History TabletopGame / Fluxx

* ''Creator/MontyPython Fluxx''

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Every type of card has colored stripe on the side. Keepers are green, New Rules are yellow, Goals are pink, Actions are blue, Creepers are black, Surprises are blue, and Meta Rules are orange.

** Playing the Hand Limit card makes the other players discard all but the maximum amount. The current player follows suit when his turn is over.

Fluxx (and its variants/expansions: ''Family Fluxx'', ''TabletopGame/ZombieFluxx'', ''TabletopGame/EcoFluxx'', ''Creator/MontyPython Fluxx'', ''Stoner Fluxx'', ''Martian Fluxx'', ''{{Pirate}} Fluxx'', ''[[ScienceFiction Star Fluxx]]'', ''[[Film/TheWizardOfOz Oz Fluxx]]'', ''[[TomeOfEldritchLore Cthulhu Fluxx]]'', ''[[{{Series/Firefly}} Firefly Fluxx]]'', and a board game version) all come from the very excellent people at [[http://www.looneylabs.com Looney Labs]].

** The game must begin with no Creepers in hand and three cards per hand. Any Creeper drawn or dealt is immediately placed on the table, and the player draws a new card. A Creeper card does not count as a draw nor play.

* ResetButton: An Action card allows the player to remove all New Rules from the table except for the Basic Rules and any rules applied from the Meta Rules.

* UpdatedRerelease: Certain Fluxx variations get updates over time with the version number appearing at the side of the box. In particular, Fluxx 5.0 removes the creepers (and alters other cards) introduced in 4.0.
* VariablePlayerGoals: A New Rule card allows two goals to be set on the table. A player meeting one of them will still win the game.

* DiscardAndDraw

The basic rules are very simple- on your turn you draw 1 card and play 1 card. Reading that, you may have noticed there is no rule for how you win. Don't worry, the rest of the rules are on the cards you play! Every card played has a rule that modifies the game you're playing, as you play it.[[note]]In other words, Fluxx is a "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic nomic]]" game, where the point of playing is to create and change the rules of playing the game.[[/note]] Eventually, a player will play a card that will state the condition for winning (usually but not always a Goal), and the first person to meet the Goal in play wins. But the gameplay itself is a bit more unpredictable than that, due to a variety of card types and effects. Don't worry if the Goal seems out of reach. It's probably going to change. Often.

* New Rules - Change how the game is played. Rules generally make the game more frantic (Draw 2, 3, 4 or 5) or less predictable (Play 2, 3, 4 or All) or make other players groan in frustration (Hand Limit or Keeper Limit 0, 1 or 2).

Fluxx (and its variants/expansions: ''Family Fluxx'', ''TabletopGame/ZombieFluxx'', ''TabletopGame/EcoFluxx'', ''Creator/MontyPython Fluxx'', ''Stoner Fluxx'', ''Martian Fluxx'', ''{{Pirate}} Fluxx'', ''[[ScienceFiction Star Fluxx]]'', ''[[TheWizardOfOz Oz Fluxx]]'', ''[[TomeOfEldritchLore Cthulhu Fluxx]]'', ''[[{{Series/Firefly}} Firefly Fluxx]]'', and a board game version) all come from the very excellent people at [[http://www.looneylabs.com Looney Labs]].

Fluxx (and its variants/expansions: ''Family Fluxx'', ''TabletopGame/ZombieFluxx'', ''TabletopGame/EcoFluxx'', ''Creator/MontyPython Fluxx'', ''Stoner Fluxx'', ''Martian Fluxx'', ''{{Pirate}} Fluxx'', ''[[ScienceFiction Star Fluxx]]'', ''[[TheWizardOfOz Oz Fluxx]]'', ''[[TomeOfEldritchLore Cthulhu Fluxx]]'' and a board game version) all come from the very excellent people at [[http://www.looneylabs.com Looney Labs]].

* HotPotato: The Radioactive Potato is a Creeper that is treated as such. Each time the goal changes, it gets passed to another player.

