Want to play a game that involves searching for hidden objects, but that avoids the task of log-writing, worrying about trading up or even, and is virtually maintenance-free? Do you own a smartphone? Then you may be ready to start playing Munzee, a game that could satisfy your inner numbers hound!

What is Munzee?
Munzee is a scavenger-hunt game where items are found in the real world and captured using your smartphone. You then level up and gain rank based on your score. Points are obtained by capturing other people's munzees or when your deployed munzees are captured by someone else. Munzee is based off of the fundamentals of geocaching and adds another layer of fun to the hunt. Badges can be earned by unlocking specific achievements.

What do munzees look like?
Munzees come in any size or shape but all must contain a QR-code style barcode. The barcode combined with your GPS coordinates are the essential gameplay elements of Munzee.

Munzees can be hidden in containers, camouflaged or even in plain view.

What Do I Need to Play?
Munzee is currently supported on some iPhone, iOS and Android platforms.

Scoring System
Currently, players earn points in many different ways.

1.Find and capture (scan) an existing munzee hide = 5 points
2.Hide a munzee (deploy) for others to find = 5 points
3.Have your munzee captured by someone else = 3 points

So, for example - if you hide two munzees and each of those munzees is found by 6 players, your total score would be:

2 * 5 = 10 (deploy)

2 * 6 * 3 = 36 (scans)

Total = 46 points!


Business Munzee: Capture a business munzee = 1 point (can be done once every 24 hours)

Bonus: Munzee GOLD (or pumpkin!) = 50 pts bonus per capture (can be captured regardless of if you have captured it before. Also get standard 5pts for the capture)

Where did the name come from?
When the game was originally being brainstormed in 2008, the first idea included using poker chips with unique serial numbers on them. At the same time they were trying to come up with a clever name that people wouldn't forget. While searching for available domain names they came across the German word for coin which is 'munze'. Adding an extra 'e' to the end left them with a catchy name that also was available as a domain name.

Check it out at www.munzee.com.