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Game Modification Joe Schultz - INTE 5830 - March 30, 2014

Learning Domain Rhyming for early elementary students and emerging readers.

Learning Outcomes Match familiar rhyming words from the Dr. Seuss stories.

Modifications This modification starts with the classic Fluxx deck. All Keepers, Creepers and Goal cards are replaced with cards listed in the table below. In addition, there are some substitutions for Action, New Rules, Meta Rule cards as detailed below. All other New Rule, and Action cards are retained from the classic Fluxx deck. This deck has 100 cards.

Keepers Goals Creepers cat Cat in the Hat - The player with the CAT and the

HAT on the table wins.

hat fox Fox in Box - The player with the FOX and the

BOX on the table wins.

box beast Who's Banquet - The player with the FEAST and

the BEAST on the table wins.

feast Who Two Who - The player with WHO and TWO on

the table wins.

two No More Than - The player with CINDY-LOU and TWO on the table wins.

ham He Likes Them - The player with SAM and HAM on the table wins.

Sam Sam-I-am - The player with SAM and AM on the table wins.

am fish Put Me Down! - The player with FISH and DISH

on the table wins.

dish rake Balancing Act - The player with RAKE and CAKE

on the table wins.

cake

Grinch - You cannot win if you have this. On your turn you can play normally; or you can steal any one card that’s been played on the table; or, you can pass this card to another player; but you can only do one of these on each turn.

pinch Try Them, Try Them! - The player with GREEN

EGGS AND HAM and SAM on the table wins. green eggs and ham - You cannot win if you have this unless the Goal says otherwise.

Lorax Stop the Chopping - The player with LORAX and AX on the table wins.

ax - You cannot win if you have this unless the Goal says otherwise.

Max (Grinch's dog) The Good Guys - The player with LORAX and MAX on the table wins.

Cindy-Lou (Who) Cindy-Lou Who - The player with CINDY-LOU and WHO on the table wins.

Thing 1 and Thing 2 - You cannot win unless you have the CAT. At the end of each of your turns, you can choose to reverse the direction of play.

train Could You, Would You - The player with TRAIN and RAIN on the table wins.

rain (little toy) man Look at Me Now! - The player with MAN and

FAN on the table wins.

(red) fan boat Not on a, not with a - The player with BOAT and

GOAT on the table wins.

goat no Not One Little Bit - The player with NO and GO

on the table wins.

go sad Some Fish Are - The player with SAD and GLAD

on the table wins.

glad bad Bully Fish - The player with BAD and SAD on the

table wins.

Actions Keep all "Action" cards from classic Fluxx except:

1. "Draw 3, play 2 of them", replace with: "These rhyme" - Take a Keeper from in front of another player that rhymes with one of your Keepers, place both in front of you.

2. "Today's Special", replace with (duplicate of card above): "These rhyme" - Take a Keeper from in front of another player that rhymes with one of your Keepers, place both in front of you.

3. "Let's Do That Again!", replace with "Find a rhyme" - Find one card rhyming with one of your Keepers. Start with other player's hand, then the discard pile, then the draw pile. Place both in front of you.

New Rules Keep all "New Rule" cards from classic Fluxx except:

1. "Party Bonus", replace with Surprise card: Surprise - "That's Mine!" Out of turn: Cancel and Action another player has just played. During your turn: All other players must discard one Action, or random card, from their hand.

2. "Inflation", replace with: "Rhymer's Bonus" - If someone has more rhyming pairs on the table than any other player, that person may play 1 extra card. In the event of a tie, no player receives the bonus.

3. "You Also Need a Potato", replace with: "Poor Rhymer's Bonus" - If someone has fewer rhyming pairs on the table than any other player, that person draws 1 extra card. In the event of a tie, no player receives the bonus.

Other Substitutions 1. Replace "Meta Rule" in classic Fluxx with optional Meta Rule card:

"Rhymers Keepers" - If someone plays a Keeper, anyone with a rhyming Keeper in their hand, must immediately play the card on the table next to the Keeper that was just played, then draw a new card from the draw pile. All rhyming Keepers belong to the person who played the first Keeper. This does NOT apply to Keepers that have already been played on the table.

