Io Munchkin set. Designed by DAve
The first lot of cards. Pretty much all items.
Hair like a Shield of Steel
"Your bullets cannot harm me, my hair is like a shield of steel!"
+3 Headgear
X Gold Pieces
Oh, no, a random encounter!
Search through the discard pile and fight the first monster you find.
X Gold Pieces
The Silent Treatment
No-one can interfere with this combat.
X Gold Pieces
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Big Black Leather Boots
+2 to stomp.
+4 if you are a goth.
+2/+4 Footwear
X Gold Pieces
Big Black Leather Coat
+2 to loom.
+4 to your imposition if you are a goth.
+2/+4 Armour
X Gold Pieces
Big Black Sunglasses
+2 to look menacing whilst indoors.
+4 if you are a goth.
Can be worn with other headgear
+2/+4 Headgear
X Gold Pieces
Big Black Band T-shirt
+2 to groupie-ness.
+4 if you are a goth.
Can be worn under normal armour
+2/+4 Armour
X Gold Pieces
Corset of Distraction
Only works for females.
The strongest male munchkin in the game MUST help. He loses the ability to talk for this combat, and suffers a -1 penalty because of the tongue-hanging-out.
+2 Armour
X Gold Pieces
That monster has no nose!
How does it smell?
-5 to monster level
...On a Space Hopper
+5 to either side
Collectors Item
"the one with the different coloured trousers, please"
+2 to item
X Gold Pieces
Low self-esteem
Not my best card.
Curse: you lose a level
Curse
B.O.
No-one will help you this combat. I don't blame them either.
Fudge the data
Bend the one rule to suit yourself.
X Gold Pieces
Knightmare Bucket
You're in a room!
-2 normally, but rises to +4 if you are helped by someone.
-2/+4 Headgear
X Gold Pieces
Captain of the Enterprise
Take 1 card from any member of the opposite sex. You rocked their world
Old Fart
"It wasn't like that when I were't lad"
Ignore one card in play, discard this card after use.
X Gold Pieces
Socks and Sandals
+3 if academic, -3 otherwise.
Once worn, they are cursed and cannot be removed.
+3/-3 Footwear
X Gold Pieces
Fashion Police
Confiscate one item of clothing from another player. You can wear it this turn.
Numbed and Weighed
You want a sex-change immediately. Trade sexes with the highest level player. This counts for -5 for both of you for the next combat.
Strop
"I am not in the huff"
Even monsters are scared of you. Free escape, discard after use.
The Favourite Rant
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah!
+3 to monologue.
+3
X Gold Pieces
Fake Spock /
Elf ears *
Vulcans mate every 12 years, twice as often as trekkies. +1 to your logic, captain.
It's a bonus, Jim, but not as we know it.
* delete as appropriate
X Gold Pieces
Poloneck of Cutting Sarcasm
Cancels low self-esteem and rant.
"that's a useful item"
+3 Armour
X Gold Pieces
Bottle of Buckie
"gonnae gie's a bit, haw, ya bas!"
+4 to combat, but user must wear the burbery cap (which counts as a curse).
1 Handed
X Gold Pieces
Fake ID
"Honestly, I'm 21!"
+2 unless your vioce cracks
X Gold Pieces
Party going on upstairs
-2 to concentration. Damn students, don't they ever sleep!.
X Gold Pieces
Feeble Excuse
"the dog really did eat my homework"
+1 to lies.
+1
X Gold Pieces
Missed Lecture
You know, the one where they explain everything you need to know in the entire course.
-3 to the combat.
-3
X Gold Pieces
Cheap Vodka
Gain up to +6 in this combat, but you must lose half of that bonus (round up) for the hangover next combat.
X Gold Pieces
Essay Due Tomorrow
-3 due to the stress.
Ignore this if you have a feeble excuse.
-3
X Gold Pieces
Nobody Here but us Chickens
The monster disappears by magic!
You gain a chicken as a sidekick (+1 bonus) or as headgear (+1 bonus).
