[Fluxx] Playing Fluxx what happens when "Draw 2 & use em" first card played is "Rotate Hands"?

[Kristin]

yes, this is how we play it

rotate the hand which was set aside,
then play the 2nd of your Draw 2 and use 'em.

--On March 1, 2008 Kurt Boutin <kboutin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm no rules lawyer, but I'd keep the remaining card and rotate my "hand"
> which I'd set aside already.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:13 AM, AnnOn <ann_on at telusplanet.net> wrote:
>
> hi,
> During a Flux version 3.1 game a friend played "Draw 2 and use 'em." The
> friend followed the text of the card "Set your hand aside." "Draw 2
> cards, play them in the order you choose, then pick up your hand and
> continue with your turn."  The friend drew 2 and chose to first play the
> "Rotate Hands" card.  The players are all current and former computer
> programmers so we can be rule lawyers too often.  The friend felt that
> the hand which had been set aside should not be rotated but only the
> single card remaining from the "Draw 2." Others, including myself, felt
> that the hand set aside should be combined with the remaining card then
> all of them rotated.  What are your thoughts about which cards should be
> rotated? Another comment was that the single card should not be
> considered a hand so the friend continues to hold the single card and
> the set aside hand is used in the rotation. Another comment which was
> mentioned but not considered worthwhile was to have the hand set aside
> be included in the rotation while being kept separate from the single
> card so there would actually be (number of players + 1) hands rotating.
>
> The discussion continued with what should happen after the rotation.
> Should one card be played from the cards received from the rotation
> because of "use 'em" or should the rotation be the end of the "Draw 2
> and use 'em"?  One person thought that if the single card alone was
> rotated and more than one card was received because of the rotation, the
> friend could choose a single card to play then discard the rest of the
> cards and pick up the hand which had been set aside. If the set aside
> hand was rotated but not the single card then the single card is played
> and the cards received from the rotation are used to continue with the
> turn. What do you think?
>
> We chose to stop the discussion when the discussion no longer became fun
> and continue with the playing the game fun by going with the majority
> vote to combine the set aside hand with the single card and rotate the
> combined cards.  That ended the friends "Draw 2 and use 'em".  The cards
> received from the rotation where used to continue with the friend's
> turn. It was my deck and I had only plaid Fluxx one other time but it
> was the friend's house so there were a couple of friendly "My deck
> rules" vs "My house rules".  The other players had never played before
> that night. Everyone loved the game and fun was had by all but it is not
> something that I would play on a regular basis.
>
> Thanks for all your thoughts and comments.
> - Lawrence
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