- Score sheets
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- Munchkin
How to score Munchkin
There are no points to score in Munchkin: your level is your score. Everyone starts at level 1, and the first player to reach level 10 wins, as long as that last level comes from killing a monster. In Tabletales, pick Who won? and tap the winner, or type everyone’s final level.
- 3 to 6 players
- About 1 to 2 hours
- First to level 10
- The last level takes a kill
Tabletales is free on iPhone and iPad.
This is the real Scorepad, live, on Highest wins: each player’s final level. For the winner alone, Who won? is one tap.
Munchkin
- BGG #6598
- 60 to 120 min
A comic dungeon crawl in cards. Everyone starts at level 1, kicks open doors, fights monsters for levels and treasure, and plays curses on everyone else along the way.
Year, players, time and rank from BoardGameGeek.
How to play Munchkin, in brief
Everyone starts at level 1 and climbs by beating monsters and grabbing treasure, while playing cards to spoil each other’s fights. First to level 10 wins.
- Deal 4 and 4Deal everyone 4 Door cards (monsters, curses, races, classes) and 4 Treasure cards (mostly items). Play any race, class or items.
- Kick open the doorFlip the top Door card. A monster means a fight, and a curse hits you. No monster: fight one from your hand, or draw another Door card.
- Fight or runYour level plus items must beat the monster; ties go to it. Win: go up a level and take its treasure. Can’t win: ask for help, or roll 5 or 6 to run away.
- Keep 5 cards at mostGive your extras to the lowest-level player. Your 10th level must come from killing a monster.
Your level is your score.
You climb from level 1 by killing monsters, by selling loot and by playing the right cards, while everyone else tries to knock you back down. Keep your level where everyone can see it: counters, a die, or the sheet below.
What moves your level
| What happened | Level |
|---|---|
| Kill a monsterOne level for each monster killed, unless its card says more | +1 |
| Sell items worth 1,000 gold2,000 gold buys two levels. Never the level that would make 10 | +1 |
| A card that gives a levelNot the winning level, unless the card says it can be | +1 |
| Anything that costs a levelNobody ever drops below level 1 | -1 |
| Level 10From killing a monster, unless a card says you can win another way | You win |
- Start at level 1Everyone begins at level 1, and nothing in the game can take you below it.
- Kill monsters to climbEach monster you kill is worth one level, unless its card says otherwise, plus its treasure.
- Sell, but not for the winItems worth 1,000 gold buy a level, and 2,000 buy two. Selling can never buy the level that takes you to 10.
- Reach level 10 with a killThe first player to reach level 10 wins the moment that monster dies. The game ends there.
Jonas kills his way to level 10.
Four players late in the game: You and Jonas on level 9, Priya on 7, Mara on 6. You hold 1,200 gold of items, but selling cannot buy the last level. On his turn Jonas kicks open the door and kills the monster behind it alone. This is the game on the Scorepad above.
| Player | Where everyone stood | Level |
|---|---|---|
| You | 1,200 gold of items in your handLevel 9: selling cannot buy level 10 | 9 |
| Mara | Still climbing after a bad fightLevel 6 | 6 |
| Jonas | Kills the monster behind the door, aloneLevel 9, and 1 for the kill: 9 + 1 | 10 |
| Priya | Offered to help Jonas, who said noLevel 7 | 7 |
Who reached level 10, kept for good.
Tabletales is a scorepad and scrapbook for game night. Munchkin has no points, so pick Who won? and tap whoever reached level 10, or keep Highest wins and type each final level to keep those too.
- Who won? is one tapPick Who won? and tap the trophy on the winner. Playing shared victories? Tap the helper too, and the win is shared.
- Or keep the final levelsKeep Highest wins and set Play to a score at 10, so the goal shows at the top of the Scorepad. Type each player’s final level, and the trophy goes to the 10.
- The climb stays on the tableThe app does not track levels turn by turn. Use counters or the free sheet below while you play, and type the finish at the end.
- And the night is keptSave it with who played and a photo of the table. Munchkin gets a history: how often you play it, who with, and who wins.
- Everyone who was there
- Photos from the table
- Munchkin, with its scores
Common Munchkin scoring mistakes
- Reaching level 10 any old wayThe winning level has to come from killing a monster, unless a card says you can win another way.
- Selling items for the last level1,000 gold of items buys a level, but never the one that takes you to 10.
- Dropping a player below level 1Whatever costs you a level, nobody ever goes under level 1.
- Crowning the helper tooA helper shares the win only if your table plays the optional shared victory rule.
Munchkin scoring, answered
- How do you win Munchkin?
- Be the first player to reach level 10. That last level has to come from killing a monster, unless a card says you can win another way.
- Can you sell items to reach level 10 in Munchkin?
- No. Items worth 1,000 gold buy a level, but selling can never buy the level that would take you to 10.
- Does the helper win too in Munchkin?
- Only with the optional shared victory rule from Munchkin Deluxe: then a player who helped in the fight that reaches level 10 wins too, whatever their level.
Munchkin score sheet
No level counters? Print this for the table: six players and twenty rounds, with a box for each player’s level every time around.
Score another game
These rules follow the Munchkin Deluxe and Munchkin Lite rulebooks, which agree on level 10 and the winning kill; the base game’s rulebook could not be opened. Epic Munchkin plays on to level 20. Rules checked on 19 October 2026 against the Munchkin Deluxe rules, the Munchkin Lite rules and Wikipedia. Munchkin is a trademark of Steve Jackson Games. Tabletales is not affiliated with Steve Jackson Games.
Keep score tonight. Keep the night for good.
Tabletales adds up every hand, then saves the whole night: the games, the scores, the photos and who was there.
