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Re: [Fluxx] New Keeper: The Joker

  • From"mice r.r." <miceland@xxxxxxxxx>
  • DateThu, 4 Oct 2007 09:12:42 -0700
Remember to update the rabbit wiki with your ideas.

http://rabbits.continuation.org/wiki/Suggested_Ideas_for_Fluxx_Blanxx_cards

-mice

On 10/4/07, Christopher Hickman <tophu@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thursday, October 04, 2007, at 10:37AM, "Christopher Hickman" <tophu@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >I had a light bulb today and made a new keeper.  I'll try it out in our regular lunchtime Fluxx game today.
> >
> >The Joker
> >Counts as any keeper mentioned on the top card of the discard pile.
>
> Okay, so it came up in a few games today.  Verdict: It's not powerful, but it is fun.  It's kind of a tease, since it's always useful for something that's gone.  That is, it kind of sits there and laughs at you for having exactly what you need for a goal that's been discarded. Though, that seems apropos for a Joker, huh?
>
> It was pretty cool at one point though, that we had three Brains in play: The Brain, Andy Looney, and The Joker with Brain Bonus on top of the discard.
>
> At one point we had Draw 5, Play 4, X = X + 1, a hand limit, a keeper limit, several bonuses and I had The Computer.  Holy Crap that was confusing.  I played Rules Reset just to make sense of it. :)
>
> It actually made me think of a new goal:
>
> A Complex Bureaucracy
> If there are more than seven New Rules in play, the player whose turn it is wins.
>
> Hmm, or should everybody lose... ;)
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