The rules are the game. (Fluxx)

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Product:	Fluxx
Date:	22/08/00 (65 review reads)
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Advantages: Simple, easy and fun cardgame to fill in between more serious games.

Disadvantages: To random, little skill.

Tortoise: What's the rules of this game?
Achilles: Draw a card and play a card. The rules are written on this handy card in the centre.
Tortoise: Oh?
A: Yes, look.

<Achilles draws a card from the central deck and adds it to his had of three starters. He plays a card down into the centre of the table>.

A: See. Easy. Your go.

(Tortoise draws a card)

A: No, no, no. Look the rules are draw 2 cards and play a card. Didn't I just tell you?
T: Eh?
A: Look the rules are here in the centre of the table. This one I just put down says 'Rule: Draw 2 cards'.
T: Ahh. I get the hang of this now. Each card changes the rules! Bu how do I win...
A: You'll see.

(The Tortoise plays a card that says 'Hand Limit: 2').

T: So know we can only have 2 cards in our hand when it's not our turn?
A: Yes. These cards form the rules and have the exact wordings on them to help solve arguements.

(The duo discard some cards. Achilles draws two cards)

A: I shall play this new rule 'Play 3 cards a turn'.
A: That means I now have to play two more cards to stick to the rules. I shall firstly play this nice card called a 'Keeper'. It's called 'Love' and I play it in front of me.
T: And I guess you get to keep it?
A: Your catching on fast. And next I play this Goal card that says 'Coffee and Donuts'. The winner is the player with Coffee and Donuts in play as their keepers. There's only one Goal ever in play. Now it's your turn, Tortoise.

(The Tortoise draws dome cards)

T: Aha, this is a new one on me. It's and an Action called 'Pilfer the Trash'. I can get any card out of the Trash and into my hand.
A: Thats the last sort of card that you get in this game. They'll do all sorts of bizarre things, like give you extra turns, stealing keepers, exchanging hands
and other things.
T: I think I get the general idea now.

(Our heroes play on, drawing and discarding, changing the rules of the game. After a few minutes, Achilles wins with 'Toast' when he has the Toaster and Bread keepers in Play).

A: Another game, Tortoise?
T: Perhaps, perhaps. it all seems a little random to me?
A: It is, I think. there's some skill in the playing of the cards. It's a bit of fun, filler game. It's more exciting with a few more players, it must said.
T: I like the rule changing idea, but I'd tire of this after a while. Get out Medici again will you, Achilles?

(Fade to end).

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