[Fluxx] Larry the Creeper

[Joseph Pate]

So it's basically a missing link, but nothing more
(i.e. pair -> triplet; triplet -> 4ofk; flush/straight/strfl finisher;
2pr -> full house)... but nobody's going to jump from a pair to a 
4ofk if their pair happened to be the wild card.

So basically everyone can count on one wild and therefore only need a 
"close enough" hand, but they have to be luckier than Thom in order
to cash in.  Sounds fun to me -- I used to play 7card no peek (on 
dealer's choice nights) where a turned 7 kills your hand.  It didn't
pick on the same guy every time though.

-Ankhst 

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> No.
> Everyone can use that card as a wild card.
> It only kills your hand if you have a matching card in your hand.
> 
> I.E.  the last card is a 2 of hearts.
> It is wild for everyone. If you already have a 2 in your hand, it kills your
> hand.
> 
> Hope that clears up the poker question.
> 
> -Bob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S Mattison [mailto:s.mattison at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 11:31 AM
> To: rwinans at stny.rr.com; Fluxx Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Fluxx] Larry the Creeper
> 
> Wait, what? So, the card is wild, but you can't USE it as a wildcard?
> All you have is an Ace High? The only way to win with that card is if
> everyone else has nothing and nobody has an ace?
> 
> That's so strange! Poor Thom.
> 
> On Dec 10, 2007 9:09 AM, Bob Winans <rwinans at stny.rr.com> wrote:
> > Here is one I'm kicking around....
> >
> >
> >
> > "Kill Tom" - creeper
> >
> > You can not win if you have this card.
> > If the Rules or Goal currently allow for your victory, discard all rules,
> > goals, creepers and/or keepers from all players that would satisfy the
> win.
> >
> > This card moves in the counter-turn direction any time the goal is changed
> >
> >
> >
> > As a clarification of the name of the card: back in college, on poker
> night,
> > I had created a game where the last card turned up was wild. But if you
> had
> > that card in your hand, it killed your hand.
> > One of my friends, Thom, would always have a winning hand and (every game
> I
> > can remember) he would get killed.
> > We renamed the game "Kill Tom"
> >
> > - Bob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fluxx-bounces at lists.looneylabs.com
> > [mailto:fluxx-bounces at lists.looneylabs.com] On Behalf Of Virden, Larry W.
> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:37 AM
> > To: Fluxx Discussion List
> > Subject: RE: [Fluxx] Larry the Creeper
> >
> > When this card arrived, my boys (avid fluxx players) wanted to know if
> > each of us received personalized creepers...
> >
> > I didn't know ... Until now. Sigh. And here I thought I'd been given the
> > honor of having a card named after me.
> >
> >
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