2. Replace "Taxation!" New Rule card in classic Fluxx with: Surprise - "Stop That!" Out of turn: When another player plays a Keeper, it goes in front of you instead of them, possibly preventing their victory. During your turn: Steal another player's Keeper and put it in front of you.

Modification Process I started by counting each type of card in the classic Fluxx deck (Keepers, Creepers, Goals, etc.). I also counted the number of each type of card in Oz Fluxx. I noticed that each deck had 100 cards total, but the amount of the each type of card varied slightly. This told me that I could vary the number of each type of card, but it would probably be good to maintain the proportions. In other words, it would not be

a good idea to have twice as many Creepers as the other two decks. I was determined to keep the total card count at 100. For future modifications, I might reduce the deck size to around 56 cards like Family Fluxx. This might make it better for younger players.

I replaced all the Keepers and Creepers with content that supported my learning domain and learning outcome. As I was deciding on new Keepers and Creepers, I designed new Goals around those Keepers and Creepers. Finally, I replaced a few of the Actions and New Rules. Some of the Actions and New Rules referred to content from the classic Fluxx deck so they needed to be replaced. I added two Surprise cards from Oz Fluxx because I liked having those in the deck. Finally, I created a new Meta Rule card from classic Fluxx with one that made more sense to my learning outcome.

I ended up with 29 Keepers and 19 Goal cards. This is a bit out of proportion from the other Fluxx decks which generally have more Goal cards (around 30) than Keepers (around 20). This became necessary because it was very difficult to find rhyming pairs that had memorable pictures from the Dr. Seuss books. In play testing, one of my goals was to see how this affected the play. My concern was that it would too long to win the game because in most cases there were only two Keepers associated with one Goal card. Getting the right combination of cards to win the game is more difficult with my version of Fluxx. In other Fluxx variations, most Keepers are associated with multiple Goal cards. I compensated for this by creating some actions that made it easier to get pairs of rhyming Keepers. I also added a Meta Rule that required anyone with a rhyming Keeper in their hand to give it to a player who plays a rhyming Keeper on the table. I also compensated by reducing the number of New Rule cards which limit the number of Keepers one can have in from of them. This version works best if there are lots of opportunities to match Keepers to Goal cards.

Play Testing My play testing was fairly successful. I discovered some ambiguity in some of my cards. I was aware that Fluxx is not meant for non-readers, and some emerging readers would need help understanding the cards. However, my non-reading 4-year-old son was able to recognize rhyming words and understand which card pairs would help him win the game. It worked fine for me to read the cards to help him understand the Actions and New Rules. My 6-year-old daughter was able to read the cards, so she didn’t need any help playing her hand. Both of them needed help remembering all the rules and keeping track of the order of play. They are both very young to be playing Fluxx which is meant for ages 8 and up. But the fact that they both enjoyed the game and were able to play it, made me more confident that an older audience would like this Dr. Seuss version.

I enjoyed playing the game. When multiple New Rule cards were played, I had trouble keeping track of all of them. At one point, we had a Draw 5 and Play 4 rules in effect. This got a bit overwhelming. Each turn took a long time, as each player figured out which cards to play in which order. In future modifications, it might be helpful to reduce the number and complexity of New Rule cards.

This modification of Fluxx took longer to win than the other two versions I played (Classic Fluxx and Oz Fluxx). In future modifications, I could design more Action, New Rule, and Goal cards that make it easier

to acquire rhyming pairs and match them with a Goal card. I could envision a New Rule card, that makes it possible to have three or more Goal cards active at one time (similar to the Double Agenda card).

I was pleased that both my children, who are quite young to be playing Fluxx, enjoyed the game. They enjoyed the connection with the Dr. Seuss stories that they are both very familiar with. My wife also enjoyed the cards, though she didn’t play the game with us. Her comment to me was that it took a long time to complete one game.

Reflections related to better understating of learning Domain I decided that all the Keepers that allow a player to win needed to rhyme, since that was my learning domain. This presented a particular challenge as I was creating the Goal cards and deciding with rhyming word from Dr. Seuss to use. There were some natural pairs that I wanted to use (i.e. green eggs paired with ham), that were not possible because they didn’t rhyme. I considered using them anyway, but it didn’t make sense for my learning outcome to introduce non-rhyming pairs.

