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Rules and Gameplay

The game starts out with one basic rule, saying that each player draws one card, and plays one card during their turn. There are four types of cards in the core game, New Rule, Action, Keeper, and Goal cards:

• New Rule cards can be played to change the rules or add other rules. Examples are Draw 2, Play 3, Reverse Order or even Inflation (formerly X=X+1), which increases numerals on other cards played (so Draw 2 becomes Draw 3). In versions 2.0 and 2.1 of the game there is also a card Final Card Random. When this rule is in effect, players must allow an adjacent player to choose the last card played on each turn. Since version 3.0, there is a similar card, First Play Random. (Final Card Random is now one of many orderable "promo cards".)

• Action cards, which allow the player to do one time things like steal cards or eliminate rules. Examples are Draw 2 and use 'em, Jackpot! (Draw three cards instantly), Let's Do That Again, allowing the player to search the trash pile and replay a card, and Rules Reset, which removes all new rules in play.

• Keeper cards, which are used to meet the goals below. Examples are Bread, or War.

• Goal cards, which define what is required to win. Most goals require pairs of keeper cards, for example Appliances requires the Toaster and Television keepers, and Squishy Chocolate requires Chocolate and The Sun. A few goals are different, for example Brain (no TV), All You Need Is Love, and 10 Cards In Hand. In standard play, only one Goal can be in play at a time (though the New Rule Card Double Agenda allows two Goals to be in play at once, with a win being made by satisfying EITHER Goal's requirements).

• Creeper cards are included in the Zombie Fluxx expansion and as certain promotional cards. When a Creeper card is drawn, it is immediately played and a replacement is drawn. Creeper cards aren't technically ever played or drawn, so they don't count towards the per-turn limits. These include assorted zombies in the Zombie Fluxx expansion, as well as the promotional Radioactive Potato.

Blanxx are cards purchasable in packs of 15 semi-blank cards used to create custom cards to change gameplay further. Fluxx Blanxx booster packs are sold for $3, and include one booster card for Chrononauts (titled Beatles Reunion Album), a cover card and an advertisement "microcatalog" card spotlighting other Looney Labs products. Chrononauts is a card game played with a specially designed set of 136 cards. ... The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... Looney Labs is a small game company based in College Park, Maryland, USA. It is named after its founders, Andrew Looney and Kristin Looney. ...

The most recent edition of Fluxx, version 3.1, contains 84 cards, as compared to the promotional deck, which had 81 cards.

Card Sets

There have been several versions of the game, including different cards.

Base Game

For the basic game of Fluxx, these versions include:

• Fluxx 0.5 (beta version of Fluxx)

German and English editions, compared.

• Fluxx 1.0
• Fluxx 2.0
• Fluxx 2.1
• Fluxx 3.0
• Fluxx 3.1

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Expansions

Several expansions have been produced, including:

• Flowers and Fluxx (a gift set with a "bouquet" of six plush "Happy Flowers", a Fluxx 3.0 deck and an exclusive "Flowers" promo Keeper card)
• Fluxx Blanxx, a set of blank cards for creating one's own custom additions.
• Holy Fluxx Expansion Cards (in both Christian and Jewish editions)
• In planning: Fluxx Reduxx (a self-contained "expansion"; reintroducing cards "lost" from 2.0 to 3.0 and adding both older promo cards & a few new ones)

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Variants

There are also versions of Fluxx that have been released using entirely different sets of cards while playing by the same style of rules.

• Stoner Fluxx (Technically Fluxx 4.20)¹
• EcoFluxx (adapting the game to ecological concerns)
• Family Fluxx (Previously called Fluxx Jr.; a full-color "family friendly" edition)
• In Beta Testing: Zombie Fluxx [1]

Both EcoFluxx and Family Fluxx can be added to one of the 3.x editions of regular Fluxx to make a "Mega-Fluxx" game (as all 3 versions have the same card back style).

