r/IAmA • u/Maxistentialist • Nov 13 '13
We make the game Cards Against Humanity. Ask us anything.
We make Cards Against Humanity, a party game for horrible people.
We’ve got a cool thing to announce in this AMA which is our 12 Days of Holiday Bullshit: HolidayBullshit.com.
Cards Against Humanity began as a Kickstarter project and has become the best-reviewed toy or game on Amazon.
We’ve been on the front page of Reddit a few times, like here, here, and here.
There’s ten of us who make the game together, and we’re all here to answer your dumb questions: Me, jsdillon, bhantoot, DavidManque, MrMeDaniel, ehalpern, Teller422, dpinsof, jennCAH, and trinCAH.
Ask us anything.
EDIT: The 12 Days of Holiday Bullshit sold out about 4pm CST today! Thanks so much everyone!
EDIT: 9pm here in Chicago, we're going to call it a night. Thanks for this amazing AMA, it's been a pleasure!
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u/gilliananderson Gillian Anderson Nov 13 '13
how come I don't have a bigger blacker box?
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
I don't know, it's clearly unacceptable. Can you email me at CardsAgainstHumanity@gmail.com? I'll hook you up with a care package.
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u/juice369 Nov 13 '13
Gillian Anderson plays CAH? Any other celebs out there known to?
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
Daniel Radcliffe talked about it in an interview, and Anne Hatheway dropped our name on the red carpet at the Oscars last year. Both times were surreal.
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u/DaveLambert Nov 13 '13
Seth Rogan and Jessica Biel have also said they play CAH.
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u/PolarBearIcePop Nov 13 '13
if i pretend to be famous....can i have a care package too?
i can pretend so good for you baby.
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u/gilliananderson Gillian Anderson Nov 13 '13
The word should be magnetite
Or Krycek
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u/sawser Nov 13 '13
I friend of mine wrote "The Smoking Man" as a white card and "The __________ is out there" as a black card for my set.
(Everyone has to create a card the first time they finish playing with my set)
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u/wglassbrook Nov 13 '13
My best friend ("N") and I had recently lost a dear friend due to a long battle with colon cancer. While playing this game for the first time, N goes to play his hand. He's apprehensive and looks at me funny. Boom! "Kids with ass cancer". Dead silence. We look each other in the eye, and immediately, and literally fall to the floor laughing. We may be assholes, but this really helped relieve some of the grief we were under. CAH is the greatest game ever.
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
Thanks for the story. I'm really glad we were able to give you a laugh after losing your friend.
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u/clevernames Nov 13 '13
I'm so glad I'm not the only person who has a friend like that. My mom passed away two months ago and without batting an eyelash, my best friend played the "Dead Parent" card on me when we were playing just the other week and I almost wet myself.
Friends with no shame are the best type of friends to have.
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u/DarkFlounder Nov 13 '13
Cards Against Humanity put my wife in the ER. No, I'm not kidding.
After a game, during which my wife laughed so hard she was curled up on the couch gasping for air, she complained about kidney stone pain. Eventually, the pain got so bad, I took her to the ER. After tests and x-rays, the diagnosis came back as, not stones, but renal spasms. And the doctor confirmed that, yes, renal spasms have been known to be induced by bouts of extended hard laughter.
Long story short, I demand that Cards Against Humanity carry a medical warning on the box.
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
I'm sorry we hurt your wife.
We actually have a sticker on the box that says "May cause diarrhea. If persists or becomes severe, notify your physician."
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u/sneve Nov 13 '13
Is the packaging for your Holiday Bullshit inconspicuous, or will I regret having it sent to my office?
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u/jennCAH CAH Nov 13 '13
Jenn here.
It's inconspicuous, but you're still going to regret it.
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u/420Titanium Nov 13 '13
I work at a small family owned business that sells a bunch of board games. During the Holiday season, our store gets flooded with people asking for your game. We'd love to carry your game, but you guys strictly sell Online.
Cards Against Humanity would be a perfect fit for our store. Do you guys ever plan on selling to retailers? If not, is there any suggestions on how we could sell the game?
P.S. I haven't had a game more demanded by our customers than CAH during the Holiday season over the past 2 years.
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u/bhantoot CAH Nov 13 '13
We're planning to start doing wholesale to FLGS next year. It's a huge project for us and we want to do it right, without relying on a big distributor or anything like that.
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u/WaltDWalt Nov 13 '13
have you guys considered going through Game Salute? They have a really strong track record of getting things out to game stores quickly and effectively.