* RedShirt: ''Star Fluxx'' includes an Expendable Crewman card, and its artwork features a crewman wearing a red uniform. When a player is required to discard another card, he or she can discard the Expendable Crewman instead.

* MissingEpisode: ''Stoner Fluxx'' has been spun off to another company so that Looney Labs doesn't get any flack for it, and the similar ''Drinking Fluxx'' got killed off before release.

The basic rules are very simple- on your turn you draw 1 card and play 1 card. Reading that, you may have noticed there is no rule for how you win. Don't worry, the rest of the rules are on the cards you play! Every card played has a rule that modifies the game you're playing, as you play it. Eventually, a player will play a card that will state the condition for winning (usually but not always a Goal), and the first person to meet the Goal in play wins. But the gameplay itself is a bit more unpredictable than that, due to a variety of card types and effects. Don't worry if the Goal seems out of reach. It's probably going to change. Often.

The category of games where the point of playing is to create and change the rules of playing the game is called a "nomic" game.

* Creepers - Introduced in ''TabletopGame/ZombieFluxx''. Like Keepers, but they have to be played straight away, and usually stop you from winning if you have any. However, some goals actually require Creepers to win.

The basic rules are very simple- on your turn you draw 1 card and play 1 card. Reading that, you may have noticed there is no rule for how you win. Don't worry, the rest of the rules are on the cards you play! Every card played has a rule that modifies the game you're playing, as you play it. Eventually, a player will play a card that will state the condition for winning (a Goal, usually (but not always)), and the first person to meet the Goal in play wins. But the gameplay itself is a bit more unpredictable than that, due to a variety of card types and effects. Don't worry if the Goal seems out of reach. It's probably going to change. Often.

The catagory of games where the point of playing is to create and change the rules of playing the game is called a "nomic" game.

The basic rules are very simple- on your turn you draw 1 card and play 1 card, and the first person to meet the Goal in play wins. But the gameplay itself is a bit more unpredictable than that, due to a variety of card types and effects.

Fluxx (and its variants/expansions: ''Family Fluxx'', ''TabletopGame/ZombieFluxx'', ''TabletopGame/EcoFluxx'', ''Creator/MontyPython Fluxx'', ''Stoner Fluxx'', ''Martian Fluxx'', ''{{Pirate}} Fluxx'', ''[[ScienceFiction Star Fluxx]]'', ''[[TheWizardOfOz Oz Fluxx]]'' and ''[[TomeOfEldritchLore Cthulhu Fluxx]]'') all come from the very excellent people at [[http://www.looneylabs.com Looney Labs]].

* XanatosSpeedChess: The only way to play with anything approaching strategy, since the rules and victory condition are always changing.

* ShoutOut: Several of the cards mix this with the above (including [[TheBeatles All You Need Is Love]] and [[Creator/BenjaminFranklin Death and Taxes]]).

Fluxx is a non-collectible card game with some fun (and unique) gameplay mechanics.

Fluxx (and its variants/expansions: ''Family Fluxx'', ''TabletopGame/ZombieFluxx'', ''TabletopGame/EcoFluxx'', ''MontyPython Fluxx'', ''Stoner Fluxx'', ''Martian Fluxx'', ''{{Pirate}} Fluxx'', ''[[ScienceFiction Star Fluxx]]'', ''[[TheWizardOfOz Oz Fluxx]]'' and ''[[TomeOfEldritchLore Cthulhu Fluxx]]'') all come from the very excellent people at [[http://www.looneylabs.com Looney Labs]].

* Creepers - Like Keepers, but they have to be played straight away, and usually stop you from winning if you have any. However, some goals actually require Creepers to win.
* Surprises - Introduced in ''Pirate Fluxx'', these cards can be played on an opponent's turn to negate one of their cards.

