Looney Labs Fluxx Monty Python Fluxx Looney

by Looney Labs

Product Features

• For 2 to 6 players
• 10-40 mintues to play
• Monty Python theme
• Humorous, extremely replayable Card game
• Expandable but not Collectable

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 1 x 5 inches ; 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: 1929780699
• Item model number: 036LOO
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,043 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

If Fluxx wasn't confusing and strange enough, now the Pythons have gotten involved with the proceedings and made it even more hysterical. Monty Python Fluxx now includes singing, fake accents, reciting Python dialog for extra cards, and pretty much everything else, short of farting in your general direction. (It is, after all, a game for the whole family.) Loosely based on concepts from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, there are guest appearances from King Arthur and all of his Knights, coconuts, a shrubbery, an unladen swallow, a trojan rabbit, a catapult, an airborne cow, the Holy Hand Grenade, and the Finger of God, as well as such Python classics as the giant foot, the nude organist, a resting parrot, and the Spanish Inquisition - which, of course everyone was expecting.

Product Description

"You're a LOONEY." "I'm not, but he is." "Who?" "Him -- the guy who made this Monty Python Fluxx game." "What's looney about him?" "Look, I don't want to argue about that, he just is. He's a Looney!" "Ya know, hyou shouldn't run around calling game designers 'looney' for no good reason." But I've got a good reason. The man is Looney! It says so right on the box!" "You're the looney." "BURMA!" "Why did you say 'Burma'?" "I panicked."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's got big, pointy fangs!, November 17, 2008

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Daniel L Edelen (Mt. Orab, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Looney Labs Fluxx Monty Python Fluxx Looney (Toy)

Looney Labs' Monty Python Fluxx is a variation on their popular Fluxx card game, expanding on the updated game play first introduced in Zombie Fluxx. The added bonus is the insanity of the Pythons, for this game includes dead parrots, knights that say "Ni!" and not even one morsel of cheese.

COMPONENTS:

100 cards and a set of instructions. The cards are not plastic/linen coated, but seem fairly durable. The cards consist of six types: Goal, Action, Basic Rules, New Rule, Keeper, and Creeper.

GAME PLAY:

Trying to describe gameplay is difficult since one of the fun elements of the game is that the winning conditions (Goal) are unknown before the game starts. Not only this, but the rules of the game change as New Rule cards are played.

To begin, each player is dealt three cards. If a player receives a Creeper card, mostly evil creatures from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in this variant (and, of course, the Spanish Inquisition, which no one expects), the Creeper is immediately laid down and another card drawn to replace it.

The Basic Rules card is laid down. That card tells the players to draw a card and play a card. Any one of the cards the player has in hand can be played. Those playable cards belong to one of four types:

GOAL cards, when played, will determine the winning conditions for the game. Playing a new Goal card will eliminate the previous goal (in most cases, depending on new rules currently in force).

KEEPER cards are used to satisfy the Goal card's winning conditions. For instance, if the Goal is to have the Holy Grail and Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch Keeper cards and a player has played those cards, that player wins.

ACTION cards tell the player to perform a particular action, such as steal a Keeper from another player or sing a classic Python song to gain an extra play.

NEW RULE cards modify how the game is played. A rule might now be to draw three cards or to talk with an outrageous accent. A rule of a particular type overrules a previously played rule of the same type, the older rule being discarded. Rules can stack up (though Action cards, such as My Brain Hurts!, exist to remove rules).

The Creeper cards may also have their own rules. The Knights Who Say "Ni!" are defeated if any card with "It's" is in play.

The constant shifting of the rules and goals makes for insane game play. Add in the "anti-Keeper" Creeper cards and this version of Fluxx is even nuttier than the original.

PROS:

* No round of this game ever plays the same twice.

* Game length varies due to the combined effects of New Rule and Goal cards.

* Utterly unique gameplay makes the game fresh for seasoned card players.

* The frantic nature of play with changing rules and goals makes for some real nailbiting.

* A great game for severely sticking it to other players.

* The humorous illustrations on the cards and the sheer inanity of some of the goals, rules, and actions keeps people laughing--or singing "The Lumberjack Song."

* Fluxx expansion packs will work with Monty Python Fluxx. You can combine other full Fluxx decks, too. (Though Monty Python Fluxx has color illustrations on the card fronts, while some of the older Fluxx game card images are B&W line drawings.)

* Simple enough for kids ages 8 and up.

* Dude, it's got Nude Organists!

CONS:

* Though definite strategies exist to play for a winning hand, they are all too easily undone by some of the Action cards and Goal changes, making the game a little too random for some players.

* The cards, though sturdy, could still use a linen finish (although this would make them look different from older expansion pack sets.)

* Should the rules pile up (more than five or six), people often forget to abide by all of them. This is especially true of younger players.

* Despite simple gameplay, the complexity of variations of rules, actions, and goals can bewilder players unfamiliar with the game (though repeated play will break them in quickly). Many of the cards have explanatory text that should be read to all players or else they will not follow what is going on, especially if unfamiliar with the game. (In Monty Python Fluxx's favor {or detriment, depending on how you look at it}, it's less chaotic than Zombie Fluxx.)

* Serious card players won't see the sense in a game like this. (But then again, who wants to play a game like this with serious card players?)

CONCLUSION:

Once people get the hang of this game, it works. It's simple to pick up, though impossible to master. Anyone can win, either through smart play or dumb luck. And if you know what "Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink!" means, you'll eat this game up.

Monty Python Fluxx is the second game in the Fluxx series that uses Creeper cards, the other being Zombie Fluxx. The two games do play differently, though. Zombie Fluxx comes packed with Creepers (the Zombies), while Monthy Python Fluxx has only a half dozen. But while Zombie Fluxx gives you plenty of ways to get rid of your Creepers, Monthy Python Fluxx does not, making it tougher to win if you're stuck with one.

Monty Python Fluxx and Zombie Fluxx--which to choose? A tough call. Zombie Fluxx's gameplay makes it more possible for someone to win in a wild combination of moves that requires a lot of forethought--or just plain dumb luck. Monty Python Fluxx's gameplay is more straightforward. In that, it may actually be the more mental game. Shrewd gameplay rewards players more often than in Zombie Fluxx. Still, the even better question may be, Why not buy both and shuffle the decks together? Indeed, what could be better than going after the Killer Rabbit with a chainsaw? Or dispatching a quartet of zombies with Excalibur? Talk about making tasty brains hurt!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE MONTY PYTHON FLUXX!!!, March 27, 2009

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Eric T. Witham "The Shattered Raven" (Fair Lawn, NJ) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Looney Labs Fluxx Monty Python Fluxx Looney (Toy)

My girlfriend & I first played the Zombie Fluxx with friends. Then I saw this one online and purchased it. I love this one SO MUCH MORE than the Zombie one. It's not just a card game, but you have silly things to do like talking/singing with a silly accent (which gets you to play more cards), repeating lines from the movie. It's so much fun. Have friends over, or even just 1.

Just make sure you clear enough room on the table.

Now bring me a shrubbery, or I shall say Nee a second time!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really clever concept, June 5, 2010

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R. ONeill - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Looney Labs Fluxx Monty Python Fluxx Looney (Toy)

Monty Python Fluxx is a incredibly fun game to play if you love Monty Python. Some of the cards are laugh-out-loud funny and the game really does require a bit of strategy since you (and each other player) controls the "win" conditions of the game. Definitely recommended to any Monty Python fan!