Munchkin won the 2001 Origins Award for Best Traditional Card Game, and is itself a spin-off of The Munchkin's Guide to Powergaming, a gaming humor book which also won an Origins Award in 2000.
Munchkin vandt i 2001 Origins Award for Best Traditional Card Game, og er selv et spin-off fra The Munchkin's Guide to Powergaming, en humoristisk spilbog, der også vandt i 2000.