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Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by michaelochurch » Fri, May 17, 2013, 6:29 PM UTC

scott_karana wrote: post #21

michaelochurch wrote: post #20

Whatever replaces VC-istan and generates the next wave of great businesses is going to be built by guys like this. Also, it'll probably happen in the Midwest. Chicago, Austin, Madison, and Minneapolis are among the cities to watch.

Why won't it happen everywhere ? At least from what I've seen, it's more of a decentralization than a migration from SV. No sense pre-emptively pigeonholing!

You're right. I think the Midwest has a few advantages, which are (a) excellent universities and (b) low costs of living.

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 17, 2013, 6:29 PM UTC

michaelochurch wrote: post #20

Whatever replaces VC-istan and generates the next wave of great businesses is going to be built by guys like this. Also, it'll probably happen in the Midwest. Chicago, Austin, Madison, and Minneapolis are among the cities to watch.

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Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 17, 2013, 6:36 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #42

michaelochurch wrote: post #20

Whatever replaces VC-istan and generates the next wave of great businesses is going to be built by guys like this. Also, it'll probably happen in the Midwest. Chicago, Austin, Madison, and Minneapolis are among the cities to watch.

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Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by dlhavema » Fri, May 17, 2013, 6:38 PM UTC

lenkendall wrote: post #39

azylman wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, it's Apples to Apples except fun.

Comparing this game to Apples to Apples isn't really fair because the genius isn't in the formula (which is really basic) but in the content.

so you could say it's like comparing Apples to Oranges?

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by michaelhoffman » Fri, May 17, 2013, 6:38 PM UTC

It's interesting that they blank out the MICR routing number at the bottom or the check but leave enough information elsewhere in the check to trivially figure it out.

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by mikeurbanski » Fri, May 17, 2013, 6:38 PM UTC

We're doing the same thing. Our team is located in NYC, London, and Aurora, IL.

We launched our little meta-board gaming company at http://susd.pretend-money.com a little over 1.5 months ago. And we're already profitable!

We made a conscious decision to forego taking money from advertisers/investors, and even dodged a pre-launch acquihire offer, in an attempt to create something that's 100% our vision (unless YC wanted to fund us.) Our plan is to grow slowly, keep up the quality, and use the money that we're making from the show/blog/podcast to fund even more ambitious community/tech projects.

AND!

Board Games are Big Business!

Board/card/traditional gaming (whatever you want to call it) has been exploding in America over the last 10 years or so. It taps into that primal need for people to sit around together and ACTUALLY interact with each other.

We're in a bit of a "Golden Age of Board Gaming". Quinns gave a hilarious talk on the subject: http://susd.pretend-money.com/videos/v/board-game-golden-age...

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by king_jester » Fri, May 17, 2013, 6:42 PM UTC

evan_ wrote: post #6

Is this just Apples to Apples except all the cards are Family Guy jokes?

Essentially yes. The game is massively unplayable for a lot of different kinds of people due to the really triggering nature of the card content (rape jokes, pedophilia, racism, sexism, etc.). A lot of people find that content to be one of its virtues, but I've generally found that only certain kinds of people really enjoy CAH (read: white men).

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by replicatorblog » Fri, May 17, 2013, 6:43 PM UTC

It's not often discussed, but 20% of Kickstarter's top 20 projects are board games. The Pebble and Ouya skew the average, but D&D style games with little plastic figurines clean up with multiple games clearing $2MM or more.

http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2013/05/15415-ranked-31-mill...

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by eli_gottlieb » Fri, May 17, 2013, 6:46 PM UTC

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #13

evan_ wrote: post #6

Is this just Apples to Apples except all the cards are Family Guy jokes?

They aren't really "family guy jokes." Many of them are "I'm going to hell for saying this" jokes. Things that network television cannot air. I won't even repeat many of them here for fear of getting shadow banned.

Ok, substitute to "South Park jokes". Same deal.

Re: Cards Against Humanity has made more than $12 million

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Post by eli_gottlieb » Fri, May 17, 2013, 6:48 PM UTC

evan_ wrote: post #6

Is this just Apples to Apples except all the cards are Family Guy jokes?

More "South Park jokes", but yeah.

I swing back and forth on which one I like better. Cards Against Humanity is fun because it lets you come out and say truly horrible things. Apples to Apples is fun because it lets you imply truly horrible things in really creative ways.

At its best (read: I am indeed a horrible person), either one is like drawing a smiley face on Hitler.