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I received "Munchkin Quest" as a gift. I had expected to get the classic "Munchkin"; I don't really know this variant but exchanging it is not an option.

I wish to play this with some of my not-so-board-game-aholic friends, and I imagine that the classic version is way easier, what with the tiles and creatures and markers taken out of the equation. I hope to "upgrade" them as time goes by, but better to start them on Level 1, right?

So, finally, my question: Can one play a round of classic Munchkin using a box of Munchkin Quest? Or, are there prohibitive differences?

Thanks...

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Munchkin Quest is a far superior game to Munchkin anyways. And it really isn't difficult to teach people to play either game. – Charles Boyung Mar 26 '11 at 3:45

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Short answer: No

Longer explanation:

They are totally different games. Munchkin is a card game. Munchkin Quest is a board game. They share:

But the materials in MQ will not allow you to play Munchkin. And no amount of Munchkin sets will allow you to play MQ.

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Thanks for your excellent description. I am aware that they are different games, but I was not sure whether MQ could be "misused" in that particulay way -- it cannot, and that is just fine. – KlaymenDK Mar 28 '11 at 10:30
is there something that can be used in MQ from Munchkin? – Zhen Sep 28 '12 at 11:47
I was wondering this same thing as well. Thank you for the explanation. +1 – MasterZ Dec 12 '12 at 19:38
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I would say no on the sheer fact that so many of the MQ cards play off of the tiles. You'd have to sift through and take out all of those, and that's just not fun.

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