[Card Game]: Fluxx, reviewed by ShannonA (3/4)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9772.phtml

Shannon Appelcline's Summary:

A short and enjoyable card game by Andrew Looney, now available in a third edition.

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Post originally by Chris at 2003-10-08 11:20:23
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I love Fluxx. It's formed the basis of many a fine game night. But I'm not sure if I agree with the "1" difficulty rating you gave to the game. Some of the rules are a bit obscure, like the "X=X+1" thing in version 3.0. And since the rules can change multiple times within a single player's turn, the situation can get confusing for new players. Also, the fact that there can be a half-dozen or more rules on the table (hand limit, keeper limit, draw X, play Y, goals, etc.) make the game at least somewhat complex.

Great review, by the way. Makes me wish they had an online version!

Post originally by Shannon Appelcline at 2003-10-08 11:52:01
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I actually didn't like the new X=X+1 card because I thought it raised the difficulty of the game up beyond what it had previously been.

In any case, you might be right about the difficulty overall, but I do believe this is one of the simplest games I've reviewed here.

Thanks for the comments,

Shannon

Post originally by jamie herbert at 2003-10-09 10:35:32
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thanks for the review, I had almost forgotten all about Fluxx, so last night we dusted the old I.C.E. edition in my closet off, and my friends and I had an absolute blast! this game is stikll as fun as it ever was, I'm not too sure about picking up the new one (x=x+1 sounds a bit odd) but if they evver come out with an expansion, I'm there

Post originally by Deathlok at 2003-10-09 20:28:57
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Out of curiosity, what's this card do? I've got one of the older versions, and haven't seen this new one.

Post originally by TrueMortality at 2003-10-10 09:55:43
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Add one to every digit shown on a card.

So read 1 as 2, 2 as 3 etc.
Read one as one, though.

Makes working out what's going on a bit difficult sometimes...

Right... Draw 2... oh, plus 1, so 3, hand limit 4... 5, keeper limit..um... 3... Oh, damn, forgot to include the bonus cards, anyone got any paper?

(It's not difficult if you're able to add one to a number, it just takes so much longer. I hate it, which is why I'm sticking with my old version 2 deck.)