Well... it came out of my using Fluxx in my classroom with various
groups of students who have various disabilities. For the last 2 years,
I've used it with students in a cross-categorical program, which just
means all the students need to learn and practice life-skills. Last
summer, I had one of my students 1 on 1 for an extended school year
program, and we picked two projects that he would do during that time
with me... one was creating a new version of Fluxx (because he loved
the game, and it was one of the rewards he could earn for good
behavior), and the other was designing an amusement park in
RollerCoaster Tycoon.
The ideas for the cards were finished over the summer, but it took much
longer for us to lay the cards out in a format that would make them
printable: we can't use the standard printing idea, which is to print
directly on the Fluxx Blanxx. To print directly to the card, you need a
spray adhesive to make a carrier for the printer, and then a fixer to
keep the ink from coming off. We're not allowed to use those because
they are on the toxic chemicals list for my district, and things on that
list cannot be used with students in the classroom. A few weeks ago, I
found clear 2x4 shipping labels from Avery, and so went ahead and
created a template to make the Blanxx on those labels and print them
from MS Word. It works fairly well, though you need to be careful about
getting the label on the card correctly or else when you play, you can
make a guess as to what cards your opponents are holding. And, the
clear labels are REALLY hard to find. I should have bought them when I
saw them, because now Staples doesn't have them!
The idea was to create a game that would encourage discussion/practice
of the steps or materials that are needed to do a specific life skill
activity. We already have regular board games that do this, plus
another adapted one that I created based on Trivial Pursuit.
The Rules cards are fairly standard... and many of the Action cards are
as well, but things do get interesting here.
Action Cards
There's A Sub: Tell everybody to put their cards down, and close
their eyes. Steal one card from each person, and put them in your
hand. Finish your turn.
(Because, isn't this what kids do when there is a sub? Shuffle
seats and break the rules?)
Recycle A Keeper: Search the discard pile for a keeper.
Get Married: Choose a player, and mix up both your hands, then deal
an equal number of cards to your "partner".
Go To The Prom: Same as get married, but only the keepers are used.
Goal Cards
Wash Clothes: Washing Machine and Clothes Keepers
Follow a Recipe: Food and Brain
Go To The Mall: Store and Credit Card
Internet: Computer and Books
Class Ring: Check and Form
Drive A Car: Form and Driver's License
Go To Work: Driver's License OR Bus, Work
Keepers: Stamp, Dishes, Washing Machine, Form, Cart, Soap, Clothes, etc.
Magi
Sue Landsman wrote:
What is Survival Fluxx?
-Sue
*/"Magi D. Shepley" <magid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
Awesome... Do you think you could mix Spanish Fluxx cards with regular
Fluxx cards? I wonder if my Spanish speaker would be more willing to
play. He'd certainly be at an advantage!
For those interested, Survival Fluxx is finished... or rather, all of
the cards were laid out, and ready to be printed. If anybody wants to
look at it to see if they think it would play well, let me know. I
would ask that you not share it beyond test playing though... Once it
is "finished", I'll give it to Carol to post on the Teacher site,
but I
do think that since one of my students put in so much effort making
this, its only fair he get a little bit of credit.
Magi
miyu wrote:
> For anyone curious about Fluxx in Spanish I used the game in a
small
> Spanish II class last week and it went over very well. The previous
> week I spent one class period playing Fluxx in English so they
could
> get used to the rules and then brought it out in the target
language
> the following week. They had very few rules questions and
maintained
> steady conversation in Spanish the entire time.
>
> I'll probably be placing another order in the next few weeks for
2-3
> more sets of the game to run multiple games in one of my larger
> classes. I highly recommend sticking to 4-6 people tops if running
> this game in the classroom - especially since the Spanish
version has
> fewer cards than the English.
>
> Once I get the rules to Nanofictionary down I may play it as
well in
> class (after pulling out some cards and limiting it to
vocabulary they
> would easily know in Spanish). It would be very cool to see a
Spanish
> version of Nanofictionary as well!
>
> -Ryan
>
>
> --
> Ora, lege, lege, lege, relege, labora et invenies.
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