 After the release of "Minion Nation", all further boxed sets of "Minion Hunter" included the expansion set.In the December 1992 edition of "Dragon" (Issue 188), Rick Swan thought the role-playing aspects of the game were too slight to interest role-players, and the rules of the game were too basic to interest board gamers.He also noted that the basic game was stacked against the Dark Minions, saying, "assuming the characters don’t waste a lot of time wandering around the Career Track, the minions are usually doomed.