Cthulhu Fluxx

**Cthulhu Fluxx®** is a variant of the Fluxx® series. It was released on August 17, 2012 by Looney Labs. It is based on characters and situations from the Cthulhu Mythos created by H.P. Lovecraft and various related projects. The game was co-designed by Andrew Looney and Keith Baker. As of 2023, the set is still available through the Looney Labs Webstore and at specialty outlets such as book stores and gaming stores.

### Packaging

The Packaging for **Cthulhu Fluxx®** is the standard flat 2-part box (4 13/16" length x 3 11/16" width x 1" depth) currently used for Fluxx® sets. The box holds all the cards in two piles with a cardboard divider insert keeping said piles apart for storage. It also holds an instruction sheet and a catalog of Looney Labs merchandise.

### Cards

The game contains 100 cards: 18 Actions, 8 Creepers, 28 Goals, 20 Keepers, 17 New Rules, 3 Surprises, 4 Ungoals, 1 Basic Rules card and 1 Meta Rule. This set is notable for having the most card categories in a single set at 9 (or 8, if you count the Basic Rules as a Meta Rule). The card art and packaging design was created by Derek Ring.

Some cards carry one or more of four special Icons on them:

* The **Investigator** Icon is a picture of a magnifying glass, and may or may not be set on a white circle. It is used to label Keeper characters who are investigating "Secrets Man Was Not Meant to Know."
* The **Doom** Icon is an image of an hourglass on a black circle. Cards with this symbol are "Doomed," and score one Doom Point for each Doom Icon on them. (Some cards carry 2 or 3 such Doom Icons.) Players keep a "Personal Doom Point Count" as well as an overall "Game Doom Point Count" (the sum of all Personal Doom Point Counts).
* The **Anti-Doom** Icon is an image of an hourglass tipped onto its side on a white circle. These count as "negative Doom Points" (-1 Doom Point each) toward totaling both Personal and Overall Doom Point Counts.
* The **Attaching Creeper** Icon depicts a Keeper card on top of a Creeper card. This denotes a Creeper that attaches itself to an appropriate type of Keeper in play (usually specified on the Creeper). Both cards stay in play together until either the pair is discarded or another card allows for detaching of the Creeper to be either re-attached to another Keeper or discarded. The Card List below includes a column specifying which and how many (if any) of these Icons are on the given cards.

As of 2023, two Promo Cards have been made specifically for use with this set. In addition, one Promo Card Pack has been created for use with any Fluxx® deck, but contains some of the above Icons for specific use with **Cthulhu Fluxx®**. (See PROMO CARDS below.)

### Promo Cards

As of 2023, two Promo Cards have been made specifically for use with this set. Both were released in 2012 as "Postcard Promos". These cards were attached to a larger postcard in such a manner that they could be peeled off the postcard and immediately added to a **Cthulhu Fluxx®** deck. They have since been reprinted as single "Loose Promos". In both cases, the original releases were printed in the then-standard "left-color-bar-border" versions, while the "Loose Promo" versions were redone in the current "rounded surrounding border" style used since the releases of Fluxx: Special Edition and Fluxx Version 5.0. (The images used here are of the Postcard releases.)

The first, the **"Hastur/The Unspeakable"** Creeper card was released on August 17, 2012 on postcard, with a "Loose" reprinting done in 2020. It carries a single Doom Icon and the following Special Effect: *"The player who drew this card chooses a word. This card is instantly moved to any player who speaks that word thereafter."* As of 2023, the Loose reprint version is available from the Looney Labs Webstore (SKU: LOO-800-066 / MSRP: $1.00).

The second, the **Horror In Clay/Horrifying Sculpture** Keeper was originally released in September of 2012, both for purchase on postcard and as a handout giveaway to attending fans at PAX, GenCon, and Dragon\*Con in that year. It was brought back as a "Loose Promo" in 2014. The card carries one Doom Icon and the following Card Lore: *"If you have this on the table, Creepers do not prevent you from winning. However, you must discard a card of your choice from your hand when your turn ends."*. The Loose reprint does not have the words "If you have this on the table," on it, but this does not change its effect. As of 2023, the Loose reprint version is available from the Looney Labs Webstore (SKU: LOO-800-051 / MSRP: $1.00).

In addition, one Promo Card Pack--the Werewolf Fluxx Pack--was released with cards containing the **Cthulhu Fluxx®** icons (among others), but according to their entry in the Looney Labs Webstore, the cards can be used with any Fluxx® deck. (See the link for details on this Pack.)