A storytelling game for horrible people
B is for BOLD.
What brought the orgy to a grinding halt?
The miracle of childbirth.
Bear with me; this will make sense in a sec.
Today is 2 for the price of 1, you lucky cookie.
A gold standard in Atomic Storytelling AND authenticity in business.
Introducing:
This is how and why it works:
Easy peasy.
Here, have a taster.
These were my first 2 random picks from the box:
Essentially, you create micro-stories with the cards.
Did the orgy stop because a pregnant woman's water broke?
or
The host got paged by his wife because HER water broke.
or
They just started talking about it. The miracle of childbirth is fascinating indeed.
What happens if you open a random book to pair the mini-story with a picture?
Point is!
There are ways to mix Atomic Stories of your own.
I also promised you a gold standard in authenticity.
And here it is, straight from their website:
Also:
Their FAQ is called: “Your dumb questions”
They have an “Everything Costs $5 More sale” on Black Friday.
The game is available under Creative Commons. (CC BY-NC-SA)
They let the fans remix the game, giving it a massive cult following.
Top-selling game on Amazon
Cards Against Humanity proves that authenticity doesn’t have to be watered down for audiences to catch on.*
*This doesn’t apply to you, anti-vaxxer goblins. In this context, authenticity and science are very different things.
I’ll leave you with a couple of quotes from Max Temkin — co-creator of CAH— in an interview with Creative Commons:
“It shocks people that there is transparency about what you are doing.”
“One of the most surprising things you can do in capitalism is to be honest with people.”
“If your only goal is to make a lot of money, then CC is not the best strategy. This kind of business model, though, speaks to your values, who you are, and why you’re making things.”
I made my own question:
What's the appeal of this newsletter/blog?
Eerily accurate 🤯
See you on Friday!
Matias.
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