Steve Jackson Games - Site Navigation
Home General Info Follow Us Search Illuminator Store Forums What's New Other Games Ogre GURPS Munchkin Our Games: Home

Go Back   Steve Jackson Games Forums > Munchkin > Munchkin 101

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 10-14-2012, 12:20 PM   #1
omelette dabbler
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Default Duck of Many Things

I love the poultry in this game.

The Duck of Many Things has a number of actions. The card mentions:

"Do the following, in this order:
* Randomly take a card from the hand of the player to your left.
* Give a card of your choice to the player to your right.
* Take the top discard from either deck.
* Sing a little song.
* Go up a level.
* Discard two cards.
* Discard this card."

Do all the actions need to be performed in order for this card to be legitimately played?
Tonight's game had the player of the card without 2 cards to discard, and so we were wondering.
omelette dabbler is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-14-2012, 12:52 PM   #2
Enzzo
 
Enzzo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Default Re: Duck of Many Things

Quote:
Originally Posted by omelette dabbler View Post
Tonight's game had the player of the card without 2 cards to discard, and so we were wondering.
You should do everything on the card to the best of your ability. Note you can discard from your hand or the table, so I'd be willing to bet that he could have discarded something. But if you have nothing on the table and nothing in your hand (except for the 1 card you picked off the discards) then just discard that and call it good.

Note you cannot play Duck of Many Things if you are level 9.
Enzzo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-14-2012, 02:08 PM   #3
DoomedDuck
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Macon, GA
Default Re: Duck of Many Things

Quote:
Originally Posted by omelette dabbler View Post
I love the poultry in this game.
Did someone mention ducks?
DoomedDuck is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-14-2012, 06:10 PM   #4
Andrew Hackard
Munchkin Line Editor
 
Andrew Hackard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Austin, TX
Default Re: Duck of Many Things

Quote:
Originally Posted by Enzzo View Post
Note you cannot play Duck of Many Things if you are level 9.
Yes, you can. You just can't go up the level.

If we've said otherwise in the past, I'm overruling it, because this card is too weird to follow any mundane rules. And I don't want any argument outta you mooks, either.
__________________
Andrew Hackard, Munchkin Line Editor
If you have a question that isn't getting answered, we have a thread for that.

Let people like what they like. Don't be a gamer hater.

#PlayMunchkin on social media: Twitter || Facebook || Instagram || YouTube
Follow us on Kickstarter: Steve Jackson Games and Warehouse 23
Andrew Hackard is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-14-2012, 08:14 PM   #5
Clipper
 
Clipper's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Sydney, Australia
Default Re: Duck of Many Things

Not making an argument, but thought I could be of some help. I think this is the most prominent place where it was officially stated the Duck cannot be used at Level 9. It could use a follow-up post to ensure it doesn't trip up others. It was also brought up here, although not as strongly. Those threads are the reason why I didn't think the card could be used at Level 9 up until today, in any case.

And I'm glad for the new ruling as it no longer means figuring out whether you have enough cards to be able to handle all the various discards before figuring out whether you can play the Duck either.
__________________
My unofficial, but comprehensive Flowcharts: Munchkin: A4 Letter; Munchkin Quest: A4 Letter
Rules Checklist for all Munchkin sets: A4 Letter.
Clipper is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-14-2012, 09:21 PM   #6
Andrew Hackard
Munchkin Line Editor
 
Andrew Hackard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Austin, TX
Default Re: Duck of Many Things

Crap. I'm agreeing with myself in the earlier thread. Rescinding my statement above: you cannot play this card at Level 9.

I hate this card. And I love it. #conflicted

(If I someday get to work on Munchkin, Second Edition, this card is one of the first up against the wall.)
__________________
Andrew Hackard, Munchkin Line Editor
If you have a question that isn't getting answered, we have a thread for that.

Let people like what they like. Don't be a gamer hater.

#PlayMunchkin on social media: Twitter || Facebook || Instagram || YouTube
Follow us on Kickstarter: Steve Jackson Games and Warehouse 23
Andrew Hackard is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-14-2012, 10:04 PM   #7
UncleBob
 
UncleBob's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Southern Illinois
Default Re: Duck of Many Things

Geesh - no wonder we can't figure out how this game works. :D :D :D :D :D
UncleBob is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-14-2012, 11:04 PM   #8
Clipper
 
Clipper's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Sydney, Australia
Default Re: Duck of Many Things

Well, that was certainly unexpected.

And we're back to ensuring we have at least one other card in play or in our hand before playing the Duck too, I guess (assuming we can discard the card we just drew from the discards). And that the player to our left must have a card in their hand?
__________________
My unofficial, but comprehensive Flowcharts: Munchkin: A4 Letter; Munchkin Quest: A4 Letter
Rules Checklist for all Munchkin sets: A4 Letter.

Last edited by Clipper; 10-14-2012 at 11:07 PM.
Clipper is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-14-2012, 11:06 PM   #9
Andrew Hackard
Munchkin Line Editor
 
Andrew Hackard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Austin, TX
Default Re: Duck of Many Things

You can't use the card if you can't go up a level, because that is SPECIFICALLY against the rules. Playing the card if you don't have enough discards just means "discard everything you have."
__________________
Andrew Hackard, Munchkin Line Editor
If you have a question that isn't getting answered, we have a thread for that.

Let people like what they like. Don't be a gamer hater.

#PlayMunchkin on social media: Twitter || Facebook || Instagram || YouTube
Follow us on Kickstarter: Steve Jackson Games and Warehouse 23
Andrew Hackard is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-15-2012, 08:33 AM   #10
omelette dabbler
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Default Re: Duck of Many Things

Well! There's me opening a can of worms in the vicinity of poultry. Not such a good idea.

Oodles of thanks for the replies and rulings (and non-anti-counter-rulings).

@Enzzo (first post):
You have no idea what we never seem to have in our games. For example winning with no items in play, or kicking in door curses on EVERY turn, and so forth. Trust me, nothing could have been discarded. Neither of us were at level 9, by the way.

@all:
What is your favourite little song to sing?
Don't disappoint me by mentioning that you ignore this part, as I shall be most upset. And if I find any of you singing 'Soft Kitty, ...' things will go very poorly indeed for you.
omelette dabbler is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Fnords are Off
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 03:13 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.