Hi Larry, .... Many thanks for the input - it had not struck me that there could be a version on palm. I should have stipulated that I wanted to play patience/solitaire in the real world with a flat space and some pristine Fluxx cards - for the tactile pleasure of pulling, moving and general fumbling as cards get sloppily moved around the table. :-) Regards John On 07/01/2008, Virden, Larry W. <lvirden@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > One of my fluxx players has already left our nest, and the next one is a > high school senior now. My last fluxx player happens to also be my only > zombie fluxx partner, and he's 2.5 yrs away from graduating. So I understand > Mr. Onstad's comments oh so very well. > > As for a single player version of fluxx, my first exposure to fluxx was via > the palm pilot game "MicroFluxx". That doesn't translate well to a physical > card game, because the game had a computer player component. Maybe, > however, someone's written a contemporary version of computer fluxx... > > > > -- > > <URL: http://wiki.tcl.tk/ > > > Even if explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this posting > > should be construed as representing my employer's opinions. > > <URL: mailto:lvirden@xxxxxxxxx > <URL: > http://www.purl.org/NET/lvirden/ > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: fluxx-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fluxx-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Christopher Onstad > Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 3:58 AM > To: Fluxx Discussion List > Subject: Re: [Fluxx] Patience > > > > Hello there John, > I am incredibly glad to have made your virtual aquaintance. How are you? > It's funny you asked this question, for 2 reasons. First off, I have been > contimplating a solo fluxx myself. And also because I just recently found > the fluxxentration rules. But Dan gave you that link. Anyway, my thoughts > are completely differnt, and still fledgling. It's a work in progress but > here is what I have so far for my "lonely old man whos daughter and main > gaming partner has gone off to college version of fluxx" (she still has a > year and a half before she goes off to college, but I want to have the game > ready for the sad day.) > > Goal: Match the current goal or goals: > > Setup: Shuffle the cards lay them fac up on the table. Leave plenty of room > for player keepers, rules, and discard pile. Deal zero cards out to the > player. > > Start: Basic rulse apply draw one play one. when you start out the game, > you are just drawing and playing. until you get a multiple draw rule. oh > yeah and you only go through the deck once. Although there are cards "empty > the trash" that may restock the deck, if the last card is drawn, you lose. > > The complicated part. On the table between the player, and his keepers > there should be space left for the players hand. The hand works like this. > whenever the player draws more cards than he can play, he has leftovers in > his hand. After the last play card is played, and before the cards are > drawn for the next turn, the player must place his cards face down in the > play space in front of him. > Once the first card is placed in the play space all aditional cards are > stacked on top of them. This is the players hand. > The player may not look at, or reorganize the hand, except under certain > circumstances. > If the player ends up playing more cards than he has drawn, he must play > from the "hand" deck. When this happens, the player goes one at a time > starting from the top of the deck, and working his way down. > > AGain the goal is to meet the current goal, or if the double agenda rule is > in play meet both goals. > > This is just a fledgling idea, and have only tried it a couple of times. My > deck is a combined fluxx 3.0 (I think) and family fluxx deck, so it is from > these combinations that I have come up with the following special rules. I > am sure there are more, as I have just scratched the surface of solo fluxx. > But here is what I have so far: > > nuthing apparently I can't find my notes; so here is what I can remember > from the top of my head: > > Trade hands: pick up and count both your playable cards, and all the cards > in your "hand" discard all of them. Deal yourself a numer of cards equal > to what your combined count was. and play the rest of your turn, deposting > your "new" hand as standard. > > Hand limits: When a hand limit rule is played, Pick up the hand stack. > Combine them wtih the "cards to play" before playing further discard all > cards until you meet the hand limit. Then play as normal. (eg: current > rules is draw 5 cards, play 3 and you have 17 in your stack. you draw 5 > cards, and one of them turns out to be hand limit 3. You play that card > 1st. (prehaps there is something in your long lost deck that would be > useful) imediatly pick up your hand. sort through all your cards decide > which 3 you want to keep and discard the remainder. Then you have 2 more > cards to play. ) > > > Shuffle keepers: count how many keepers you have. Then take all keepers > out of the discard pile. shuffle discard keepers and players keepers > thuroughly. and deal player the same numer of keepers he previously had. > Shuffle remainder of keepers back into the discard deck (in case there is a > beneficial shuffle card in the works. > > > Anyhow, I am sure it's not original, but I hadn't seen it. This is my > approach to solo fluxx. Not as imaginative as fluxxentration. But > enthusastically trying to capture the spirit. I think I need some work and > stuff before I say "here it is" but I offer this as a start and to show you > that you aren't alone. There are some of us trying to picture the necessity > of solitair fluxx. > > Fantastic meeting you. Sorry I rambled and got carried away. I suffer from > exuberance. Please skip the uniteresting stuff. Thank you, > christopher > > > On Jan 4, 2008 6:46 AM, John Pal-thingy <bognor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > Has anyone out there attempted to create a game of 'patience' using > > Fluxx cards?? > > Or some 'one player' mutation of Fluxx?? > > > > > > /thanks in advance > > John > > > > -- > > John Pal > > Guildford, Surrey. > > UK > > _______________________________________________ > > Fluxx mailing list > > Fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/fluxx > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fluxx mailing list > Fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/fluxx > > -- John Pal Guildford, Surrey. UK