Batman Fluxx

**Batman™ Fluxx®** is a variant of the Fluxx® series. It was released on August 7, 2015 under dual license by Looney Labs and Cryptozoic Entertainment. It is based primarily on characters and situations from both **"Batman: The Animated Series" (abbreviated as "B:TAS")** and **"The New Batman Adventures", aka "TNBA"**, inspired by the Batman™ comics published by DC Comics. (Some mention of other Batman™-related projects are also used, as explained in the Card List below.)

The artwork for the cards was done by Derek Ring, based on the artwork style used in "TNBA", but with some influences from "B:TAS". (For example, Poison Ivy is depicted with the normal Caucasian skintone she had in "B:TAS", but is drawn in the style of "TNBA" in which she had pale green skin.) The overall graphic design for the set was conceived by John Vinyard and Nancy Valdez.

The rules sheet also makes special note of several "Batman™ Experts" who contributed to the development of the set: Adam Sblendorio, Scott Roache, Steve Petrucelli, Dave Chalker, and Keith Baker.

This set has been placed in the "Looney Labs Vault", which means there are no future plans to reprint or re-release the game. This is usually due to the licensing agreement expiring. It is also no longer available through the Looney Labs Webstore, but may be obtainable through other gaming outlets that still have it in stock.

### Packaging

The Packaging for **Batman™ 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, 9 Creepers, 28 Goals, 14 Keepers, 24 New Rules, 6 Surprises and 1 Basic Rules card. The back of each card bears the following copyright information under the Fluxx® logo: *"™ & © 2015 Looney Labs. BATMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics. (s15)"*

This set makes extensive use of the Creepers for Goals and other purposes to represent the Villains that make up Batman's infamous "Rogues Gallery". As such, their wording is different than in other Fluxx® games that use Creepers. Instead of simply affecting the player in front of whom they are played, the Card Lore on them reads "No one can win if you have this unless the Goal requires a Villain." This means that unless a specific Villain or a numbered group of Villains are required for the Goal, no player can declare victory if even ONE Creeper is in play. This makes this version of the game somewhat more difficult than other variants, due to the large percentage of Creepers in the deck and their frequent requirements for certain Goals.

In addition, 5 Promo Cards and one game accessory were released specifically for the set. (See PROMO CARDS & ACCESSORIES below.)

### Promo Cards & Accessories

Between 2015 and 2019, five Promo Cards were released specifically for **Batman™ Fluxx®**, one of which came with an accessory for gameplay. As of 2023, none of them are still in print, nor are they available through the Looney Labs Webstore, but may still be available through other sources.

The first card released in 2015 was a **Clayface** Creeper. The card came as a "Postcard Promo", which had the card attached to a postcard. The card could be peeled from the postcard and added to the deck. Clayface is a shape-shifting Villain who appears as a huge, vaguely-human-shaped lump of clay (voiced in the series by Ron Perlman). The card has a special effect: "Counts as any Villain."

The second 2015 card was the **Two-Face Flip** Action, which also came with a collectible coin. Unlike other such coins put out by Looney Labs to go with their games, this coin does not function as a "Turn Token" (aka an "It's My Turn" coin). This coin was specially made to go with the card, and depicts Batman™ with the legends "Batman™ Fluxx" and "Looney Labs" surrounding it on the front or obverse ("Heads"), and the then "page-flip" DC Comics logo (used between 2012 and 2016) with the legends "Batman™ Fluxx" and "Cryptozoic™" surrounding it on the back or reverse ("Tails"). The Card Lore explains how to use it: "Flip a coin. If you call it correctly, draw the number of cards in your hand +1. If you are wrong, discard your entire hand. If you have Two-Face on the table in front of you, you get two out of three flips to succeed." (This also presumes that you could use any coin, not just the one that came with the card.)

In 2016, a third card, the **Killer Croc** Creeper was released. Killer Croc (aka "Killer Croc" Morgan; real first name unknown) was a reptilian-looking Villain who was born with a genetic defect that made him appear to be some cross between a human and a crocodile. (The character was voiced by Aron Kincaid (1940-2011) on B:TAS and Brooks Gardner on TNBA.)

The fourth Promo, released in 2017, was the **Scarecrow** Creeper. Scarecrow is the fear-instilling Villain, also known as Dr. Jonathan Crane, former Arkham Asylum doctor and Gotham State University professor. (He was voiced by Henry Polic II (1945-2013) on B:TAS and Jeffrey Combs in TNBA).

The last Promo card to date, the **Jervis Tetch** Creeper, was released in 2019. Jervis Tetch, who went by the *nom de Villainy* "Mad Hatter", styled himself after the character of the same name from the "Alice in Wonderland" stories, and used mind control technology (usually installed in hats of some kind) to control the people of Gotham. The character was voiced in the series by Roddy McDowall (1928-1998).