+1
X Gold Pieces
Nobody Here but Us Chickens (alt)
Munchkins can automatically hide from any monster, but can't discard the costume for 2 rounds.
You can't duck while using this card.
Massive Mammories
Armour for female munchkins only.
Can be worn on top or underneath armour to distract monsters.
+4
X Gold Pieces
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Bread
"The best thing before sliced bread"
"It's liquid death in solid form". To monsters as well as Dave.
+1 Bonus, use like a hand-grenade.
+1
X Gold Pieces
Traffic Cone on the Head
+2 to the wearer, +4 if they are a student. It's the in thing this season, especially if you are a statue in George Square.
+2/+4 Headgear
X Gold Pieces
Honey Pie
Text To be decided.
X Gold Pieces
Love and Peeeeeeeeeee-
eeeeeeeeeeace!
Text To be decided.
X Gold Pieces
Class:
Geek
"The Geek shall inherit the Earth"
Can use one item that breaks the rules (use like "cheat") because of their superior knowledge of obscure rules.
Class
Class: Academic
Absent minded: "oops, I forgot to play this".
Can play one card per turn at any time.
Class
Class: Secretary
We all know who holds the real power.
Gains a level while this card is in play. Can't be used to win.
Class
Class:
Student
"can't fight, late for lectures"
Gains an automatic flee if the monster level is more than 5 levels above the munchkin level.
Class
Race: Roleplayer
Can add +1/-1 to any of your dice rolls. You can choose which.
Race
Race:
Goth
Can wear any sex-specific item without penalty.
Race
Race:
Freshers
Monsters over 5 levels take pity and wont fight you.
Awww, bless.
Race
Race:
Old Fart
-1 to run away (their poor old legs can't take the pace).
+3 to armour, they've been there and got the t-shirt.
Race
The Io Couple Phenomenon
Pair up with any numner of the opposite sex for combat. It always happens eventually.
I.T. Certificate
+1 to combat.
Not just useful for graduation, it helps fight monsters too.
+1
X Gold Pieces
Degree in Fine Arts
+1 to combat.
+1
X Gold Pieces
A Lighter
+2 to combat.
Eveything is on fire - just try not to burn yourself.
+2
X Gold Pieces
Organisation
+3 to monster level.
+10 to the Io committee - an organised committee is a very scary thing!
+3/+10
Impending deadline
-2 to either side due to a stress - related headache.
-2
X Gold Pieces
Cheap Plot Device
Discard X Gold Pieces (or more) worth of items to go up a level.
The Io Chart
Everyone in Io is related in some way to everyone else. Somehow.
+1
That Course you did in High-School
Finally, being awake in school is paying off!
+2 to your concentration for combat.
+2
X Gold Pieces
Spork
Part spoon, part fork, all pain.
+3 to fight the monsters with.
+3
X Gold Pieces
There is No Spoon!
Steal an item from another player.
You get to steal the spork for free.
Keel You weeth a Spoon!
"because it's blunt, you idiot - it'll hurt more!"
The monsters' mortal enemy is the spoon. Kill one with a spoon-related device and gain an extra level and two treasures. Discard this card after use.
Mild Periiiiiiiil
Danger-lite
+5 to monster level.
+5
The Only Woman Among Geeks.
Whether you like it or not, every male joins in this combat on your side.
Only useable by females
Fedora
"that hat really suits you"
+2 to style, you cool dude.
+2 Headgear
X Gold Pieces
Something Shiney ... Over There
Automatic Escape.
You distract the monster, but have to sacrifice something shiney to get away.
My Beshtesht Friend
The Monster becomes your inseperable sidekick for three rounds (at 1/3 the monsters level, rounding down).
He barfs on you after three rounds, and you must discard all the items you are wearing.
Dazzled by Common Sense
That sounds so obvious! How did I not see it before!
Not usable by academics or students. Cancels the effects of one card.
Priceless
T.B.D.
This is always the last item to be played. It only just made the deadline.
