Digging underground for most of their lives gives them a sensitivity to light, especially the light glinting off a piece of treasure! It also gives them impressive muscles. The last place you want to be is between a Munchkin Dwarf, his pickaxe, and some treasure.
- - Smash Up: Munchkin rulebook
The Dwarves are one of the 8 factions from the Smash Up: Munchkin set.
The Dwarves focus on getting treasures and they get benefits from treasures played on their minions.
Other factions from the same set: Clerics, Elves, Halflings, Mages, Orcs, Thieves, Warriors.
Cards
The Dwarves have the usual 10 minions and 10 actions. The total minion base power (not counting any abilities) is the usual 30 or an average of 3 per minion. Additionally, there are several abilities that can boost the power of minions beyond its base value.
Minions
1x Dwarf King - power 5 - Ongoing: When a treasure card on one of your minions goes to the discard pile, place it into your hand instead. FAQ
2x Loot Lover - power 4 - Ongoing: This minion has +2 power for each treasure card on it. FAQ
3x Gold Digger - power 3 - Talent: Place a treasure card from the discard pile into your hand. FAQ
4x Gem Grabber - power 2 - Ongoing: If this minion has a treasure card on it, it has +2 power. FAQ
Actions
1x Anything for Money - Discard any number of cards. Draw one treasure card for each card you discarded. FAQ
1x Cash Out - Play up to 3 treasure cards from your hand as extra cards. FAQ
1x Cunning Plan - Special: Play before a base scores. Draw a treasure card. You may play it. FAQ
2x Greed is Good - Draw a treasure card OR place a treasure card from the discard pile into your hand. You may play an extra action. FAQ
2x Hidden Assets - Place the top 3 cards from the treasure card deck into its discard pile. Draw a card. You may play an extra action. FAQ
1x Mine! - Search the treasure deck for a card that can be played on a minion. Play it on one of your minions as an extra action. Shuffle the treasure deck. FAQ
1x No! My Precious! - Destroy an action played on a minion. If it is a treasure card, you may play an extra action. FAQ
1x Salvage - Special: Play before a base scores. Play a treasure card from the discard pile onto one of your minions there. FAQ
Bases
Mechanics
Dwarves specialize in getting treasures, expecially from the treasure discard pile, and gaining power from on-minion treasures.
Out of its 22 cards, the treasure discard pile has 10 actions that can be played on minions, so nearly half of the deck, though Potion of Cowardice is more detrimental to the Dwarves. Some of the Dwarf minions gaining advantage from having on-minion actions on them, they need to draw the right treasures from the treasure deck, or they can choose the appropriate treasures from the treasure discard pile.
While players could think that Dwarves greatly depend on Munchkin bases to have treasures, Dwarves actually have several cards allowing them to draw treasures and to put treasures into the treasure discard pile. So, they can get treasure by themselves, but they do have an advantage when Munchkin bases are in play.
FAQ
Questions on Dwarf King
Q: Does Dwarf King's ability work after any base scores? Do I place treasures played on my minions there into my hand?
A: Yes.[1]
Rule: Do exactly what the
cardofficial answer says.
Q: If Dwarf King is destroyed, do I place treasures played on him into my hand?
A: Yes.[1]
Rule: Do exactly what the
cardofficial answer says.
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Questions on Anything for Money
Q: Can I discard cards that are already in play?
A: No. When a card tells you to discard a card, it comes from your hand unless it says otherwise.
Rule: Unless otherwise specified, discarding cards refers to cards in your hand.
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Questions on Hidden Assets
Q: Does "Draw a card" mean that I draw a treasure card?
A: No, it means you draw a card from your deck.
Rule: Do exactly what the card says.
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Trivia
- The artists are John Kovalic, who is well-known for drawing the art of many boardgames including Munchkin and several of its expansions, and Gong Studios, who also designed the art of many other factions.
- An Elf and a Warrior are present on the Cash Out card.
- An Elf is also present on the Cunning Plan card.