Pirate Fluxx FAQ

Many of the most common Frequently Asked Questions are answered on the Fluxx FAQ page. See also the Monty Python Fluxx FAQ, the Zombie Fluxx FAQ, and the Martian Fluxx FAQ.

Please add other Questions about Pirate Fluxx here, as well as the official or commonly accepted answers to each question.

[edit] Plunderin' and the Captain

Q: It says the Captain's Hat (and the Treasure Map) cannot be Plundered. Can they be stolen with Steal a Keeper?
- A: Yes. "Plunder" has a very specific meaning in Pirate Fluxx, namely the power granted by the Plunder rule. Steal a Keeper (and similar effects, like Exchange a Keeper) are not Plundering, they are stealing. So you CAN use the Steal a Keeper card to take away the Captain's Hat as usual, but you can NOT take it with the free Plunder allowed by the Plunder rule.

Q: While the Captain’s Hat can't be Plundered, can the holder still be Plundered from?
- A: Yes.

Q: Can you make yourself Walk the Plank if you want to avoid letting someone else win with your last card, which happens to be a Goal?
- A: Yes. It says choose a player, which means you can choose any player, including you -- unless the Captain says otherwise!

Q: On the Shackles card, it states that you can get rid of it if you also discard a Booty Keeper from the table. Must it be one of your own Booty Keepers, or can it be any Booty Keeper on the table?
- A: It must be a Booty Keeper you have in front of you. You must pay to free yourself from the Shackles, so you can't pay with someone else's Booty.

Q: Can the Captain choose who gets the Shackles if another player draws them? Can the Captain move the Shackles?
- A: No, and No.

Q: Do you have to get rid of Scurvy instantly once you play Limes/Oranges?
- A: Yes.

Q: If a surprise card can cancel out other surprise cards can a 3rd (or even 4th) surprise card be played consecutively?
- A: Yes.

Q: If someone cancels one of my plays via a surprise card interruption, then do I get another play?
- A: No.

Q: If I use the "during my turn" part of a surprise card on my turn, does that count as a play?
- A: Yes.

Q: With That Be Mine played out of turn, if someone uses the Steal a Keeper card, will this Surprise card allow you to take the Keeper they have just stolen? Technically it didn't count as them playing the Keeper card.
- A: No. As noted, they didn't actually play the Keeper card, they simply got possession of that Keeper by playing an Action. All you could do here would be to stop the Action itself using the Avast Surprise.

Q: With Avast! Halt! played out of turn, can this card still be played after the player has played other cards since they played an Action card? (eg. Player A plays an Action card to steal someone's Keeper, and then plays a Goal card to win. Can Player B play the Avast! Halt! card to cancel Player A's Steal a Keeper card?)
- A: No. Once another card has been played, it becomes too late to retroactively stop a previous card play with a Surprise.

Q: With Canceled Plans played out of turn, does this card only discard a Goal that a player has just played or an existing goal on the table?
- A: Only the Goal just played.

Q: Can you use the own-of-turn option on Canceled Plans to nullify a goal you are forced to play during your turn that would cause someone else to win?
- A: No. In general, you can't use the out-of-turn portion of a Surprise during your turn, but also the Canceled Plans card specifically says it is used to stop a Goal which another player has just played.

Q: If I play a card on my turn and another player plays a Surprise to cancel it, then I can play another Surprise to cancel the first one. Since it's my turn, does that count as a Play?
- A: It does not count as a play. It's sort of meta-out-of-turn.

Q: Regarding Canceled Plans and Avast! Stop That!, if you play them during your turn, it says "All other players must discard one Goal/Action, or a random card, from their hands." Does that mean you have a free choice, or must you discard a Goal/Action if you have one, and a random card only if you don't?
- A: You get to choose.

Q: Shouldn't the boilerplate text at the top of the Surprise card also say to put the card on the discard pile?
- A: Yes, it certainly should.

Q: Can you use Skullduggery to cancel a Plunder -- not on the Rule itself, but on a single act of Plundering?
- A: Yes.

Q: If someone plays Trash a Keeper, could you use Skullduggery to stop them?
- A: Yes. Trashing a Keeper changes its ownership, so it can indeed be canceled with Skullduggery.

Q: Can Skullduggery be used to stop Mutiny?
- A: Yes. All of the various ways the Captain's Hat might move around in a Mutiny would be considered changes of Keeper ownership.

Q: Can Skullduggery be used to stop a Keeper Limit being played as that could cause Keepers to "change ownership"?
- A: No.

Q: Can Skullduggery be used to stop someone from discarding a booty Keeper to get rid of Shackles?
- A: Yes. That player would not be allowed to use that Keeper for that reason until their next turn. However, they could immediately discard any other Booty Keeper they have to gain freedom.
Q:If you play a goal card that makes you the winner, can another player play a surprise card that cancels out that goal?
- A: Yes.playing a "goal" card to win is acceptable ,but when the "Canceled Plans" card played it cancels the goal and play continues to the next person