+3 to your intelligence rating.
£1
Forgot to Book the Room
The monster turns up, but no-one is around to fight them.
Don't worry; they turn up for the next combat.
All Your Base are Belong to Us
One card from player hand you take another.
You have no chance to survive make your time.
Ha Ha Ha Ha ....
X Gold Pisces
Dune: the Novel
+5 to combat: throw the book at 'em (useable by geeks only).
Everyone else gets a +2 bonus because it's just too damn long to understand.
+2/+5; 2Handed
X Gold Pieces
Gigantic Plot Hole
What?!? That's just not possible!
Negates one cards' effect.
X Gold Pieces
Ginger Wig
+5 headgear (can be work under headgear).
If the game is played during daylight, the bonus is reduced to +2 because ginger folk just don't get along with sunlight.
+2/+5 Headgear
X Gold Pieces
A Polite Word ...
And a 2x4
Gets more done that just a polite word. +3 to combat, sir!
+3 : 1 Handed
X Gold Pieces
Neil Gaiman Signed your Item
Monsters AND other munchkins are in awe. And rightly so!
+4 to your item
+4
X Gold Pieces
Broadband Malfunction
You have to download all your pr0n data on dial up. Poor thing.
-3 to this combat.
-3
X Gold Pieces
16.67 Metres of Rope
Useful in all situations.
+1 to lassoing the monsters.
+1
X Gold Pieces
Collectors Item (ALT)
+10 for one use. Once it is out of the package, it is worthless.
+10
X Gold Pieces
Loudspeaker
You appear much larger than before.
+4 to combat bigness.
+4 : 1 Handed
X Gold Pieces
Giant Cookie
Monster loses 10 levels after eating the cookie, it becomes fat and lazy.
If this takes the monster level below 1, it falls asleep leaving the treasure for yoinking.
-10
X Gold Pieces
...And it's Going Out with Your Ex
+5 to monster level.
Your friends still never liked them anyway.
+5
...With CDs on its Nipples
+5 to Monster level.
<shudder>
+5
...At Freshers Week
-5 to Monster Level
Aww. It's still very young and confused. Poor thing.
-5
...Just out of a Lecture
-5 to Monster level.
Brain... Frazzled... Must... Find... Beer...
-5
...And it has the Munchies
...For YOU!
+5 to Monster level.
+5
...And they're Gatecrashing your Party
The worst thing is. they've not brought their own beer!
+5 to monster level.
+5
...He is your Father!
The Monster chops your hand off. Lose 1 weapon of your choice and spend the rest of your life in therapy.
+5 to Monster level as well.
+5
...In a Princess Leia Outfit
You can't fight for laughing. Or is that a lightsabre in your pocket?
+5 to Monster level.
+5
Level 3
Undead Parrot
Ee's not dead, ee's just resting
Bad Stuff:
You join the choir invisible, you push up the daisies, you are an ex munchkin.
Level
Treasure
Level 10
Monty's Python
Bad Stuff:
Grannies steal your footwear. Watch out for the old codgers next time.
Level
Treasure
Level 2
2R-2D
Becomes level 10 with CCC-PØ
Bad Stuff:
TBD
Level
Treasure
Level 2
CCC-PØ
Becomes level 10 with 2R-2D
Bad Stuff:
Somehow, you always end up in worse trouble. Go through the discard pile and fight the first monster you come to.
Level
Treasure
Level 6
Two Walrii
Bad Stuff:
Tusk Tusk. You've been mauled by the walrii.
Your armour now smells of fish, discard it or suffer a -3 penalty to combat.
Level
Treasure
Level 10
Human Slaves - in an Insect Nation
They ignore non-humans, but only if they said "Ah-ah-ah-ahah!"
Bad Stuff:
Insects are bad captors. You die.
Level
Treasure
Level 20
Dougie in a Dress
[Shudder] If you defeat Dougie, you can wear his dress (+5).
Bad Stuff:
Blinded by the sight, you must miss the next two turns.
