[Fluxx] Zombie Fluxx Question

[Christopher Onstad]

Hello there,

   While I have been observing the Icehouse and Chrononauts lists for quite
some time now, I have never felt I was knowledgeable enough to contribute to
discussions.  But finally I have a way to contribute out of ignorance.  I
have a question to ask.  But because I am long winded and tend to take the
longest path to a point. (which I guess is redundant) I am going to give
some personal background and a little bit of set-up.  If you prefer to just
help with the answer, skip to the third paragraph. (unless of course I find
something else to bring up, in which case I will probable edit the previous
sentence with the correct paragraph.)

   First some background.  My family and I have been playing Fluxx for about
2 years (I think maybe 1).  I gave Fluxx to my teenage daughter for
Christmas because it appeared to be a wacky random game which she and her
drama club friends would truly enjoy.  Naturally she tried it out on the
family first, and we all loved it.  So much so that we soon acquired family
Fluxx.  Then Christian & Fluxx.  (have yet to get eco-fluxx although we did
give it as a present to a friend who would appreciate the them) It is one of
the first games I ever introduce people to because it is so easy to explain,
and so much fun.  (for most people.)  Fluxx has gone fishing, camping, to
family holidays, cast parties, picnics, the zoo, and many other places.
It's a wonderful go-to game which I will never turn down an opportunity to
play. (Unless I am washing the dishes because wet hands are bad for the
cards.)

   So to setting up the question.  This Christmas I was given ZOMBIE
FLUXX!!  it is soo cool, it is FLUXX with Zombies.  What could be better.
An incredibly genius idea which is greatly appreciated.  By one and all.
(or at least by me.)  I was so excited I immediately read the back of the
box twice.  And later that day at my wife's sister's house I got the
opportunity to play.  That first game got cut short because more relatives
showed up and we had to greet them and be nice.  But that was a good thing
because we got 3 more people who had never played Fluxx before to join us.
At first people worried about the creepers and avoided them.  Then my wife
got Zombie repellent and started passing out creepers right and left.  Then
people started trying to get them.  So at one point I think we had like 10
creepers out.  Plus the Dead Friends rule out.  Anyway,  at one point I get
my wifes Zombie repellent and pass most of my creepers to her.  Then the
goal changes to Zombie victory. There were well over 5 creeper cards on the
table (well we were playing on the floor, but it was doing a fantastic
imitation.)  but I didn't have any because of my zombie repellent.  So my
wife gets draw 2 and use them.  One of the ones she has to use is the action
return of the dead.  Which causes all in play creepers to be shuffled and
dealt out in order to everybody in play.  Which leads to my question:

   If the Zombie victory goal is out and there are 5 or more Creeper cards
on the table and One person has the Zombie repellent card and a zombie gets
passed to the person with the zombie repellent, is the zombie victory
condition fulfilled? Or does instantly imply that the person never actually
gets the zombie card? For example it is given to him, and he passes it on to
somebody else before he sets it down?


  In the scenario above, I arbitrarily decided that the zombie victory was
not fulfilled.  I don't know if I was correct, or not, but my thinking was
this.  I was playing with 3 people who had never played any version of Fluxx
before.  Many people tend to view a game as less "fun" if they lose the very
first time they play it.  And the fun is lessened even more if nobody wins
the very first time they play it.  So I figured in that case, it was in the
best interests of the game to interpret instantly as without any intervening
time.  The more I think about it, the more I wonder if that is officially
and technically correct, or if I actually cheated.  Any insights?


Thank you for your contemplation, and I apologize for being roundabout, and
redundant.
Christopher
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