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 The Encyclopedia Frobozzica
Legend has it that Double Fanucci (or Fanucci) was invented by the deposed Zilbo III in the late seventh century.
Fanucci is in fact so complicated that some who do not wish to waste the time required to learn the rules simply play a corrupted version of the game, known as Gabber Tumper.
Professional Fanucci players make use of a handicapping system in which the better the player is, the lower his handicap number.
www.irondune.com /words/frobozzica/appc.html   (701 words)

  
 Defense wins put sales on pace to double for composite maker Kazak
The patent is merely the latest win for the company, whose sales are “expected to more than double to greater than $10 million” for fiscal 2006, according to John Fanucci, president of Kazak.
Fanucci said Kazak also won a production contract recently that hadn’t been disclosed publicly for a U.S. Navy ship component that had been SBIR-funded.
Fanucci said the wing system has an outer airfoil with a second wing stored inside it that extends after launch.
www.cummings.com /articles/kazak_mht_030506.htm   (521 words)

  
 gwax’s rumblings » Blog Archive » My Kind of Games
Double Fanucci is a card game from the Zork series of games.
As things currently stand, Double Fanucci is thoroughly unplayable because I neither have a deck of Double Fanucci cards nor do I (or anyone else) have any idea what the rules of Double Fanucci are.
If I could manage to get a Double Fanucci deck, it might be interesting to try to construct rules but, until then, there’s not much to be done with regards to Double Fanucci.
blog.gwax.com /index.php?p=267   (496 words)

  
 I was never very fond of the standard deck of playing cards,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Double Fanucci is an imaginary card game played with a very large deck of cards.
Double F anucci isn't a real game, but the passage below suggests that at least two games are supposed to be played with the deck, so it qualifies as a game system, albeit an imaginary one.
Note: The imaginary game of Double Fanucci should not be confused with the doubly-imaginary game of Fizzbin, which was fabricated on the spur of the moment by Captain Kirk of Star Trek to bamboozle some alien mobsters on the planet Beta Antares IV.
playing-card-deck-12.digitalartgames.com /playing-card-deck-12.html   (6915 words)

  
 This is soon to become the Zork Zero section of my page
Buried within the Adventure there are some mini-games you must learn the mechanics of to accomplish your goal.
Double Fanucci is a play off of many popular card games.
To master the art that is the game of Snarfen, you must research rather deeply.
struckus.tripod.com /Zork0.htm   (641 words)

  
 The Encyclopedia Frobozzica
Incidentally, Barbel of Gurth's Double Fanucci handicap is 42.
This man's Double Fanucci handicap is unmeasurable, due to his odd life, and his favorite saying is "No one weeps for a necromancer."
During the first week in autumn, Borphee is the site of the Double Fanucci Championships, an annual event since 691 GUE.
jzip.sourceforge.net /frobozz/frobb.html   (3050 words)

  
 Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz - Review - Adventure Classic Gaming - ACG - Adventure Games, Interactive Fiction ...
The Encyclopedia Frobozzica is a must read for all adventurers in the world of Quendor.
Double Fanucci is a card game in disguise.
These occur mostly in conjunction with games or puzzles such as Peggleboz (a peg jumping game) and the much touted game of Double Fanucci.
www.adventureclassicgaming.com /index.php/site/reviews/101   (1506 words)

  
 The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Genco inadvertently offends Don Fanucci (Gaston Moschin), notoriously known as a member of the local The Black Hand [a Sicilian vigilante group that was involved in organized crime] - a heavy-set Italian wearing an expensive white suit and fedora.
In the grocery store where Vito works hard, his job is displaced by Fanucci who demands that the grocer hire the nephew of the Black Hand member.
Supposedly, Fanucci is mad at the entire neighborhood for their late and reluctant payment of protection money: "Says the neighborhood's getting sloppy.
www.filmsite.org /godf2B.html   (2699 words)

  
 Zork Zero takes you back to the beginning
You'll travel to every corner of the kingdom, visiting exotic locales from the glaciers of the Gray Mountains to the swamps of Fenshire, from the placid shores of Lake Flathead to the searing heat of the Great Underground Desert, from the defoliated Fublio Valley to the granola mines of Antharia.
Zork Zero answers many of the questions that have tormented Zorkers for ages: What is it like to play Double Fanucci?
I tried to use them in a different way; rather than illustrate locations, the graphics are integrated into the puzzles themselves.
www.csd.uwo.ca /Infocom/Articles/NZT/zorkzero.html   (734 words)

  
 Cubes of Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Zork Grand Inquisitor, however, "The" Cube of Foundation plays an important role.
It was won in a game of Double Fanucci by Antharia Jack.
The player sends Lucy Flathead back in time to retrieve the cube from him by playing a game of Strip Grue-Fire-Water.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cubes_of_Foundation   (224 words)

  
 Planetfall - Review - Adventure Classic Gaming - ACG - Adventure Games, Interactive Fiction Games - Reviews, Previews, ...
You have just been transferred to the SPS Feinstein, away from gentle hands of Ensign First Class Lim and into the clutches of Ensign Cadet First Class Blather.
Immediately, Blather summarily confiscates your Double Fanucci cards, vetoes your application for Grotch feeding detail, and relegates you instead to cleaning out their cages.
You feel that you are forever stuck at the lowly rank of Ensign Seventh Class and are seriously thinking of quitting the patrol.
www.adventureclassicgaming.com /index.php/site/reviews/172   (1245 words)