Level
Treasure
Level 10
The Janitor
... From a Stephen King novel!
Bad Stuff:
He kills you in a really unexpected, but very imaginitive, way.
Level
Treasure
Level 18
Big Angry Mike
Freshers instantly run away. Counts as a free escape.
Bad Stuff:
You die of fear as he jumps on the table. You discover Mike has the prefixes 'big' and 'angry' for a reason.
Level
Treasure
Level 1
The Rector
Well, actually, his chair.
Bad Stuff:
He comes out of hiding, followed by several Israeli secret agents who take away your items.
Level
Treasure
Level 12
Super-Doc!
Bitten by a radioactive spider means that he can draw at eight times the rate of mere mortals.
Bad Stuff:
You are caught in a detailed explanation of the super heros. Lose a turn.
Level
Treasure
Level 15
Munchkin
Has the right to abstain from fighting (but never usually uses this right)
Bad Stuff:
Lose your weapons. You put them down while organising a con and can't remember where you put them.
Level
Treasure
Level 4
Hall Warden
Easily bribed, dicard one item to escape.
Bad Stuff:
Lose your best item in an unscheduled raid. Player to the right chooses what dissapears.
Level
Treasure
Level 8
Union President
Never has enough time, combat lasts no more than 30 seconds from now!
Bad Stuff:
Steals your boots. Bad Luck.
Level
Treasure
Level 5
Middle Aged Spread
You're not a student any more.
Bad Stuff:
Lose the race and class you have.
Level
Treasure
Level 3
Sponging Oik
It came from the planet Mooch, but forgot its wallet.
Bad Stuff:
All the players can sponge an item off you. Starting from the lowest level, working to the highest, all munchkins steal an item from you.
Level
Treasure
Level 6
Aliens from Spaaaaaaaaaace
They stole Elvis.
Bad Stuff:
Alien Probing: The Aliens take all your items in play, your clothes and leave you in a field covered in Rum.
Level
Treasure
Level 4
Sad... But Proud
Needs no introduction.
Bad Stuff:
Your pride must recover. Watch some Babylon 5 to regain some of that geekiness lost: miss your next turn.
Level
Treasure
Level 1
The Io Committee
They're sh*te.
Bad Stuff:
I've forgotten to book the Bad Stuff. I'll have to get back to you on that.
Level
Treasure
Level 7
Dean of the Faculty
Beware, he has elbow pads and socks with sandals.
Bad Stuff:
You've failed, lose 1 level.
Level
Treasure
Level 3
Nameless First-Year
What was his name again?
Bad Stuff:
If you lose, all the other munchkins can mock you mercilesslessly.
Level
Treasure
Level 1-6
A Rabble of Neds
Roll a D6: you encounter that many Neds at Level 1 each. They count as one monster of that level.
Bad Stuff:
They steal all your items. Haw man.
Level
Treasure
Level 5
Pub Bouncer
Fake ID makes them Level 1.
Bad Stuff:
They don't let you in because you've got trainers on. They steal your footwear as a worning to other munchkins.
Level
Treasure
Level 12
Visiting Parents
Quick, tidy your room!
Bad Stuff:
They confiscate all your items in play.
Level
Treasure
Level 3
Lecturer
Becomes a Level 12 if 'Feeble Excuse' has been played so far.
Bad Stuff:
Argh! Homework!
It hurts your brian so much, your Headgear doesn't fit any more. Discard it to the munchkin with the lowest level.
Level
Treasure
Level 12
Your Nemesisisisisisis
Bad Stuff:
Go through the discard pile: the first curse you find curses you!
Level
Treasure
Level 1
Mornings
Yawn, is it that time already? I've only just gone to sleep.
Bad Stuff:
Just ignore it, they'll go away eventually.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Slushy Machine
Ah, but is it red or blue?
Bad Stuff:
Brain Freeze! Your headgear shrinks to your head, and causes a -2 headache.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Hodgeheg
Teh Hodgeheg cuases yuo to misraed teh wrods.
