas

can

esc

ape

auto

mat

ical

ly i

f th

ey d

isca

rd t

hei

r w

hol

e h

and,

as l

ong

as i

t’s

at l

east

two

card

s.)

Som

e St

yles

an

d i

tem

s m

ake

it e

asie

r or

har

der

to

run

away

. An

d s

ome

mon

ster

s ar

e fa

st, a

nd g

ive

you

a pen

alty

to

your

rol

l.If

you

esc

ape,

dis

card

th

e m

onst

er. Y

ou g

et n

o tr

easu

re. T

her

e ar

eus

ually

no

bad e

ffec

ts . . . b

ut r

ead t

he

card

. So

me

mon

ster

s h

urt

you

even

if

you

get

away

fro

m t

hem

!If

th

e m

onst

er c

atch

es y

ou,

it d

oes

Bad

Stu

ff t

o yo

u, a

s des

crib

edon

its

car

d. Th

is m

ay v

ary

from

los

ing

an i

tem

, to

los

ing

one

or m

ore

leve

ls, to

Dea

th.

If t

wo

pla

yers

are

coo

per

atin

g an

d s

till c

an’t d

efea

t th

e m

onst

er(s

),th

ey m

ust

both

fle

e. T

hey

rol

l se

par

atel

y. T

he

mon

ster

(s)

CA

N c

atch

them

bot

h.

If y

ou a

re f

leei

ng

from

mul

tiple

mon

ster

s, y

ou r

oll

separ

atel

y to

esca

pe

each

on

e, i

n a

ny

order

you

ch

oose

, an

d s

uffe

r B

ad S

tuff

fro

mea

ch o

ne

that

cat

ches

you

as

soon

as

it c

atch

es y

ou.

Death If y

ou d

ie,yo

u lo

se a

ll y

our

stuf

f. Y

ou k

eep y

our

clas

s(es

), s

tyle

(s)

and l

evel

– y

our

new

ch

arac

ter

will

look

jus

t like

you

r ol

d o

ne.

Loot

ing

The

Body

:Lay

out

you

r h

and b

esid

e th

e it

ems

you

had

in

pla

y. S

tart

ing

wit

h t

he

one

wit

h t

he

hig

hes

tle

vel,

each

oth

er p

laye

rch

oose

s on

e ca

rd . . . i

n c

ase

of t

ies

in l

evel

, ro

ll a

die

. If

you

r co

rpse

run

s ou

t of

car

ds,

tou

gh.

Aft

er e

very

one

gets

on

e ca

rd,

the

rest

are

dis

card

ed.

Your

new

ch

arac

ter

appea

rs im

med

iate

ly a

nd c

an h

elp o

ther

s in

com

bat

on t

he

nex

t tu

rn . . . b

ut y

ou h

ave

no

card

s.O

n y

our

nex

t tu

rn,

star

t by

dra

win

g tw

o f

rom

each

dec

k,fa

ce-

dow

n, an

d p

layi

ng

any

Rac

e, C

lass

, or

Ite

m c

ards

you

wan

t to

, ju

st a

sw

hen

you

sta

rted

th

e ga

me.

Treasure

Wh

en y

ou k

ill

a m

onst

er, y

ou g

et i

ts t

reas

ure.

Eac

h m

onst

er h

as a

Trea

sure

num

ber

on t

he

bott

om o

f it

s ca

rd. D

raw

th

at m

any

trea

sure

s.D

raw

fac

e-dow

n i

f yo

u ki

lled

th

e m

onst

er a

lon

e. D

raw

fac

e-up

, so

th

ew

hol

e par

ty c

an s

ee w

hat

you

got

, if

som

eon

e h

elped

you

.Tr

easu

re c

ards

can

be

pla

yed a

s so

on a

s yo

u ge

t th

em. It

em c

ards

can

be

pla

ced i

n f

ron

t of

you

. “G

o U

p A

Lev

el”

card

s ca

n b

e us

edin

stan

tly.

Character S

tats

Each

ch

arac

ter

is b

asic

ally

a c

olle

ctio

n o

f w

eapon

s, a

rmor

, an

dga

dge

ts,

wit

h t

hre

e st

ats:

Lev

el,

Styl

e, a

nd C

lass

. Fo

r in

stan

ce,

you

mig

ht

des

crib

e yo

ur c

har

acte

r as

“a

9th

-leve

l N

inja

wit

h W

ire

Fu, Fi

veYe

ar T

oen

ails

, an

d t

he

Dra

gon

Too

th K

atan

a.”

Your

ch

arac

ter’

s se

x st

arts

off

th

e sa

me

as y

our

own

.

Leve

l: Th

is i

s a

mea

sure

of

how

gen

eral

ly b

uff

and s

tudly

you

are

.(M

onst

ers

hav

e le

vels

, too

.) K

eep t

rack

of

your

lev

el b

y pla

cin

g to

ken

sin

fro

nt

of y

ou. Le

vel

ran

ges

from

1 t

o 10

. Yo

u w

ill

gain

an

d l

ose

lev-

els

con

stan

tly

dur

ing

pla

y.Yo

u ga

in a

lev

el w

hen

you

kill a

mon

ster

, or

wh

en a

car

d s

ays

that

you

do.

You

can

als

o se

ll i

tem

s to

buy

lev

els

(see

Ite

ms)

.Yo

u lo

se a

leve

l wh

en a

car

d s

ays

that

you

do.

You

r le

vel c

an n

ever

go b

elow

1. H

owev

er, y

our

effe

ctiv

e le

vel in

a c

omba

t ca

n b

e n

egat

ive,

if e

nou

gh b

ad c

ards

are

pla

yed o

n y

ou.

Clas

s:C

har

acte

rs m

ay b

e N

inja

, Ya

kuza

, Sa

mur

ai,

or M

onks

, w

ith

the

appro

pri

ate

Cla

ss c

ard. E

ach c

lass

has

dif

fere

nt

abilit

ies,

show

n o

n