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| Designers | Elan Lee and Shane Small |
|---|---|
| Illustrators | The Oatmeal |
| Publishers | The Oatmeal |
| Publication | July 2015 |
| Genres | Card game |
| Languages | English |
| Players | 2–5 |
| Setup time | < 1 minutes |
| Playing time | 15 minutes |
| Chance | Medium |
| Ages | 7+ |
| Website | explodingkittens |
Exploding Kittens is a casual dedicated deck card game designed by Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal webcomic, Elan Lee and Shane Small, and first published by The Oatmeal in 2015. Beginning as a Kickstarter project seeking US$10,000 in crowdfunding, it exceeded its goal in eight minutes.[1]
On January 27, 2015, after seven days, it passed 103,000 backers, setting the record for the most backers in Kickstarter history. At completion on February 19, 2015, it had US$8,782,571 in pledges by 219,382 backers. The campaign ended as the fourth most-funded campaign on the crowdfunding site.[2]
The first playtest of Exploding Kittens was recorded on YouTube by Smosh Games, who had the first deck.[3] Delivery to backers started in late July 2015; all backers received the game by September 2015.[4][5][6][7]
- ^ Kooser, Amanda. "But why blow up cats? Inman gives inside scoop on Exploding Kittens". CNET. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ^ "Most Funded Kickstarter projects". Kickstarter. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: EXPLODING KITTENS IS HERE! (Game Bang). YouTube.
- ^ "Exploding Kittens by Elan Lee". Kickstarter. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ^ Imam, Jareen (January 28, 2015). "'Exploding Kittens' most backed Kickstarter ever". CNN. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
- ^ Vincent, James (January 28, 2015). "Exploding Kittens becomes the most backed Kickstarter project of all time". The Verge. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
- ^ Bischof, Jackie (February 2, 2015). "A Card Game About Exploding Kittens Broke a Kickstarter Record". Newsweek. Retrieved February 4, 2015.