Bad Stuff:
Level
Treasure
Level x
Space Hoppers
Makes Raj go mental. The shield of steel is rendered null and void when fighting this.
Bad Stuff:
The space hopper bounces up and down on you. Your armour doesn't seem to fit any more, discard it.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Radioactive Scart Cable of Invisibility
Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.
Bad Stuff:
It coax-es you into it's lair where it eats your weapons.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Dot Matrix
Early versions of 'the Matrix' used morse code.
Bad Stuff:
You picked the red pill. Suffer the same old drudergy in a fake universe.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Transformers
Robots in disguise. Can you ever be totally sure the toilet is not a robot bent on global domination?
Bad Stuff:
Hacking the toilet up ruins your weapon. Discard it.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Sparks
Class A beardie.
Bad Stuff:
He tells you stories of what things were like when he was a student. Lose a turn while you lose your lunch.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Gill Jones
... In a very short skirt.
Bad Stuff:
She's managed to distract you. Mysteriously lose your Headgear and Armour.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Camel Dealer
He owns all the finest camels, and some moderately attractive donkeys.
Bad Stuff:
He's got the hump and the camel spits. Lose your headgear.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Sam de Smith
This card is as long as Sam. Bet you didn't want to know that.
Bad Stuff:
Your class vanishes while everyone sings the 'Sam de Smith song'.
Level
Treasure
Level x
QMU Porter: Alistair
Mild mannered old man.
Bad Stuff:
He knows your type: you're not getting in here. Lose a level.
Level
Treasure
Level x
QMU Porter: Michael
Jolly chap in the QM.
Bad Stuff:
Stuns you with an appalling joke. Lose 1 level.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Ex Presidents
Katie, Alistair, Catherine and many, many more.
Bad Stuff:
Io wasn't run like this in their day. Lose 2 levels for the shame.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Food Factory
Cheap, cheerful, tasty. Two out of three ain't bad.
Bad Stuff:
You get the chili quorn for dinner. Lose 2 levels considering why it looks largely the same going out as it went in.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Solitary Smoker
Danger: smoking causes death (of your social life, anyway)
Bad Stuff:
Shunned by the non-smoking nazis, you have to discard your smelly armour before being accepted back into the group.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Joanna
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Stevie
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Aaron
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Marie
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Lynn
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Bob the Goldfish
Now with added ranting skills(TM)
Bad Stuff:
He uses his power of random confusion, convincing you that you have lost a level.
Level
Treasure
Level x
Stuart
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Jennie
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Donald
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Drew
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Jonathan
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Abita
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Olaf
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Kirsty
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level x
Weeble
Blah
Bad Stuff:
Bad Blah
Level
Treasure
Level 14
Io President: Robert
Bad Stuff:
Crushes your spirit with a sarcastic comment. Lose two levels.
Level
Treasure
Level 13
Io Treasurer: James
Steals all your items above 500 Gold Pieces, but gives you a receipt for them.
Bad Stuff:
His gingerness causes your headgear to vanish.
Level
Treasure
Level 13
Io Secretary: Fraser
Mild-mannered man of steel.
Bad Stuff:
Guilts you into submission for not beating him. Lose 1 level while apologising.
Level
Treasure
Level 12
Io OCM: Sam
Fight fire with fire!
Bad Stuff:
Burns you, lose all your wearable items as they dissappear in a flash.
Level
Treasure
Level 12
Io Games: Sacha
Prepared and organised. This is scary for Io.
Bad Stuff:
You're running next week's game now. Lose 1 turn to prepare.
Level
Treasure
Level 12
Io Piano
It was on the board once, you know. It might even be president one day.
Bad Stuff:
It flattens you, while being slightly off key. You are dead.
Level
Treasure
Level 12
Io Publicity: Dave
The best card in the pack. (and not just because he designed them).
Bad Stuff:
He sneakily takes you off the Io mailing list. Lose 1 level while you figure out what's on next week for yourself.
Level
Treasure