Exploding Kittens

Exploding Kittens
DesignersElan Lee and Shane Small
IllustratorsThe Oatmeal
PublishersThe Oatmeal
PublicationJuly 2015
GenresCard game
LanguagesEnglish
Players2–5
Setup time< 1 minutes
Playing time15 minutes
ChanceMedium
Ages7+
Websiteexplodingkittens.com

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]

  1. ^ Kooser, Amanda. "But why blow up cats? Inman gives inside scoop on Exploding Kittens". CNET. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  2. ^ "Most Funded Kickstarter projects". Kickstarter. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: EXPLODING KITTENS IS HERE! (Game Bang). YouTube.
  4. ^ "Exploding Kittens by Elan Lee". Kickstarter. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  5. ^ Imam, Jareen (January 28, 2015). "'Exploding Kittens' most backed Kickstarter ever". CNN. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  6. ^ Vincent, James (January 28, 2015). "Exploding Kittens becomes the most backed Kickstarter project of all time". The Verge. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  7. ^ Bischof, Jackie (February 2, 2015). "A Card Game About Exploding Kittens Broke a Kickstarter Record". Newsweek. Retrieved February 4, 2015.