Munchkinomicon has arrived! Question

[bigjohn]

I was very excited to get the new Munchkinomicon booster in the mail today!

If you are not familiar with it, the set includes the Munchkinomicon itself (a +5 Treasure that always starts at the top of the deck) and 14 additional spell cards. These spells are in a seperate stack and are recieved each time you are able to:
draw it from the treasure pile
or
lure it away from another player
or
each time you start your turn with it

Now, what I am wondering, do you have to have the Munchkinomicon in your possession to play the specialty spells?

[MunchkinMan]

That's a very good question. One that will require me to dig out my playtest notes, seeing as I don't have a copy of the actual booster in hand and I know Andrew has "gone dark" for at least today, so if I don't find something, you're going to be waiting a while for an official answer. I'm kind of surprised that someone out in the real world has a copy already. I know it was somehow coming very early, but not this very early. Either way, yay! :-)

[Eben]

I've got mine!

[MunchkinMan]

In reading the playtest version of the rules, I don't see anything that would indicate, to me, that you must have the Munchkinomicon to use a Spell. In fact, the rules say that the Munchkinomicon whispers a spell to you. Now, I know that's flavor text to explain why you draw a Spell card when you have the Munchkinomicon, but I would also use that, at least at the present time, to explain why, even after you've lost the book, you remember the Spell.

[duskblade]

W23 had it atleast last friday, mine are on order.

[jivjov]

My Munchkinomicon showed up today as well. We played a 3-man game with both the Munchkinomicon and Fairy Dust in play. Worked really well. Very fun, and not nearly as broken as I thought it would be.

[bigjohn]

thanks for the help.

It is funny you mentioned using it with the fairy dust set, I had the same idea

[RevBob]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

Now, what I am wondering, do you have to have the Munchkinomicon in your possession to play the specialty spells?

I'm going to say "no" here. My copy of the booster came in today, and the Summon the Book spell makes absolutely no sense unless you can cast spells without having the Munchkinomicon.