[Fluxx] Deck Size Question

[Michael Shanley]

Richard wrote:
> So my question is, "About how many cards do you have in your Fluxx 
> deck and how many are keepers / goals / new rules / actions?" I just 
> wanted to see how the other Fluxx players built their decks.
My friend and I just made a full deck of our own that works nicely. Its 
87 cards + Basic rules. 20 Actions, 20 Rules, 20 Keepers (well, 19, plus 
a modified doppelganger type), and 27 goals. This is actually almost the 
same proportions as the 3.1 fluxx deck (21 Rules, 20 Actions, 18 
Keepers, 23 Goals), with just a bit more emphasis on Goals (because we 
were trying to balance out the Keepers better).

In the few games we've ran so far, I've found that there are too many 
goals in our deck. Ideally, I think a deck should have a 1:1:1:1 ratio 
of cards. That way, there's a bit more fluxx in Fluxx. (Additionally, 
the 1:1 ratio of Keepers to Goals means that every single Keeper is 
required for 2 Goals, exactly, and I think that's a nice bonus.)

But then, that might be biased since our group really doesn't care about 
winning at all. In fact, we usually play to lose, meaning the person 
who's keepers match the goal loses. (Interestingly, games seem to take 
about the same amount of time whether your trying to win or losing.)

And anyway, if you make a deck with 28 Keepers and (at 4 goals per 
keeper) 56 Goals, no one will EVER win (or lose, as the case may be), 
AND you'll need to make a hell of a lot of Action and Rule cards. In the 
basic fluxx deck, only 1 or 2 Keepers has 4 goals. Everything else has 2 
and possibly 3. Some seem to like having some cards be more important 
than others (and it might be fun to make the beatles more important 
because they are more important to the pop culture thing), but I think 
decks work better when things are balanced.

Finally, there's a new card trick that we put into our new deck that 
some of you might find interesting. Our set as a new rule called the...

"Rule-of-Threes"
When this card comes into play, place the Basic Rules into the discard 
pile. Until a card is played to replace THIS card, consider it to be the 
Basic Rules. Draw 3, Play 3, Keeper Limit 3, Hand Limit 3.

Of course, this requires that your Basic Rules card looks exactly like a 
regular card so that it mixes well with the rest of the deck. We were 
thinking of other types of cards of this type, that said things like 
"Everyone has a personal goal. When a player plays a goal, they can 
either use it to replace their own or replace someone elses'." and other 
stuff that would benefit from being the Basic Rules more than being New 
Rules.


-Mike