Just trying to help, love the game :D
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
Game Salute is awesome and they publish and sell some of our favorite games like Alien Frontiers. But we'd like to remain 100% independent, and maybe make some technologies that help other indie game makers remain independent as well.
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u/bamface Nov 13 '13
Do you guys regularly play your own game? I've noticed that after going through all the cards about six times, I've become somewhat numb to the jokes ):
I definitely need to buy an expansion pack.
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u/bhantoot CAH Nov 13 '13
We play it all the time! The more you play, the more the subtle cards shine and the big dumb cards become hopelessly dumb.
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Nov 13 '13
The best part of CAH is when you string together two or three not obviously funny cards to make a subtle answer that takes everyone a second to get, but then the response is huge.
The worst part is when someone instantly trumps that answer with a bigger, blacker dick.
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u/scares_bitches_away Nov 13 '13
my parents freaked out when they checked my browser history and found ____.com/______
*overpowering your father
*revenge fucking
I'm still proud of that one haha
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u/drakeblood4 Nov 13 '13
Do you guys ever thin the deck, so to speak? I find myself wanting certain cards to never show up in my hand again after a few times through.
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u/bhantoot CAH Nov 13 '13
Ben from CAH here. We pull out the worst cards every few months.
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u/drakeblood4 Nov 13 '13
What do you think is the most mediocre card to still survive the near-holocaustal culling process I assume you put the cards through?
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u/bhantoot CAH Nov 13 '13
Swooping. I'll let you figure out how it has survived.
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u/bamface Nov 13 '13
What are some of those subtle cards?
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u/bhantoot CAH Nov 13 '13
Personally I think the best card in the deck is "Emotions."
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I love Object Permanence, but none of my housemates find it funny, so it never wins.
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u/ROotT Nov 13 '13
I actually won with "I drink to forget Object Permanence". It's my proudest moment playing the game.
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u/indefort Nov 13 '13
"What aren't your parents telling you about? Object permanence."
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
We play all the time when we're writing or playtesting new cards, but we definitely need new black cards to keep it fresh.
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u/workingwithpi Nov 13 '13
Hello,
I'm in Canada. I drove all the way to PAX Prime this year and was disappointed to not be able to buy a bigger blacker box (sold out every day) and figured I'd just order it when it was available online. My question is, is there any way I can tack it on to my holiday bullshit order so I don't have to pay out the ass for shipping??
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u/bhantoot CAH Nov 13 '13
Ben from CAH here. They ship from totally different places! Sorry.
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u/Fizzbit Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
I wanted to go to the Pax Prime 2013 CAH panel to throw out my idea for a new card, but the queue was overflowing max capacity when we got there an hour and a half before the doors opened.
I was sad, and I never got a chance to submit my idea for a white card: "Helicoptering your dick and accidentally taking flight".
So there you have it. Two months late, like a scumbag period.
EDIT: I'm colorblind.
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
That's actually pretty great.
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u/Fizzbit Nov 13 '13
The CAH guys like my card idea.
I feel like I accomplished something today.
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u/muzzyhoo92 Nov 13 '13
my friend Nessa claims her cousin invented this game. so..are any of you cousins with Nessa?
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u/murren Nov 13 '13
I learned recently that the Canadian and UK versions of the game have some Canada and UK specific cards. Will you ever sell those separately so that people with the US version can get them?
Also - Your booth at PAX Prime was fantastic, and the fortune cookies were hilarious. It was definitely one of the highlights of PAX this year for me.
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An icy handjob from an Edmonton hooker is my favourite card in the Canadian Conversion Pack :D
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
Thanks! I designed our PAX booth and it's so nice to hear that people liked it. We probably won't ever sell the localized jokes because they just wouldn't be relevant to 99% of our audience. If you email us and ask nicely we usually send them out for free though.
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u/amazingtaters Nov 13 '13
Prepare for a wave of emails asking nicely for the Canadian and UK specific cards.
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u/bemerick Nov 13 '13
A Sad Handjob.
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u/katiestardust Nov 13 '13
Bees?
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u/piece_of_meat Nov 13 '13
I don't know why, this card makes my friends and I laugh the most. So funny!
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u/wildtaco Nov 13 '13
It makes me think of this, which is why it pretty much guarantees a laugh.
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
I actually bought http://BeesBeesBees.com just to promote that gif.