Another challenge came as I was considering which objects would be easily represented and recognized from the Dr. Seuss books. I wanted young players to be able to match the winning pairs using their familiarity with the Dr. Seuss books. It helped immensely to have a picture associated with the word. Even my son who is not reading yet, was able to look at the picture which he recognizes from the Dr. Seuss story and match it with another image with a rhyming name. During play testing, I learned that it didn’t really matter whether the rhyming words had similar spelling. For example the words two, Cindy-Lou, and who which use different letters to represent the “oo” sound, all rhyme. As long as there is a picture associated with the word, young readers can learn by playing the game, that rhyming sounds are necessarily spelled the same.

As I was developing the game, I was concerned that it didn’t require players to actually think about which words rhyme. If all they had to do to win the game was have the two Keepers on the Goal card, it was more of a matching game than a rhyming game. However, the addition of a new Meta Rule changed this dynamic. The Meta Rule states:

If someone plays a Keeper, anyone with a rhyming Keeper in their hand, must immediately play the card on the table next to the Keeper that was just played, then draw a new card from the draw pile. All rhyming Keepers belong to the person who played the first Keeper. This does NOT apply to Keepers that have already been played on the table.

This addresses my concern by making it necessary to determine if any of the cards in one’s hand rhyme each time a Keeper is played. There are also three new Action cards which require players to find rhyming cards. These two things change the dynamic from matching to rhyming.

Overall, I’m very pleased with my game modification. I think it supports my learning outcome nicely.

KEEPER

CAT

cat

To play this card, place it faceup on the table in front of you.

KEEPER

HAT

hat


KEEPER

FOX

fox


KEEPER

BO

X

box


KEEPER

BEA

ST

beast


KEEPER

FEA

STfeast


KEEPER

WH

O

Who


2

KEEPER

TWO

two


KEEPER

CIN

DY-

LOU

Cindy-Lou


KEEPER

SAM

Sam


KEEPER

AM

am


KEEPER

HA

M

ham


KEEPER

FISH

fish


KEEPER

DIS

H

dish


KEEPER

RA

KE

rake


KEEPER

CA

KE

cake


KEEPER

LOR

AX

Lorax


KEEPER

MA

X

Max


KEEPER

TRA

IN

train


KEEPER

RA

IN

rain


KEEPER

MA

N

man


KEEPER

FAN

fan


KEEPER

BO

AT

boat


KEEPER

GO

ATgoat


KEEPER

NO

no


KEEPER

GO

go


KEEPER

SAD

sad


NO GO

KEEPER

GLA

D

glad


KEEPER

BA

D

bad


GOAL

THE

CAT

IN T

HE

HAT

To play this card, place it faceup in the center of the table.Discard previous Goal if any.

The player with the CAT and the HAT on the table wins.

The Cat in the Hat

GOAL

FOX

IN B

OX To play this card, place it face

up in the center of the table.Discard previous Goal if any.

The player with the FOX and the BOX on the table wins.

Fox in Box

GOAL

WH

O’S

BA

NQ

UET


The player with the FEAST and the BEAST on the table wins.

Who’s Banquet

2

GOAL

TWO

WH

O To play this card, place it faceup in the center of the table.Discard previous Goal if any.

The player with WHO and TWO on the table wins.

Two Who

2

GOAL

NO

MO

RE

THA

N To play this card, place it faceup in the center of the table.Discard previous Goal if any.

The player with CINDY-LOU and TWO on the table wins.

No More Than

GOAL

CIN

DY

LOU

WH

O To play this card, place it faceup in the center of the table.Discard previous Goal if any.

The player with CINDY-LOU and WHO on the table wins.

Cindy Lou Who

GOAL

HE

LIK

ES T

HEM


The player with SAM and HAM on the table wins.

He Likes Them

GOAL

SAM

-I-A

M To play this card, place it faceup in the center of the table.Discard previous Goal if any.

The player with SAM and AM on the table wins.

Sam-I-am

GOAL

PU

T M

E D

OW

N! To play this card, place it face


The player with FISH and DISH on the table wins.

Put Me Down!

GOAL

BA

LAN

CIN

G A

CT To play this card, place it face


The player with RAKE and CAKE on the table wins.

Balancing Act

GOAL

BU

LLY

FISH


The player with BAD and SAD on the table wins.

