The Good, The Bad, and the Munchkin

[PriusGuy2004]

So I went to my local game store, and neither box had any of the normal version info printed on the sides/bottom where I'd usually expect it to be. The bar code was printed on the back bottom right hand corner with the ISBN numbers/bar codes and "SJG 1454", but nothing about editions/printings/versions. I'm assuming that even though the box colors appear different, they are the same version?

[Uncle Mick]

Originally Posted by PriusGuy2004

So I went to my local game store, and neither box had any of the normal version info printed on the sides/bottom where I'd usually expect it to be. The bar code was printed on the back bottom right hand corner with the ISBN numbers/bar codes and "SJG 1454", but nothing about editions/printings/versions. I'm assuming that even though the box colors appear different, they are the same version?

I hope this does not count as hi-jacking a thread but I have a similar difficulty with Munchkin Fu and Munchkin Impossible that I'd like to resolve. I've recently acquired two of each set from an extensive trawl of outlets in England's backwaters and wilderness. Three of the boxes are still sealed in their plastic wrap and I'm loath to open them without knowing which edition they are. I recall a statement somewhere that you can tell the version from a date printed somewhere on the box cover. However looking carefully has not revealed such a date. (I did find it near the bar code on a set of Monky Business so this possibly isn't a case of selective blindness.)

(The unwrapped box has no date I can spot either but from the cards within it must be from one of the first three printings.)

[PriusGuy2004]

I searched online to see if there were any other board game stores near where I live, and lo and behold, I found a small shop about 20 minutes north of me. They had "The Good, The Bad, and The Munchkin", and it had the edition information at the bottom like I've seen other base sets have. It says it's the 1st edition, 4th printing, published in July 2012. Best of all, they had it for $19.99, so I bought it and the "Beating a Dead Horse" expansion. The card backs on the expansion are a bit lighter in color, but that is ok. I found what I was looking for, and I saved some money. :-)

[Andrew Hackard]

We didn't print the date until a few years ago. Sets so old that they don't have a date on them have rules that are incompatible with current Munchkin releases.

[PriusGuy2004]

Thanks for the info, Andrew! I'm now even more pleased that I was able to find the version that I did!

[Koma76]

Can anyone post a picture of the card: Horse With No Name?
Plz,

[Andrew Hackard]

Originally Posted by Koma76

Can anyone post a picture of the card: Horse With No Name?
Plz,

Absolutely not. That would be a blatant violation of SJ Games' copyright. Please do not make such a request again.

[MunchkinMan]

The purpose of this thread is done, so I'm just going to lock it. I would also ask Koma76 not to necromance threads without an actual follow up to the original question or an answer to that question.