* Munchkin Quest, a boardgame variation of the Munchkin card games

* Munchkin Quest

Steve Jackson Games ' main product line, in terms of sales, is the Munchkin card game, followed by the role-playing system GURPS.

Ojo the Unlucky is a Munchkin boy who, devoted to life with his uncle Unc Nunkie in the wilderness but on the verge of starvation, goes to see a neighboring " magician " and old friend of Unc ’ s, Dr. Pipt.

The Munchkin is a relatively new breed of cat characterized by its very short legs, which is caused by a naturally occurring genetic mutation.

It is from Blackberry and Toulouse that today's Munchkin breed is descended.

The Munchkin is generally described as a sweet-natured, playful, people-oriented, outgoing and intelligent cat which responds well to being handled.

A male Munchkins typically weigh between 6 to 9 pounds ( 3 – 4 kg ) and is usually larger than a female Munchkin, which typically weigh between 4 to 8 pounds.

The legs of the Munchkin may be slightly bowed, although excessive bowing is a disqualification in the show ring.

It also comes in a long-haired variety which is shown in a separate Munchkin Longhair category.

These conditions can appear in other breeds and some breeders have denied that it is a problem for the Munchkin.

Furthermore, while achondroplasia is typically associated with an enlarged head as well as short legs, this combination of features is not seen in Munchkin cats.

In the book The Patchwork Girl of Oz, it is revealed that there are two yellow brick roads from Munchkin Country to the Emerald City: according to the Shaggy Man, Dorothy took the harder one in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

In the Steve Jackson Games card game Munchkin, there is a card called " Dwarf Tossing ".

The Tin Woodman is unexpectedly reunited with his Munchkin sweetheart Nimmie Amee from the days when he was flesh and blood.

This may explain why Ruth Plumly Thompson reversed the locations from Baum's -- in her books the Munchkin country is west ; and her Winkies East ( see for instance Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz but also in several other books ).

In the game Munchkin ( card game ) ( expansion 3 " Clerical Erors ") the Vorpal Blade is a treasure card.

Located in the center of the Land of Oz, the Emerald City is the end of the famous yellow brick road, which starts in Munchkin Country.

It is also conceivable that " Munchkin " is derived from the German word for " mannikin " or " little figure ": " Männchen ", with "- chen " being the diminutive suffix for " Mann " ( man ).

In the musical adaptation of Wicked the Tin Man is revealed to be Boq, a Munchkin whom Nessarose, the Wicked Witch of the East, fell in love with when they were at school together.

Oz is roughly rectangular in shape, and divided along the diagonals into four countries: Munchkin Country ( but commonly referred to as ' Munchkinland ' in adaptations ) in the East, Winkie Country ( called " The Vinkus " in Gregory Maguire's Wicked and its sequel Son of a Witch ) in the West ( sometimes West and East are reversed on maps of Oz, see West and East below ), Gillikin Country in the North, and Quadling Country in the South.

The Munchkin Country is ruled by a king, later identified as Cheeriobed, who is revealed to be married to the Good Witch of the North, who, a spell broken, abdicates leadership of the Gillikin Country to Joe King and Queen Hyacinth of Up Town.

* Compared with the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man, Munchkin has fewer objects on the game board but renders them with more color and animation.

He has illustrated board and card games for several companies, including Steve Jackson Games ( notably the Munchkin card game plus its many expansions and derivatives and Chez Geek and its derivatives ), Cumberland Games & Diversions ( Pokéthulhu ), and the third edition of Fantasy Flight Games's Mag Blast.

* Munchkin RPG, a series of D20 supplements based on the Munchkin card game.

He also once entered himself in a race, driving the infamous " Munchkin " midget chassis, as " Mikey Fedorcak Jr ." after buying the Munchkin from Mike Fedorcak during a card game.

For example, the parody game Munchkin is about " the essence of the dungeon experience … Kill the monsters, steal the treasure, stab your buddy.

* Munchkin ( role-playing games ), a player who plays a non-competitive game in a competitive manner

* Munchkin ( card game ), a card game by Steve Jackson Games that satirizes the player type

Munchkin, a cartridge for the Odyssey2 video game console

Designed and programmed by Ed Averett, Munchkin is very heavily based on Namco's 1980 arcade game Pac-Man, but not a direct clone.

Atari was exclusively licensed to produce the first play-at-home version of Pac-Man, but Munchkin hit store shelves in 1981, a year before Atari's game was ready.

Munchkin is a dedicated deck card game by Steve Jackson Games, written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic, that has a humorous take on role-playing games, based on the concept of munchkins ( immature role-players, playing " to win ").

* Munchkin Booty, the ninth standalone game, focuses on pirates and was released in September 2008.

Also included are 14 cards for the original Munchkin ( Race / Class modifiers, most notably ) and rules for rolling a Munchkin die for random game benefits.

Munchkin has also spawned a couple of games outside the card game universe.

** The Star Munchkin Role Playing Game is one book, and includes rules for spaceship design and a new class not seen in the card game, the Farce K ' nigit.

Munchkin is cartridge number 38 in the official Magnavox / Philips line of games for the Philips Videopac.

** The Munchkin RPG is an extended parody of Dungeons & Dragons: the latter has " cantrip " spells, the former has, among others, " can trip " ( foils pursuers with preserved foodstuffs ), " can't rip " ( reinforces fabrics ) and " Kant trip " ( induces hallucinatory deontology ).

Several cat registries do not recognize the Munchkin: Fédération Internationale Féline, which refuses to recognise what they consider a breed based on a " genetic disease ", achondroplasia.

* There are two role-playing games, both of which use the d20 System based on the Munchkin and Star Munchkin card games.