Bully Fish

GOAL

TRY

THEM

, TR

Y TH

EM


The player with GREEN EGGS AND HAM and SAM on the table wins.

Try Them,Try Them

GOAL

STO

P T

HE

CH

OP

PIN

G To play this card, place it faceup in the center of the table.Discard previous Goal if any.

The player with LORAX and AX on the table wins.

Stop the Chopping

GOAL

THE

GO

OD

GU

YS


The player with LORAX and MAX on the table wins.

The Good Guys

GOAL

CO

ULD

YO

U, W

OU

LD Y

OU To play this card, place it face


The player with TRAIN and RAIN on the table wins.

Could You,Would You

GOAL

LOO

K A

T M

E N

OW

! To play this card, place it faceup in the center of the table.Discard previous Goal if any.

The player with MAN and FAN on the table wins.

Look at Me Now!

GOAL

NO

T O

N A

, NO

T W

ITH

A To play this card, place it faceup in the center of the table.Discard previous Goal if any.

The player with BOAT and GOAT on the table wins.

Not on a,Not with a

GOAL

NO

T O

NE

LITT

LE B

IT To play this card, place it faceup in the center of the table.Discard previous Goal if any.

The player with NO and GO on the table wins.

Not One Little Bit

NOGO

GOAL

SOM

E FI

SH A

RE To play this card, place it face


The player with SAD and GLAD on the table wins.

Some Fish Are

SURPRISE

THAT

’S M

INE!

That’s Mine!

This card can be played at any time, for one of the functions described below, or to cancel a Surprise which another player has just played.

Out of turn: Cancel and Action another player has just played.

During your turn: All other players must discard one Action, or random card, from their hand.

SURPRISE

STO

P T

HAT

!

Stop That!

This card can be played at any time, for one of the functions described below, or to cancel a Surprise which another player has just played.

Out of turn: When another player plays a Keeper, it goes in front of you instead of them, possibly preventing their victory.

During your turn: Steal another player's Keeper and put it in front of you.

ACTION

THES

E R

HYM

E

These Rhyme

To play this card, do whatever it says, then place it on the discard pile.

Take a Keeper from in front of another player that rhymes with one of your Keepers, place both on the table in front of you.

ACTION

THES

E R

HYM

E

These Rhyme


Take a Keeper from in front of another player that rhymes with one of your Keepers, place both on the table in front of you.

ACTION

FIN

D A

RH

YME

Find a Rhyme


Find one card rhyming with one of your Keepers. Start with other player's hand, then the discard pile, then the draw pile. Place both in front of you.

NEW RULE

RH

YMER

’S B

ON

US

Rhymer’s Bonus

To play this card, place it face up in the center of the table.New rules take effect instantly.

If someone has more rhyming pairs on the table than any other player, that person may play 1 extra card. In the event of a tie, no player receives the bonus.

* NEW RULE

PO

OR

RH

YMER

’S B

ON

US

Poor Rhymer’sBonus

To play this card, place it face up in the center of the table.New rules take effect instantly.

If someone has fewer rhyming pairs on the table than any other player, that person draws 1 extra card. In the event of a tie, no player receives the bonus.

* META RULE

RH

YMER

S K

EEP

ERS Rhymers

Keepers

If all players agree, keep this card with the Basic Rules during the entire game.

If someone plays a Keeper, anyone with a rhyming Keeper in their hand, must immediately play the card on the table next to the Keeper that was just played, then draw a new card from the draw pile. All rhyming Keepers belong to the person who played the first Keeper. This does NOT apply to Keepers that have already been played on the table.

*

CREEPER

GR

INC

H

Grinch

You cannot hold this card, but must place it face up in front of you as soon as you get it.If you drew it, immediately draw another card to replace it.

You cannot win if you have this.

On your turn you can play normally; or you can steal any one card that’s been played on the table; or, you can pass this card to another player; but you can only do one of these on each turn.

CREEPER

GR

EEN

EG

GS

AN

D H

AM

green eggsand ham


You cannot win if you have this unless the Goal says otherwise.

CREEPER

AX

ax


You cannot win if you have this unless the Goal says otherwise.

CREEPER

THIN

G O

NE

& T

HIN

G T

WO

Thing One andThing Two


You cannot win if you have this unless you have the CAT.

At the end of each of your turns, you can choose to reverse the direction of play.

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