Excellent. A roleplaying game for telling stories over drinks, the rules for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen can be summarized in just a few pages; the real joy comes from the quality of the righting. The game is written from the perspective of the Baron and little wit was spared in its creation. Even if you have no desire to play the game, the book is well worth the read, especially since it's only 106 pages and can be read rather quickly.

For what is essentially just a rulebook for a storytelling game, this was a surprisingly amusing read. The game itself involves players taking on the roles of 18th century Aristocrats who are regaling each other with fantastical tales of their exploits - such as that time they had to wrestle a yeti while trying to set the record for fastest ascent of Everest; or that time they took their dog for a walk and almost brought about to the collapse of the British Empire. During the course of telling y...

So, as far as reading an RPG guide simply for the giggles, it would be hard to go wrong with the Extraordinary Adventures of the Baron. It wanders, it boozes, it occasionally makes one cringe, and mostly it lays out the rules for a game of improvisational wit and spirit (and provides variants for the young and the not-so-clever, which I have enjoyed as a casual car game).

A hilarious parody of itself -- a gamebook that itself is a game and a parody and an example of the game all wrapped up into one. Brilliantly written, very clever, and evocative of the Baron Munchausen themes and ideas.

I have had a tremendous amount of fun playing this with my regular gaming group. It's an excellent storytelling game and can easily be played with friends, children, or kooky aunts.

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I played this game at GenCon, and it delighted me so much that I decided to purchase it. In addition to being the rule book for a fun improv game, it's also a hilarious story on its own. I look forward to playing it again, and recommend it for all but dull-witted buffoons.

Simple but entertaining little game - the real wonder of this book is that it is written by Baron Munchausen himself - very entertaining read, unless you happen to he French.

Possibly the most fun set of game rules ever written. It's a drinking and boasting game in the style of Baron Munchausen, written in period style. Even if you never play the game, it's totally worth it for the sheer pleasure of reading the rules.

We pulled together a group of friends from the SCA and had a blast playing until 2 am with friends. The stories were memorable and it was honestly one of the most fun we've had at a game night. Before the night was done, two friends had purchased the game online -- if that isn't a rousing success, I don't know what is. Maybe the time I escaped the phantasm that happened across me -- setting me on fire in the process, but that was easily remedied -- while I was performing for the Jarl of Livonia,...

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How can you review a book for a game of such wit and merriment? Why, we can all try to outdo the baron and his great propensity for fine drink and heroic acts that can cause a delicate lady such as myself to swoon, but we would be hard pressed to do so! Upon reading this book, I myself became so much more inclined to adventure that on the way home from the bookshop I saved a baby from a small tornado full of pygmy alligators and ended two international wars (one by land and one by sea). Even my

I felt that this book had two different authors. The first half had a distinctly different feel to it than the second half. The first half was a myriad of different small adventures that always had some fantastical element to it. Very Munchausian. The second half was one very long meandering adventure that was separated into chapters that occasionally had something interesting to say. Overall, I liked this book. However, I think if it were just the first half I would have given it five stars.

Munchausen shot a cherry pit at a deer, and later the deer grew a cherry tree between its antlers. I want a deer with a cherry tree on its head...

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After having just written reviews for Golden Sky Stories and Fiasco, I recalled this book, and I beg for patience for my followers who have no interest in either storytelling or role-playing games. It came to mind because it is so rules-light that it does not even deign to call itself a role-playing game, but rather a drinking game. The objective is to tell the best tall tale, as Munchausen would. There are also some prompts and a rule on how to run interruptions but that is about it! In my edit...

There is a very interesting book called the Adventures of Baron Munchausen. This book consists of many stories and I am going to tell you about one of them. For me the most funny story was about the horse that was splitted in half. This story was called 1CHalf of the Horse 1D.As Baron Munchausen said he was really good at fighting and he always attacked the first in all fights. Once when Baron Munchausen was in fight versus Turks. He had very good horse and it was the most powerful horse in his

Fantastically written rules for a game concerning the telling of incredible stories over drinks in the style of an old-timey pamphlet crafted by the titular Baron Munchausen. The adventures referenced are indeed extraordinary and the game laid out herein is a wonderful exercise in creativity and a test of one's penchant for braggadocio. I can't wait for the chance to regale my fellows with stories of my own daring exploits and in turn marvel at the stunningly fictional adventures of my cohorts a...

Another (rule)book that is almost as fun reading it as playing the actual game. The other one was Paranoia: Troubleshooters.A rulebook of freeform competitive lying, written by the Baron himself.Highly recommended to all RPG players out there.

A book about a game, but written much more fully and more entertaining than most, as it is written from the perspective of the Baron describing the game to you. The game seems very fun, there are lots of variations included, and it's pretty funny to read through, though just by the nature of being a book about a game, some of the transitions can feel kind of forced, particularly at the end when they are trying to get through all of the different variations you can play.