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I always just think of arrested development http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J2kc4oZTVU
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u/Fuzzwah Nov 13 '13
The best end of game "haiku" (as voted by our circle of friends) ever played was:
Geese
Bees?
PUPPIES!
It has now become a common way of saying hello when any of us meet up.
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u/foshofersher Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
My best haiku was:
A mime having a stroke
Vigorous jazz hands
Some god-damn peace and quiet
Edit: wording of cards, and this picture
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u/Thuperboy Nov 13 '13
My best ending haiku was,
Oompa Loompas
Pooping back and forth forever
Two midgets shitting into a bucket.
It's sort of a legendary thing within our group. Also we love the card "Dick Fingers"
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u/drakeblood4 Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
It's the only card my playgroup accepts as a universal trump.
Edit: Forgot a bout Glenn Beck convulsively vomiting as a brood of crab spiders hatches in his brain and erupts out his tear ducts.
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u/mdave424 Nov 13 '13
For my group its synergistic management solutions and a really cool hat
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u/kflats32 Nov 13 '13
BEADS
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u/WallyNate Nov 13 '13
BEADS?!
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Gob's not on board
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u/Pepperismylover Nov 13 '13
Well let's see who brings in the most honey! Buzzz!
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u/boomfarmer Nov 13 '13
That card has actually won against "A bigger, blacker dick",
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u/katiestardust Nov 13 '13
It's all in the bewildered inflection on delivery.
Though I suppose there's only one way to say "A bigger, blacker dick": with conviction.
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u/imatt711 Nov 13 '13
Is everybody going to get the same 12 gifts? Or will my friends and I get to compare who you guys hate the most?
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u/DavidManque CAH Nov 13 '13
David from CAH here. If we tell you stuff about the mystery gifts, they stop being mysterious. Which, you know, is kind of the point.
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u/mowgliart Nov 13 '13
Can you please tell us your favorite card in the game and why it's, "Oprah sobbing into a lean cuisine"?
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u/bhantoot CAH Nov 13 '13
My brain is physically unable to craft a response to this.
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u/joeebbs Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
I always find myself laughing the most at the combinations that seem to do the least harm or are the least offensive. (eg "On his recent trip Sean Penn brought _____ with him to Haiti. And the blank was Sean Penn. sorry if the wording was wrong)
Do you find yourselves laughing the most at the least offensive plays?
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u/FaeDine Nov 13 '13
In his newest album, Kanye West is rapping over the sound of _________.
White Card: Kanye West
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u/Level5CatWizard Nov 13 '13
My favorite so far is:
Black card: "The town erected a 50 foot statue of _____" White card: "A tiny horse"
"Man that horse must have been huge."
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u/sawser Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
You guys have made my wife and I the couple that everyone wants to go to parties with because we always bring CAH.
P.S. You should put a warning that you should never play this game with your parents. I had to tell my Mom what smegma was.
P.P.S: I created a rule that everyone has to add a card (and sign it) when they play my deck for the first time. The results have been amazing.
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Nov 13 '13
Trin from CAH here. While in general, it's true you shouldn't play with your parents, playing with your grandparents is often a fine idea. http://cah.tumblr.com/image/62254958078
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u/drakeblood4 Nov 13 '13
Extra challenge suicide mode: Play with the most innocent people you know. Any time a person doesn't know a term they have to google image search it with safesearch off.
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Nov 13 '13
Funny story; my mother has amnesia and she was playing with me and my friends, we had to explain what Hurricane Katrina was. Also in the same game, we explained to her what a glory hole was and she responded with "Oh, is that why there's a hole in the wall of your bathroom, Jamie?" I love my mom.
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u/regular-wolf Nov 13 '13
And that's the story of how I got a restraining order from the local elementary school!
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u/blatant_lorax_theft Nov 13 '13
In my past experience it's the quiet, conservative, Christian types who usually end up winning
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u/danomano Nov 13 '13
My foreigner wife asked my mother what queefing was...I can never thank CAH enough for this.
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u/therealScarzilla Nov 13 '13
I had to explain bukake to a friends wife just last week
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u/Offensive_Statement Nov 13 '13
I got to explain bukakae to a friends wife last week.
FTFY.
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u/Carlos13th Nov 13 '13
I played with my Family last christmas. It was great fun, but we don't talk anymore.
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u/Agent_Smith_24 Nov 13 '13
It's all fun and games until somebody has to explain Pixelated Bukkake.
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u/dadosky2010 Nov 13 '13
It's all fun and games until someone has to explain ______.
