“The title is funny, but you’re also blowing up cats, and people aren’t super into that,” Inman told CNET. According to creator Matthew Inman, the trick was creating something funny and engaging that lived up to the eye-grabbing name. The campaign’s success should come as a surprise to no-one if there’s one thing the internet loves more than a good crowdfunding story, it’s kittens. There are, however, a number of other cards that can be employed to protect oneself from the incendiary felines according to the Kickstarter video, “the game enables you to develop fun or cruel strategies against one another.” The premise is simple enough a number of exploding kittens are hidden throughout a deck of cards, and if a player draws one, they’re out. A card game described by its creators as “a highly strategic, kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette” officially became the most backed Kickstarter campaign of all time this week, smashing its original target of $10,000 in just 20 minutes and going on to amass a running total of over $4 million in pledges from more than 108,000 people.Įxploding Kittens was first conceived by illustrator Matthew Inman (best known for online comic The Oatmeal), who teamed up with games designers Elan Lee and Shane Small to launch the Kickstarter. ![]() ![]() Get ready for goat wizards, pig-a-corns and magical enchiladas to become part of your everyday vocabulary.
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