Matthew Inman, creator of quirky comic website The Oatmeal, just launched a Kickstarter campaign for a new card game, called Exploding Kittens.
In the vein of Russian roulette, players go around in a circle, drawing cards from a deck, until one of them picks up an exploding kitten. That player immediately "explodes" and loses. Players can strategically use other cards they've picked up to negate an exploding kitten, or make it more likely for other players to pick one up. All of the cards feature Inman's signature Oatmeal-style drawings, and many include drawings from his past comics.
Within minutes, Inman's Kickstarter campaign had raised its $10,000 goal, and an hour later, it had over $100,000. At the time of this writing, Exploding Kittens was rapidly closing in on $1 million. Inman created the game alongside partners Elan Lee and Shane Small.
WE JUST HIT OUR GOAL! $10k in 8 minutes— Matthew Inman (@Oatmeal) January 20, 2015
We can easily see this becoming Friday night's game of choice. Just don't invite any cat lovers.