[Fluxx] Renaming Martian Fluxx?

[Melissa Parish]

I agree with Allen that "Alien" is important.  When I see "Fluxx Invaders"
or "Fluxx Invasion", I think that Fluxx is the thing doing the invading.
And, since we are trying to find a more general "thing" than Martians,
Aliens is the next logical step (in my opinion).

~ Melissa

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 7:15 AM, Allen Firstenberg <ll at addventure.com> wrote:

>
> On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 05:31:09PM -0600, James Hazelton wrote:
> > Hmm, could we all agree that *if* they went with "Invasion," it should
> be
> > without the colon?
>
> You might get me to buy it, but you won't get me to agree to this
> name. {:
>
> Not that it would be too difficult to get me to buy it no matter the
> name...  nor that I really have much of a say in the name itself.  But
> let me outline why I suggested "Fluxx: Alien Invasion" and my thoughts
> about some of the other naming approaches.
>
> As I said at first - I think having "Alien" in there is important.
> Sure, the artwork will make that clear.  But a catalog listing or
> other text listing of games for sale won't.  "Alien Invasion" packs
> the punch that will draw a segment of people in to take a closer look,
> even if they have never seen Fluxx before.
>
> Moving "Fluxx" from its usual spot at the end of the name is radical,
> I'll admit, but not unprecidented.  I think its more correct in this
> case.  In most other variants of Fluxx, what comes first is something
> that I would describe as an adjective - the word is often used as a
> modifier of something else.  "Family friendly" "Eco aware" "Zombie
> invasion".  But "Invasion" is usually more used as a verb - "Normandy
> Invasion" or if its used first, you usually see an "of" in there
> "Invasion of Normandy".
>
> For the same reason, I think the colon is appropriate.  Fluxx isn't
> being invaded, its Fluxx about an invasion.  I think the colon also
> works in a very sci-fi movie kind of way, although I'll readily admit
> that I don't have a good examples.
>
> I generally agree with those who said "no more than 2 words", although
> I think "Fluxx: Alien Invasion" isn't too long and offers some nice
> opportunities for cover and promo art.  While I think the various
> plays on movie names are fun, I'm not sure they really work.  They
> will draw in people who "get" the reference, but only confuse people
> who don't.  While I think "F:AI" draws in most of those people as well
> as people who generically are tuned to sci-fi.
>
> I think the comment somewhere back there about how it was too much
> like "Magic: The Gathering" is an interesting point.  I think there is
> enough of a difference, personally, but wonder how many other games
> use colons for whatever purpose.  Perhaps the flow of how it sounds
> when I say both outloud is part of what appealed to me, and might
> appeal to others.
>
> Now... I'm not in advertising.  I'm not really that much of a gamer.
> I'm not an English major, so I may have messed up that part of my
> explanation.  I'm probably not even anywhere near the biggest sci-fi
> fan on this list.  I'm just a big fan of Fluxx - and that's pretty
> much been my thinking about the name.
>
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