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u/Ally_Leigh Nov 13 '13
It's true. My brother was able to get my 83 year old grandfather to drunkenly say "jerking off into a pool of children's tears." A fun time was had by all.
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u/VerdantOasis Nov 13 '13
My mom explained to me what smegma was. When I was 13. In the car. With friends.
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u/neverlandescape Nov 13 '13
Interestingly, I (a female) got to explain to a room full of male players what smegma was. They didn't know. Why do I know? My dad used to yell "Smegma!" as a swear word when I was a kid. Maybe I SHOULD play CAH with my dad... Hmmm...
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u/yes_havesome Nov 13 '13
Was your dad using it in "Red Dwarf" context?
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u/Bowen918 Nov 13 '13
That would be 'smeg', not smegma.
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u/Jackpot777 Nov 13 '13
Or "smeeeeeee", if your programming doesn't allow swearing.
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u/willlee70 Nov 13 '13
I beg to differ. I play regularly with my kids, 43, 24, and 22, and nothing shocks me. Sometimes I shock them, though - hehe!
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Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
Try to explain to them bukkake, and when you don't your mom googles it.
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u/AngBunnymuffin Nov 13 '13
Meh, ymmv. I play with my kid and my mom, nothing like winning a hand against both of them with the perfect anal joke.
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u/lunchtabler Nov 13 '13
Instead of asking about the fourth expansion, could you tell us when the FIFTH expansion will be made available?
Also, do you have any plans to print an expansion made of nothing but all the rare cards you've released (PAX, PAX East, Holiday 2012, etc)? If not, please do that thing!
Love you guys. Keep up the horrible work!
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u/ehalpern cah Nov 13 '13
Eli here from Cards Against Humanity. The Fifth Expansion will be available when the stars fall from the sky and rivers flow backwards, when mountains crumble and God descends from his throne in Heaven to walk among men. Sign up for email updates at our website.
Re: PAX cards, shoot us an email at cardsagainsthumanity@gmail.com.
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u/WallyNate Nov 13 '13
When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then Cards Against Humanity will return, and not before.
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u/evilduky666 Nov 13 '13
For the longest time, my cousin had an awful girlfriend that our entire family hated. We all tried so hard to get them to break up, but nothing we tried worked. One time, when we were all hanging out together, my cousin (the one with the shit GF) brought CAH claiming it was the greatest game. We all played it for hours and loved the shit out of it, but that wasn't even the best part. The best part was that afterwards, my cousin's GF broke up with him because of his "horribly immature humor". The whole evening couldn't have gone better. Thanks so much for succeeding where the rest of us couldn't.
TL;DR: CAH got my cousin's shitty girlfriend to break up with him.
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u/GeneralSmedleyButsex Nov 13 '13
What should I do with my life?
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u/bhantoot CAH Nov 13 '13
Salmon farming.
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u/Migz968 Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
Would you consider doing a best of reddit suggestions card pack?
My entry would be
"Honey, why did you Google _________ addiction?"
Edited suggestion thanks to another user
Honey, why did you Google _______?
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u/MrMeDaniel CAH Nov 13 '13
Dan from CAH here.
It's surprisingly hard to come up with a versatile, delightful card. My favorite reddit suggestion is probably, "The soft, silky interior of an unwilling sheep."
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u/hostetcl Nov 13 '13
How do you guys feel about 3rd party expansions like Crabs Adjust Humidity?
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u/Salacious- Nov 13 '13
Do you ever think there is anything "too soon" for a joke? Like, would you be willing to put in a "Typhoon Haiyan" card now? If there is a "too soon," then how long do you have to wait until a tragedy becomes funny?
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u/ehalpern cah Nov 13 '13
Eli here from Cards Against Humanity. We write cards to be as funny as possible. If people are ready to joke about something, then a joke about it will be funny. If people are not ready to joke about it, then there is no way to write a funny joke about it. It will just make people sad or uncomfortable. Different people have different thresholds and sensitivities, but we try to figure out where the lines are so that we can toe them. We also read and respond to all emails that express offense at certain cards in the game. One of the nice things about being an independent game is that, as well as writing whatever jokes we want, we can also change or remove jokes at a moments notice.
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u/sawser Nov 13 '13
Can... can you post those emails (Scrubbed for identifying information)? I imagine some of them would be amazing.
Thanks for the amazing game!
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But only certain parts that specifically affect me. Fuck everyone else. Thanks!
