Commenters on the Kickstarter page flagged their concern about left-handed accessibility when it comes to fanning out cards. The community is also helping to improve on the game, Lee said. You wonderful people have come together to form the largest community in Kickstarter history, and the numbers keep rising,” the creators wrote. In its blog post, the “Exploding Kittens” team says the success of its fundraising campaign has nothing to do with money, press or fancy graphics and it has everything to do with the people who feel passionately about backing the game. In an interview with CNN Wednesday, Elan Lee described “Exploding Kittens” as a strategic kitty-powered version of Russian roulette that gets more intense as users play the game because there’s a greater chance of drawing an exploding kitten card. “We knew it would be successful given the people involved, but we had no idea it would get this big.”

And they’ve pledged a total of $305 million to games projects since Kickstarter first launched,” Crane said. “They love being a part of making something new. Luke Crane, Kickstarter’s community manager for games, says the success of “Exploding Kittens” is a combination of The Oatmeal’s online popularity, Elan Lee’s great reputation in the games world, and Kickstarter’s own game-loving community. The fundraising campaign still has 22 days to go before it’s officially over. (Although LeVar Burton is at a close second with 105,857 supporters.) That’s more backers than the crowd-pleasing reboot of Veronica Mars, return of “Reading Rainbow” or the Coolest Cooler in the 21st century received in their individual campaigns. 2WZXgd8t7t- The Oatmeal January 26, 2015 More than 108,000 individuals have pledged as of Tuesday evening. Kickstarter spokesman David Gallagher confirmed the game, which has everything from magical enchiladas to cats that can kill you, had set a record for the most individual donors. The card game has raised more than $4 million since its January 20 launch – far exceeding the initial $10,000 goal. “ Exploding Kittens,” the card game dreamed up by video game designers Elan Lee and Shane Small and illustrated by The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman, is now the most backed campaign in Kickstarter history, in terms of the number of backers, according to the crowdfunding platform. Curious kittens exploding are the Internet’s new potato salad meets “Reading Rainbow” with a guest appearance by Veronica Mars, meaning this card game is seriously winning the hearts of Internet users and party game lovers alike.

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