Posted on 02/10/2015 7:17:31 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Exploding Kittens is a highly strategic kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. Players take turns drawing cards until someone draws an exploding kitten and loses the game. The deck is made up of cards that let you avoid exploding by peeking at cards before you draw, forcing your opponent to draw multiple cards, or shuffling the deck.
The game gets more and more intense with each card you draw because fewer cards left in the deck means a greater chance of drawing the kitten and exploding in a fiery ball of feline hyperbole.
The game was created by Elan Lee (Xbox, ARGs), Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal), and Shane Small (Xbox, Marvel). We think this game combines all the things we're best at creating, and and put together this Kickstarter campaign because we can't build this without you.
So if you're into card games or laser beams or weaponized enchiladas, please help us make this game a reality. We think you'll love it as much as we do.
Hugs and enchilada kisses,
-Elan, Matt, and Shane.
(Excerpt) Read more at kickstarter.com ...
146,648 backers
$5,813,575 pledged of $10,000 goal
9 days to go
and counting....
What do you think of Exploding Kittens?
And when they take the money and run?
They are about to incur the wrath of ceiling cat!
CC
As long as no kitties are harmed in the making (or playing) of this game.
Whiskey?
What is your cut?
My varmint rifle likes them.
If it takes off, some idiots are guaranteed to explode kittens.
No, thanks!
Don’t I wish. When they first posted this project I wasn’t terribly impressed with the...humor, but it appears there are some people...a lot of people...who simply cannot resist spending their money on this card game. Who’d a thunk it? Just what is so irresistible about this card game? Anyone?
Reminds me of the supermarket checkout line where there were two very small but fat books. One on all of the things you can do with duct tape. The second was the 9,999 things you could do with a dead cat. I pointed to the dead cat book on the sales rack and chuckled. The gal doing the checkout looked at me, and it looks coulda’ killed.... Obviously she was a cat owner.
I like this one better...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/727890387/i-miss-my-dad?ref=nav_search
for military kids...”I miss my dad”
Pretty sure that it has already taken off with 145,000 games pre-sold. Cats need better PR people, apparently most people understand that if you don’t entertain them, they might do something that will get you killed.
Did you buy the book? Was “fishing” one of the things you could do with a dead kitten? They make better bait if they are alive when you throw em in the water (ocean fishing mostly). But I suppose dead would work too.
(Just kidding to all you cat lovers)
So, what is the difference between this and OLD MAID?
I was in on it at under 10K supporters. . .
You can’t disarm an Old Maid with Laser Pointers, Catnip Sandwiches, or Kitten Therapy for a few examples.
No Abracrab Lincoln. No Weaponized Back Hair. . .
Go Fish.
And just what is the harm with entertaining them?
“Did you buy the book?”
No, not a chance. Now the duct tape book, that was at least tempting.
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