Fluxx is a chaotic card game that is available in many different themes, but is at its core, the same game from set to set. Jane and I have had fun playing it with two players, however, we recently had a chance to play this game with more than just the two of us, and it was really fun! Games take between 5 and 20 minutes, and is easy to learn, and too random to master.
To give you an idea of the variance it his game, we played one game where one of us almost won on the second turn, only for the game to ultimately go several more turns until finally all 3 of us won simultaneously. Within the course of a game of Fluxx, all of the rules will change, radically, and you will have to adapt your strategy from turn to turn. This is true of all versions of Fluxx, but, since ours is the Monty Python version, the cards all have a Monty Python flavor. Highlights of Monty Python jokes include:
draw a card if you know what is meant.
- "Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean?"
remove any rules on the board that make your brain hurt
- "My Brain Hurts!"
all number 3s on the board are now replaced with 5s.
- "1, 2, 5!"
While not essential to get all the jokes, the game is more fun if you do. And there is some advantage to having an exhaustive Monty Python vocabulary, as cards will ask you to repeat lines from sketches or sing a few bars of (Monty Python) songs. The references are primarily from Holy Grail, but they range across Flying Circus and the other movies.
I would recommend Fluxx of any variety to anyone who wants an easy to pick-up, silly card game for 2 or more players.
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