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Old 09-04-2012, 05:17 AM   #10
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Default Re: My son and are new to munchkin land. Need help

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Originally Posted by Mscdog View Post
Thanks for the response. Then why do some cards say play only once and some do not. My son is now throwing a fit. Awesome.
From the standard set, almost all the cards in the Door deck follow the model of you play it, resolve its effects, then discard it. The most common exceptions from that deck are Races and Classes. Since Monster Enhancers affect a specific Monster, once that Monster is discarded, the Monster Enhancers go with it. This is actually stated in the rules in the first sentence of the last paragraph in the Combat section: "Discard the monster card, including any enhancers and one-shot items played[.]" Another section of the rules explains that cards in play can't go back into your hand, which is why some cards specifically break that rule.

Almost all non-Item cards from the Treasure deck follow the same model. The best way to determine if something is an Item or not is if it has a gold piece value, which includes the specific phrase, "No Value."

Items, Races, and Classes, and similar cards remain in play. Items which say "usable once only" on them (also referred to one-shot Items) have to be discarded once they are used. One-shot Items can be put in to play without using them at that moment, but once they are used for whatever effect they have, they must be discarded once the effect is resolved. In the core set of Munchkin, there are two Treasures, however, that give bonuses like Items, but aren't Items. Really Impressive Title and Hireling also remain in play (the rules cover this in a section entitled, "Other Treasures"), but they are not Items, so they can't be affected by things that would take away an Item.
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