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Smash Up: Munchkin

ORCS

Medium

Make your minions insensitive to actions and gain benefits for having more power or more minions than other players.

Description

The Orcs are one of the 8 factions from the Smash Up: Munchkin set. Orcs are just big bullies. They team up on their opponents. Other factions from the same set: Clerics, Dwarves, Elves, Halflings, Mages, Thieves, Warriors.

Cards Overview

The Orcs have the usual 10 minions and 10 actions. The total minion base power (not counting any abilities) is unusually high at 32 or an average of 3.2 per minion compared to the usual 30 and 3. Among their actions, there are: * 1 play-on-minion action: Too Tough, * 1 play-on-base action: Stalling, * 8 standard actions (5 that affect one or more minions, in bold): And Stay Down!, Angry Pillagers (2x), Crush, Death Breath, Dogpile (2x), Gimme!, * 0 actions that directly increase a minion's power.
1x And Stay Down! - Special: Play before a base scores. If you have the highest total power here, other players cannot play or use Special abilities. 2x Angry Pillagers - Special: Play when a base scores. If you have at least 3 more power there than the runner-up, gain 1 VP. 1x Crush - Choose a base and a player who has fewer minions there than you. Destroy one of that player’s minions there. 1x Death Breath - Place a minion of power 4 or less on the bottom of its owner’s deck. 2x Dogpile - Move one of your minions to a base where you have at least two minions. Special: You may play this before a base scores. 1x Gimme! - Choose an action on a minion. Destroy that minion and transfer the action to one of your minions. 1x Stalling - Play on a base. Ongoing: Each time another player plays a card, you may choose for your minions here not to be affected by it. 1x Too Tough - Play on a minion. Ongoing: This minion is not affected by other players’ actions.

Actions

1x And Stay Down! - Special: Play before a base scores. If you have the highest total power here, other players cannot play or use Special abilities. 2x Angry Pillagers - Special: Play when a base scores. If you have at least 3 more power there than the runner-up, gain 1 VP. 1x Crush - Choose a base and a player who has fewer minions there than you. Destroy one of that player’s minions there. 1x Death Breath - Place a minion of power 4 or less on the bottom of its owner’s deck. 2x Dogpile - Move one of your minions to a base where you have at least two minions. Special: You may play this before a base scores. 1x Gimme! - Choose an action on a minion. Destroy that minion and transfer the action to one of your minions. 1x Stalling - Play on a base. Ongoing: Each time another player plays a card, you may choose for your minions here not to be affected by it. 1x Too Tough - Play on a minion. Ongoing: This minion is not affected by other players’ actions.

Characters

1x Sword Lord - power 5 - Ongoing: Each of your other minions has +1 power. 2x Topper Chopper - power 5 - Talent: Do nothing. 3x Hammer Slammer - power 3 - Destroy a minion of power 2 or less. 4x Dork Orc - power 2 - Ongoing: This minion is not affected by other players’ actions.

Mechanics

Make your minions insensitive to actions and gain benefits for having more power or more minions than other players.

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