¹The initial run of Stoner Fluxx cards is sold out (save a few decks which periodically show up on eBay). According to Looney Labs official site for the game, a second printing is planned; however, it will be made under either a new imprint or a totally different company so as to fully separate the marketing efforts for Stoner Fluxx from the rest of their product line. eBay headquarters in San Jose eBay North First Street satellite office campus (home to PayPal) eBay Inc. ...

Languages

• Fluxx Español (Spanish Language edition with some new Hispanic-centric cards)
• German Fluxx ²
• Japanese Fluxx ²

²Both German and Japanese Fluxx contain new art and graphic designs (but identical gameplay). The German version has the same card mix as Fluxx 3.0, plus the "Hide Keepers"-related cards from Fluxx 2.0. The Japanese version has the same card mix as Fluxx 3.1.

Fluxx may also be played online at no charge via the CCG Workshop, using the gatlingEngine to adjucate most of its rules automatically. The gatlingEngine is a Microsoft Windows based program that allows people to play collectible card games and non-traditional card games online and is produced by CCG Workshop. ...

Promotional & Exclusive Cards

Looney Labs gives away promotional cards related to Fluxx at conventions such as GenCon and Origins. They have given away cards such as Composting and Jackpot which later appeared in different versions of Fluxx; EcoFluxx and Family Fluxx respectively. They have also given away promo cards for Christmas and in High Times Magazine. Mad Lab Rabbits, voluntary scouts for Looney Labs, give away promo cards to people interested in the game. Gen Con is the largest and most prominent gaming convention in North America. ... Origins International Game Expo is one of North Americas most prominent annual gaming conventions, second in size only to Gen Con. ... Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... Cover image of High Times premiere issue, Summer 1974. ...

In addition, there are certain cards that can only be obtained by purchasing other items, such as the above-mentioned "Flowers" card in the Fluxx & Flowers set, or the "Pandora's Box" card available with the Pandora's Fluxx Boxx card storage cases.

Recently, Looney Labs has made many of these Promotional & Exclusive Cards available for individual sale (those that aren't out of print). The list of available cards can be found here.

History

Fluxx was created by Andrew Looney and first published by Looney Labs in 1996. The game was successful and was licensed a year later to Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) for wider distribution. ICE went bankrupt two years later and Looney Labs has resumed publication and distribution. Looney Labs produced a revised version of the original game in 2002. Amigo Spiele, a German game company, licensed a German language version of Fluxx in 2003. Similarly, Hobby Japan licensed a Japanese language version in 2005. Andrew J. Looney (1963– ), better known as Andy Looney is an award-winning game designer, writer, cartoonist, photographer, computer programmer, Eagle Scout, activist, and self-declared Emperor of the Universe. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Iron Crown Enterprises has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games for over 20 years. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Amigo Spiele is a German board and card game publisher. ... German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ... HobbyJAPAN CO. is a Japanese hobby magazine and publishing company, specializing in roleplaying, war, and tabletop games, as well as action figures, toys, and artbooks for succesful anime and manga franchises. ... Japanese  ) is a language spoken by over 130 million people, in Japan and Japanese emigrant communities around the world. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2003, Looney Labs produced a new version of the game called Stoner Fluxx, which had the same rules as the original but with a marijuana-based theme. The card backs on the game list it as "Stoner Fluxx" to differentiate it from the rest of the Fluxx variants they market (although functionally, the game could be combined with any of the other variants, see note on "Mega-Fluxx" in Versions above). The company donates a portion of the sales to groups advocating marijuana legalization (almost $15,000 to date). Surprisingly, even though there was no significant controversy over the game, the company has decided on some changes for the release of the game's second printing (see Versions ¹ above). Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ... Legalization is the process of removing a legal prohibition against something which is currently illegal. ...

See also

• 1000 Blank White Cards
• Dvorak
• Nomic
• Aquarius
• Chrononauts
• Looney Labs

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External links

• Official Fluxx homepage
• Fluxx by Edition Card Chart
• Fluxx at the CCG Workshop Wiki
• The designer explains the Hand Limit rules
• Fluxx and the Fluxx series at BoardGameGeek