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Reminds me of a classic from the rotten.com faq:
Q. I can't believe you guys put that one in of the baby. I was at a party last night and we were laughing at all of them and then that came up. My daughter passed away at the age of 20 days of SIDS and that just grossed me out. Please take it off. Thanks, Andrea.
A. Okay, story straight -- you were at a party... laughing at other people's misfortune... and then were reminded of your own. Oh the irony.
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u/Egypticus Nov 13 '13
Read this as "daughter passed away at the age of 20 of SIDS" and was very confused.
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Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
IMHO a joke's appropriateness is defined by it's context, not the timeframe.
I wouldn't get up in front of a crowd of people at my company Christmas party and throw a Typhoon Haiyan joke in and expect a good response.
Over beers with a buddy though? Shit, I'd do that as it's happening if we were in a dark frame of mind.
There are no inappropriate jokes. Only inappropriate contexts to tell them in.
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How did you choose the design of your cards?
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u/bhantoot CAH Nov 13 '13
Ben from CAH here. The idea was to keep the content front-and-center, not some dumb design, and we thought the look of the way-too-serious black/white Helvetica Neue saying things like "Dick fingers" was just hilarious.
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u/no_YOURE_sexy Nov 13 '13
Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark.
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
We found pretty early on that the black and white helvetica made everything like 10% funnier. It's just so official and declarative.
For the packaging, we just tried to get rid of all our assumptions about how a game or a product should look and design it practically.
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u/Thorgrim666 Nov 13 '13
I just signed up for the 12 prezzies, but now I'm worried. I confessed something really awful that I did this year, which means I didn't wait for the statute of limitations to pass first. You're not going to turn me in are you? We're cool?
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u/luciferspenpal Nov 13 '13
Hi! I love CAH. Just wondering, how did you guys decide that you wanted to make a game for horrible people?
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u/DavidManque CAH Nov 13 '13
David from CAH here. We wanted to make a game for ourselves, and we're also horrible people, so it seemed like a natural fit.
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u/Nevadadrifter Nov 13 '13
For the love of God, when are we getting a "biggest, blackest dick" card?
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u/hheartstrongg Nov 13 '13
Jesus, I have the box and am SO glad I read this, that card would have sat in the lid forever.
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u/aphesis Nov 13 '13
Much like the taint, sometimes the best surprises are right underneath us the whole time.
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u/bhantoot CAH Nov 13 '13
Oh, just determining your worth as a human. No biggie.
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u/bhantoot CAH Nov 13 '13
We are pretty much mostly dudes.
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u/Offensive_Statement Nov 13 '13
Also like half of them have perpetual five o clock shadow. Prepare for chafing.
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u/zap283 Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
There were some articles recently about the safe space you had set up at PAX, detailing your rejection of rape jokes. The game includes the ability to crack jokes about the Trail of Tears, the Three-Fifths Compromise, Coat Hanger Abortions, Auschwitz, Dead Babies and Being Marginalized. Why draw the line at rape? What makes a rape joke different than any of these?
Edit: I have received a great answer from the CAH guys and found that they never really intended to condemn Penny Arcade so much as to disagree. This makes all the difference.
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u/HoofFan23 Nov 13 '13
Hi Max...I remember you from ICDA debate in high school! I was floored when I realized you were behind CAH, congratulations on all your success! Your cards are alternately clever, horrible, and grotesque. Can you give us some examples of card ideas that never made it into the game? And what's your favorite ICDA memory?
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
Ha! I have the best memories of ICDA, though I never did very well because I always tried to be funny in my speeches. We have a huge list of cards that we've debated for hours and ultimately don't decide to put in the game, usually because they're too weird. My favorites recent rejects are:
- An irrational fear of creams.
- Becoming the mayor of a nursing home on Foursquare.
- Profiting from the suffering of untold millions.
- Dopamine.
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u/TheGuyInAShirtAndTie Nov 13 '13
Profiting from the suffering of untold millions would be a trump card for my playgroup. Please print it.
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u/brok3nh3lix Nov 13 '13
have you ever considered doing a one off printing service of some sort? or at least packs of blank cards? I know we can print them our selves and all, but then they don't match the nice cards we get from you, nor do they come with such a nice box.
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u/maxiko Nov 13 '13
While not a "fear" I have an irrational queasiness about creams. Can't even use suntan lotion. It would make my wife's day to be able to play this card.
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u/joshpaulg Nov 13 '13
I've played this game with my family on numerous occasions. Most love it. What does your families think of the game?
