Box 8.5 × 5.5 × 0.3 in (21.6 × 14 × 0.6 cm)
· Magnum Opus English Wives' and Servants' edition (2008). Editions vary, check your copy before printing an insert.
This not-quite-a-role-playing-game requires players to sit around telling fantastic (but completely true!) stories. Players may attempt to trip up another player's story by wagering a token ("But the Prussian Army had dissolved by that time, m'lord, so you could not have possibly fought it single-handedly"), whereas the storyteller must counter with another token (and an excuse) or swallow their pride and incorporate it into their story (with another excuse). There are also a few, minor details, mostly used to get boring storytellers to stop. The game is won after each player has told one story. Each player, in turn, gives *all* their tokens to another player they believe has told the best story--so collecting the most tokens doesn't make you the winner, it makes you be able to choose the winner. Of course, the best story-telling wins the game.
Re-published 2002 (starting at Essen) by Krimsus KrimsKrams-Kiste as Die unfasslichen Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen.
Is also listed on RPGGeek as The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Adventure, Novel-based, Party Game · Auction / Bidding, Role Playing, Storytelling
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