I have always been a huge Aquarius fan so when I heard that Looney Labs was coming out with an updated version I was giddy with happiness. Looney Labs sent me a review copy of Aquarius but it got lost in the mail so they sent me another one. Luckily this time I received it.

For those who don't know Aquarius is a neat game that's sort like a hippie version of dominoes. Basically you have a secret goal that you try to keep people from knowing. This goal is one of five elements. Then you use the element cards that connect in various ways like dominoes to connect seven element cards together. The first person to get seven panels connected via their element wins. Some nice added fun and complexity is the action cards mixed in like "Zap a Card" that allows you to pick any element card off the table and put it into your hand. Or cards like shuffle goals that allow you to change someones goal. Let me tell you it really stinks when you get one turn away from making your seventh connection and someone plays "Trade Goals" on you.

Moving on to what makes this version better then the original version. The game is still pretty much the same basic premise, that have just added a couple of things that make it interesting. One great addition to the game is diagonal cards. In these cards the elements are split on the card in triangles instead of in squares. This adds new way to grow your connections.

So yeah USPS lost my review copies of Chrononauts and Aquarius so their reviews are going to be delayed. After talking to Looney Labs they decided to wait and ship them out with the new versions of Eco-Fluxx and Family Fluxx when they become available. They also requested I review them separately so I will be reviewing all Looney Labs products separately per their request.

I have review copies of the new versions of Chrononauts and Aquarius on their way to my door as we speak. Once I receive them and get some time to play them I will be posting another double review. I love both of these games especially Aquarius and am looking forward to getting to play the new versions.

When I was at DaishoCon I was able to pick up two new games to review. The first being Stoner Fluxx which I bought from my good friends at ChAdam Games, and the other one being Martian Fluxx which I bought from Gnome Games because the vendor room was closed. I picked both of these games up for a reasonable price and was able to find some people at the convention to try them out with.

When I first received Monty Python Fluxx I was impressed by the box. It was bigger than other fluxx decks and I really enjoyed the artwork on the front. It really conveyed "this is a Monty python game" very well. The only thing that I wished they would have changed about the packaging is unlike the basic fluxx deck they don't list how many ways there are to win (31).

Now that we have covered the packaging lets talk about what's inside the packaging. The cards are the same high quality I have grown to expect with Looney Labs games. Like other fluxx games they used a different font in the card type titles to differentiate it from basic Fluxx. I wish they used a font that was a little less similar to that of the Basic Fluxx but it works.