Cards in the game are split into;
* New Rules - Change how the game is played, even during your turn when you can break the rules in play (to an extent) so if the rule Hand Limit 0 is in play, you can still hold cards until it isn't your turn any more. Rules generally make the game more frantic (Draw 2,3,4 or 5) or less predictable (Play 2,3,4 or All) or make other players groan in frustration (Hand limit 0,1 or 2.)
* Actions - Do what they say on the card. Most of these make people groan as you do things.
* Goals - Are how you win the game. At the start of the game, there is no goal, nobody can win the game until a goal is played. Generally involve keepers, but some require creepers, or even a certain number of cards in the hand.

* Surprises - Forthcoming with ''Pirate Fluxx'', these cards can be played on an opponents turn to negate their card.

Fluxx (and its variants/expansions; ''Family Fluxx'', ''TabletopGame/ZombieFluxx'', ''TabletopGame/EcoFluxx'', ''MontyPython Fluxx'', ''Stoner Fluxx'', ''Martian Fluxx'', ''{{Pirate}} Fluxx'', ''[[ScienceFiction Star Fluxx]]'', ''[[TheWizardOfOz Oz Fluxx]]'' and ''[[TomeOfEldritchLore Cthulhu Fluxx]]'') all come from the very excellent people at [[http://www.looneylabs.com Looney Labs]]

* AntiMagic: Surprises

* IncrediblyLamePun: The majority of the Goal cards

* ShoutOut: Several of the cards mix this with the above (including [[TheBeatles All You Need Is Love]] and [[Creator/BenjaminFranklin Death and Taxes]])

Fluxx (and its variants/expansions; ''Family Fluxx'', ''TabletopGame/ZombieFluxx'', ''TabletopGame/EcoFluxx'', ''MontyPython Fluxx'', ''Stoner Fluxx'', ''Martian Fluxx'', ''{{Pirate}} Fluxx'', ''[[ScienceFiction Star Fluxx]]'', ''[[TheWizardOfOz Oz Fluxx]]'' and ''[[TomeOfEldritchLore Cthulhu Fluxx]]'') all come from the very excellent people at [[http://www.looneylabs.com Looney Labs]]

* ShoutOut: Several of the cards mix this with the above (including [[TheBeatles All You Need Is Love]] and [[BenjaminFranklin Death and Taxes]])

Fluxx (and its variants/expansions; ''Family Fluxx'', ''TabletopGame/ZombieFluxx'', ''TabletopGame/EcoFluxx'', ''MontyPython Fluxx'', ''Stoner Fluxx'', ''Martian Fluxx'', ''{{Pirate}} Fluxx'' and ''[[StarTrek Star Fluxx]]'') all come from the very excellent people at [[http://www.looneylabs.com Looney Labs]]

Fluxx (and its variants/expansions; ''Family Fluxx'', ''ZombieFluxx'', ''EcoFluxx'', ''MontyPython Fluxx'', ''Stoner Fluxx'', ''Martian Fluxx'', ''{{Pirate}} Fluxx'' and ''[[StarTrek Star Fluxx]]'') all come from the very excellent people at [[http://www.looneylabs.com Looney Labs]]

* New Rules - Change how the game is played, even during your turn when you can break the rules in play (to an extent) so if the rule Hand Limit 0 is in play, you can still hold cards until it isn't your turn any more.
Rules generally make the game more frantic (Draw 2,3,4 or 5) or less predictable (Play 2,3,4 or All) or make other players groan in frustration (Hand limit 0,1 or 2.)

New Rules - Change how the game is played, even during your turn when you can break the rules in play (to an extent) so if the rule Hand Limit 0 is in play, you can still hold cards until it isn't your turn any more.

Actions - Do what they say on the card. Most of these make people groan as you do things.

Goals - Are how you win the game. At the start of the game, there is no goal, nobody can win the game until a goal is played. Generally involve keepers, but some require creepers, or even a certain number of cards in the hand.

Keepers - You get to keep, and are played in front of you. Many of the goals involve at least 2 keepers.

Creepers - Like Keepers, but they have to be played straight away, and usually stop you from winning if you have any. However, some goals actually require Creepers to win.

Surprises - Forthcoming with ''Pirate Fluxx'', these cards can be played on an opponents turn to negate their card.