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.

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.

Munchkin Country ( or Munchkinland in the 1939 film and its imitators ) is the eastern region ( though some maps have it on the westside as described here West and East ) in the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first described in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

While the Eastern part of the Munchkin Country is described as rich, beautiful, fertile and pleasant, and inhabited by friendly people, the Western part of the province ( i. e., the region bordered by a large forest and the area surrounding the Emerald City ) is wild, rough and dangerous.

The Munchkin was first introduced to the general public in 1991 via a national network televised cat show held by The International Cat Association ( TICA ) in Madison Square Garden.

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.

Pectus excavatum is also known to occur in animals, e. g. the Munchkin breed of cat.

* Munchkin ( cat ), a breed of cat characterised by unusually short legs

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Most significantly, in the musical, Glinda unwittingly sets into motion the events that lead to the Munchkin Boq becoming the Tin Woodman ( which only happens in this musical ), and Elphaba's sister Nessarose being killed by Dorothy Gale's farmhouse.

The phenomenon was parodied in the book The Munchkin's Guide to Powergaming, which in turn spun off the popular Munchkin series of dedicated deck card games.

He later founded and runs the Royal College of Art and Athletic Perfection, also known as the Royal College of Athletic Arts or the Royal College of Athletic Sciences, which is located in the western part of the Munchkin Country, not far from the Emerald City.

in the U. S .) which implicitly depicts the conflict between Phillips and Atari by pitting the Munchkin character against an insect-like, tree-eating opponent called the Dratapillar, which very strongly resembles the antagonist of Atari's Centipede.

* Munchkin Dice is a supplement which contains six oversized 10-sided dice.

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

* Munchkin Quest is a board game / RPG based on the original Munchkin card game which contains several different items, monsters, and references to it.

Elphaba becomes friends with a Munchkin boy named Boq ( son of Bfee, the Mayor of Rush Margins, which was the town in which Elphaba was born ), who develops a crush on Galinda.

Munchkin Country is distinguished by the color blue, which is worn by most of the Munchkins, as well as the color of their surroundings.

* Munchkin Zombies is the tenth standalone set, and is played as the munchkin being a zombie, the monsters as regular people, and a few rogue zombies thrown in.

Munchkin Country is the site where Dorothy Gale's house lands after being carried to Oz by a cyclone.

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

Critics predicted that the breed would develop back, hip and leg problems similar to those that plague some Dachshunds. Amidst much controversy, TICA accepted the Munchkin into its New Breed development program in September 1994.

The Munchkin achieved TICA Championship status in May 2003.

The Munchkin has similar characteristics to normal domestic cats, due to their frequent use as outcrosses.

The Munchkin comes in all coat colors and patterns.

The Munchkin comes in all colors and patterns.

Early speculations that the Munchkin will develop spinal problems commonly seen in short-legged dog breeds did not materialize.

* Fantasy games catgirl characters include Magic: The Gatherings Mirri and Purraj, and the catgirl monster in the d20 Munchkin Monster Manual.