The Loop
92 questions players ask about The Loop. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-05.
Setup and Components
- Do Supa Duplicates count toward the starting Duplicate total in Sabotage mode setup?
- What do the two Foo (Faux) cards revealed at setup decide?
- Why are there five Agents when the game plays only 1 to 4?
- Should unused Agents' starting cards be shuffled into the Huge Deck?
- Are the Energy and Rift cubes a hard limit if they run out?
- Is the Pandasaurus edition (Dr. Faux) compatible with the Catch Up Games edition (Dr. Foo)?
Winning and Losing
Foo Phase, Rifts and Vortexes
- Is there a Foo phase on the very first turn, and can a Vortex happen then?
- In multiplayer, when does the Foo phase happen: once per round or after every player's turn?
- Do you drop Rift cubes into the Machine one at a time or all together?
- After a Vortex forms, what happens to the Rifts, and can more be added there?
- Can Artifact cards appear in an Era that is a Vortex?
- Is an Era whose Mission was completed immune to Rifts, Duplicates or Vortexes?
- When is a Duplicate destroyed, and where does it go?
- Does destroying a Duplicate by pushing it into its paradox Era give Energy or remove a Rift?
- How many Rift cubes does Dr Foo drop each turn?
Action Phase: Moving and Loops
- Can you LOOP a Dimension you hold no card of, or the Black Hole Dimension?
- Is a LOOP finished when the cards are readied, or only after you use them?
- Does each extra LOOP in one turn cost more Energy?
- Does a move caused by an Artifact card cost Energy?
- Can you use Artifacts, LOOPs and moves in any order?
- Where can an Agent's free move go?
- How does the Rainbow card's wild Dimension and wild Era work?
Artifact Card Abilities
- Do you apply a card's text in order, and can you play it if part is impossible?
- Does 'move up to 2 Eras' allow moving zero?
- Can you discard or destroy a card that is already exhausted, even the card being used?
- What does Reveal mean, and where does the revealed card go (Expired Currywurst, Da Vinci Manuscript)?
- What does Merlin's Elixir's Keep 1 mean for my hand size?
- In which Era must Pasteur's Vaccine destroy the Duplicate, and does it count for Missions?
- How does Excalibur's Vortex ability work?
- Does Carry last the whole turn, and can I pick up or drop at intermediate Eras?
- Can 'any one Agent' mean yourself, and can I move onto another Agent's Era?
- Does Push take Duplicates from any Era or only from mine?
Agents and Special Abilities
- When does Time Prowler's ability apply, and how many Rifts can she cancel?
- Does a Rift cancelled by Time Prowler count as removed for Missions?
- How does Robofinisher 404's power work?
- Can V-Girl choose which card from the Huge Deck to destroy?
- Does Mister Time's move of another Agent cost Energy, and how far?
- Does Mr. Time start with cards that remove Rifts?
Decks, Hands and End of Turn
Sabotage Tiles and Missions
- Must exactly two Missions always be revealed, and when do new ones appear?
- After archiving a Sabotage tile, is a new Mission revealed at once, and where?
- Can I archive a completed Mission on an Era where only another player stands?
- Does archiving a Sabotage tile remove Rifts from its Era or stop a Vortex there?
- How many cards does the Attendance Bonus reveal, including solo?
- Is taking the Attendance Bonus card mandatory?
- For Missions that count Duplicates destroyed on Dr Foo's Era (e.g. Clog up Dr Foo's Machine), where must they be destroyed?
- For Missions that count Duplicates destroyed on an Era (e.g. X-Verminate the Duplicates), which Era gets the cube?
- If one action places several Energy cubes, do I score damage per cube?
Game Modes and Solo Play
- What is a Mega Vortex, and can I end my turn on one?
- How often are Ultramachina cards drawn in the End of Times scenario?
- When destroying an Ultramachina creates Energy, does that cube also count for Missions?
- How do blue Perpetual Energy cubes count?
- Can I use Black Hole cards in an Era with a Centrifuge?
- In solo with several Agents, whose Hand gets drawn cards and what is the draw pile?
The LOOP: The Revenge of FauxzillaExpansion
- Do Kaiju Balls count as Duplicates?
- Does Fauxzilla count as a Duplicate for Rift-dropping bonuses?
- Does the extra Faux card from the blue cube trap drop Rifts?
- Does Fauxzilla move when Dr Faux changes Era?
- What happens when the blue trap cube must advance from the last step?
- Can Black Holes still be wild on a trap's Vortex side?
- Can I charge a trap in Fauxzilla's Era and detonate it immediately?
- With the Peak Twins, can either twin's Era be used to charge a trap?
- When the Twins use a free move, do both pawns move?
- Can the Peak Twins alone complete a Mission that needs another Agent?