Holy crap, really? On rolling dice.

[MunchkinMan]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

I've always interpreted the reason that you don't have to roll dice for combat in Munchkin as a recognition that real munchkins always somehow roll a "natural 20" in the notional pencil and paper game the card game simulates. Therefore there's really no point in actually rolling dice.

I don't think that much thought was put into it. The original release of the game required you to provide your own die, and the Thief's theft ability and Running Away was already more than enough work for a die that you didn't get with the game.