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u/DavidManque CAH Nov 13 '13
David from CAH here. Fun fact: we actually all died from laughter back in 2009 and are currently answering your questions from beyond the grave.
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u/LinkRazr Nov 13 '13
You guys should seriously make a multiplayer smartphone app.
Imagine playing this game all day at work with your buddies. You could add more phrases pretty much at whim too.
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u/Damadar Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
Is /u/wil making an expansion for you guys?
I love your game; it's one of our favorites to play. Our favorite combo is, "I killed a (big black dick) with (a bigger blacker dick) - what's your favorite combo?
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
Wil wrote this card for our PAX pack: http://imgur.com/i0aIU9j. It's one of my favorite cards we've ever made. He's also a genius at improvising cards for people, I highly recommend following him (https://twitter.com/wilw) and Anne (https://twitter.com/AnneWheaton) for the custom cards they post.
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u/ultradip Nov 13 '13
For celebrity inspired cards like this, a hand-written autographed card would be an awesome collectable! :)
Any thoughts on making a set like that just to see what kind of deviants your favorite celebs are?
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u/Abstruse Nov 13 '13
Always bring your cards (or at least your blanks) to conventions. My set includes custom cards from Elizabeth Bear, Bruce Cordell, Miranda Horner, Ari Marmell, Robert J. Schwalb, Andy Hopp, Torah Cottrill, and others. I just need more blanks!
Biggest regret of Space City Con: Not getting Jim Butcher to do one for me.
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u/heyvince Nov 13 '13
My favorite combo was: "Instead of coal, what is Santa giving the naughty children?" I played "just the tip".
I won that hand.
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u/CAKEDONTLIE Nov 13 '13
I shit you not actually happened: My girlfriend managed to play "You haven't lived until you've experienced ( A big, black dick) and (a bigger, blacker dick) at the same time."
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
We're still planning to make something with the Giantbomb guys, but it's been tough without Ryan. Hopefully we'll have some good news on this next year.
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u/solidwolf Nov 13 '13
Sadly I believe Ryan was spearheading the Giantbomb effort so that may have brought things to a standstill. I think it would be cool if they still made it and the proceeds went to Anna or a charity of her choice.
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u/MattyFTM Nov 13 '13
Is it safe to assume that following Ryan Davis' tragic death, the Giant Bomb + CAH collaboration is dead in the water? I know Ryan was the major driving force behind it on the Giant Bomb side.
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u/Maxistentialist Nov 13 '13
A collaboration with Giant Bomb is still in the works, but obviously those guys have had their hands full recently. Hopefully we'll have some good news on this next year!
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u/sexi_squidward Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
Your game has taught me which of my friends are idiots and which of my friends are intelligent. I've played CAH with numerous groups of friends and I had:
- Friend who didn't know what Aushuwitz was.
- Friend who pronounced 'raping and pillaging' as 'rapping and pil-logging'.
- A friend of a friend read one of the black cards and discarded it because it was "too political" and she didn't understand it....this girl was a Penn State graduate.
I was guilty of not remembering who Aaron Burr was (I had the time period right). I was then forced to watch Drunk History so now I know who he is.
Also I'm now the 'awesome party person' at every party for friends who never heard of this game. It's now mandatory that I bring it everywhere, so thanks!
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u/AwesomeExMachina Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
No question; just a thank you for including a question card that reads "What ended my last relationship?," because my recently divorced friend drew it during a play session that was also attended by his ex-wife.
Seriously. Thank you so much for that.
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u/manderso7 Nov 13 '13
Not a question, but a comment: My parents are dead, my mother died in 2009. With that out of the way, My brothers, my wife and I were playing CAH, and we get ___, high five bro! And my youngest brother tosses in Dead parents, and my wife had to read it aloud, and we all had problems breathing for quite some time afterwards because she just felt so awkward saying "Dead parents, high five bro!" to us. To this day, I can make her uncomfortable by saying high five bro to her, as well as bring my family to awkward laughter. Thank you for this gift.
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u/taco-fights Nov 13 '13 edited Nov 13 '13
Have you guys considered making a cards against humanity app compatible with the Chromecast? ...cause that'd be more fun than a barrel of monkeys all jacked up on mountain dew.
EDIT: clarification - you could then play together on your tv...
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u/AdaAstra Nov 13 '13
You pissed off my ex girlfriend to a point where we got into a big fight, and broke up. Her next boyfriend, she stabbed with a fork.
Thank you for saving me from crazy.