When I was younger Fluxx was such a simple game... it
only had one rule...
How times have changed. :)
--- Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Chris Goodwin wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, James Hazelton wrote:
> >
> >> Hm. Well, I stand corrected. However, Andy, I
> hope that you can explain the
> >> things that I thought definitively proved Draw
> Before Play.
> >>
> >> Like the back of the 1 and 2.0 edition boxes
> ("Draw one card and then play
> >> one card."). Does this represent a change from
> 2.0? Or was the text on the
> >> old box incorrect?
> >
> > ....Or perhaps it's just back cover copy and not
> binding.
>
> I wrote the back cover copy (and donated it to
> Looney Labs). It was a long
> time ago, obviously. I wasn't thinking about this
> issue at all; I thought
> (and continued to think, up until yesterday) that
> the basic rules were
> unequivocal.
>
> It's possible that Andy already, when 1.0 shipped,
> had in mind the
> reservation that the rules shouldn't say outright to
> draw first. (Anyone
> want to look at a 1.0 deck's rule sheet? Mine is
> packed somewhere.) It
> wasn't a topic that ever came up when I was around,
> though.
>
> S.Mattison:
>
> > Okay, I'll rethink that Fluxx engine I was
> thinking about creating in
> > Flash.
>
> Honestly, I'm not planning to change Volity Fluxx.
> It would make the UI
> more confusing for most players, for nearly no
> benefit.
>
> (I didn't change Volity Fluxx to implement that
> "disobeying the hand limit
> is optional" ruling either. The UI for that would
> just be icky.)
>
> If I update Volity Fluxx to support Zombie Fluxx,
> then I'd make the change
> (for Zombie Fluxx only).
>
> --Z
>
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