Dan
United States
Burlington
Vermont
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A friend had a birthday recently and said that she wanted Fluxx for her birthday. Well, she got both Fluxx and EcoFluxx. Having never heard of the game, I was a little curious, but I had no idea of how much fun I was in for!
EcoFluxx is a card game consisting of 84 cards. There are four types of cards: rules, actions, keepers and goals. Keepers are placed on the table in front of you. These are used to achieve the goals. The rule cards are just that, new rules. Action cards cause you to immediately take an action, be it stealing someone's keeper or to switch hands with someone. Finally, goals are what you are striving to reach. For instance, one of the goals is Bears eat Fish. In that case, the person that has the keeper "Bears" wins if someone has the keeper "Fish" on the table.
Each player is dealt three cards, and new players are welcome to join in midgame, if they want. To start with, there is NO goal to the game, only one rule....Draw 1 and Play 1. As play proceeds, the rules will change. The rules will change anything from the number of cards you can draw or play to the number of cards you can keep in your hand.
If you're looking for a light, easy, fun to play card game the Fluxx family is for you! Many don't like the constant change of the rules (hence the name of the game), but I think it adds a degree of humor to the game you just won't get from static rules!
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Matt
United States
Avon
Indiana
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I much prefer EcoFluxx to the original Fluxx, because the keepers fall into a "food chain" and there's some strategy about how early in the game you should play them. I wouldn't want to play Fish unless I was sure the Bears Eat Fish rule is gone, or I also have the Bear. That little bit of extra strategy makes the randomness of the rest of the game more tolerable for gamers who need structure.
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