A: Creepers are not one of the core card types. We consider them to be more advanced, and certainly not all decks have them. For versions which will be sold in the mass market, we have consistently chosen not to include Creepers. It’s also why we chose to remove Creepers when we went from Fluxx 4.0 to Fluxx 5.0: we wanted to make the “base version” a good introduction to the Fluxx concept, and Creepers are “extra” if you will. If you have a 5.0 deck and want to add back in the Creepers from 4.0, the Creeper Pack does exactly that.
Even if a version DOES include Creepers, the number that might be in a deck varies wildly, from the heavily Creeper-laden Zombie Fluxx, to Pirate, which only has two: Scurvy and Shackles. Here’s a chart that shows how many of which kinds of cards each version has:
If you’re interested in increasing the number of Creepers in your deck, we do have a few promo cards/packs which include Creepers that you might like to check out.
Be sure to click through and read the descriptions of these, as not all are compatible with every version, and even if they work, they may be a bit off-theme from whatever deck you’re adding them to.
• The Alliance, for example, is designed to go with Firefly, though if it were in a different deck it would just act as a sort of generic, if off-theme Creeper.
• Hastur is themed for Cthulhu Fluxx, but works with any Fluxx.
• Con Crud is the same as the Germs Creeper found in Martian Fluxx, and is obviously germ/convention themed.
• Spiced Ham is a Monty Python reference.
• The Creeper Pack, while mostly designed to go with regular Fluxx 5.0 can be used in other decks, if you remove a couple of the Goals.
• The Horror in Clay, while not a Creeper, is designed to go with decks with Creepers. Note that it’s Cthulhu themed.