  
 Apple - Games - Features - Card Games - Sidebar
In fact, there’s evidence that early playing cards doubled as currency.
Those creations also featured designs that were later incorporated into Mahjong tiles and the Chinese version of dominoes.
Onion (Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels), Diamondback (the Cerebus comic book series), Double Fanucci (the Zork computer games), Dragon Poker (the MythAdventures novels), Fizzbin (the original Star Trek TV series), Pyramid (Battlestar Galactica, new and old) and Tall Card (the Firefly TV series).
www.apple.com /games/articles/2006/02/cardgames/index2.html   (1145 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Admittance is Zm7, and the air in downtown Borphee never provides visibility of more than a fraction of a bloit.
During the first week in autumn, the entire province fills up with every Double Fanucci fanatic in the kingdom.
FACTS: Population: 1,107,810 Land Area: 754 square bloits Capital: Borphee Nickname: The Industrial Province Flower: The Compass Rose Motto: "Borphee-- fixum rixa poo nastik" ("Borphee-- better than you think") [Picture] Double Fanucci Stadium--where tickets for the annual Double Fanucci championships often go as high as 20 zorkmids each.
www.textfiles.com /adventure/INFOCOM/zork2doc.txt   (2300 words)

  
 Music From The Great Underground Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
This heritage goes back to the very earliest years of the GUE.
Zilbo III, the last ruler of the Entharion Dynasty, who is most known for his invention of the card game Double Fanucci, is also the inventor of the brass Trombuoy, and wrote several sonatas for Trombuoy and Danvictorhorn.
The origins of the GUE's rock music can be traced to the legendary singer Elvis Flathead, whose first concert in 841 propelled him to stardom.
infocom.gerf.org /Articles/NZT/music.html   (378 words)

  
 Zork Grand Inquisitor Review and Walkthrough
Turn around and leave through the large double doors, ending up on what was previously the far side of the third bottomless pit.
In the vending machine alcove, convert your 500ZM bill into a bag of zorkmids (which should be more than enough for the rest of the game).
Most lockers are empty or have inaccessible magic paraphernalia inside; the only ones of interest are #8 and #11.
www.balmoralsoftware.com /zgi/zgi.htm   (4902 words)

  
 GameSpy.com - Gaming's Homepage
What was the origin of the white house where the first Zork begins?
And most, of all, how do you actually play Double Fanucci?
The game took players to previously uncharted areas in the world of Zork, offered excellently designed puzzles and rich, descriptive prose.
archive.gamespy.com /articles/september03/25underrated/index14.shtml   (652 words)

  
 GUE-Network - A Tribute to Zork   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Play Double Fanucci until the jester declares a draw.
A few turns later the butterfly will fly out of the case and land on your goblet again, allowing you to sell it repeatedly.
You get 5 Zorkmids the first time you sell it, with the value doubling on each succeeding sale (10, 20, 40, 80, 160, et cetera).
www.gue-network.com /pages/infocom_bz_hints.htm   (2697 words)

  
 The Walkthrough
When you reach the Fork, continue west all the way to the Wharf, and west to the Casino.
The Jester will ask you to play Double Fanucci.
If you read the calendar about Babe Flathead, you will be able to eventually win, and take the broom.
struckus.tripod.com /Zork0walk.htm   (4331 words)

  
 Letters - March, 2002
I do agree with Brandon that "Advance token to the NEXT railroad station" would be clearer if that is indeed what is meant.
Clay Blankenship: I enjoyed the mention of Double Fanucci in your article on
One of the later Zork games—it might have been Beyond Zork or Zork Zero—allowed you to play Double Fanucci.
www.thegamesjournal.com /letters/Mar2002.shtml   (1927 words)

  
 Books
For the musical theater meaning, see Book (musical theater).
Books is also a suit in Double Fanucci.
Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or other written material.
www.shortopedia.com /B/O/Books   (1316 words)

  
 The Adrenaline Vault | GNO | Spellbreaker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
List of possible questions that Belboz might ask you, with their proper answers
Question: Which of our esteemed colleagues was fabled for his skill at Double Fanucci?
Question: In Borphee, who was famed for his skill with fireworks displays?
www.avault.com /cheats/getcheat.asp?game=spelbrk   (760 words)

  
 The Frobozz Magic Hosting & Objects Companies — Who Or What Is A Frobozz?
There is both an easy to use webbified version
(having added appendices about the numbering system, music, Double Fanucci, magic, and world religions).
The following articles are taken from The Encyclopedia Frobozzica, with kind thanks to the Thaumaturge Johnboz.
www.frobozz.us /frobozz.php   (1182 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Some say he was killed during a palace revolt, or simply died from too much reveling while celebrating the upcoming New Year.
There is evidence that he was exiled to a villa where he invented the card game Double Fanucci.
Likewise, historians disagree about Duncanthrax's life prior to 659.
www.textfiles.com /adventure/INFOCOM/zork1doc.txt   (1407 words)

  
 Video game reviews and cheats: XBOX, PS2, playstation2, Nintendo, PC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Look in all the lockers at GUE Tech
Cast KENDALL on the How to Win at Double Fanucci book
Try to turn on or remove the Permasuck after using it the first time
www.gamezilla.com /users/cheat.aspx?cheat=1283   (834 words)

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