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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7649523" data-attributes="member: 1">A couple of weeks ago I was invited down to The London by a friend of  mine to help out with playtesting an expansion to the Hotness that is  Cards Against Humanity. I'll come straight out with it – I know that  it's not a game for everyone, but if you have a group of friends who  share an awful sense of humour, this should be a part of your  collection. Originally launched back in 2009 and funded via Kickstarter,  CAH is a party game unlike any other; it's dirty, vile, horrifying...  and downright brilliant. If you were to look back into  CAH's family tree you'd see its gameplay is well rooted in the  traditional. Born from the same idea as the clasic Apples to Apples,  it's a game about knowing your audience and understanding what they're  about. In Apples to Apples, players take turns in drawing a green card  that shows an adjective; you'll often find things along the lines of  "scary" or "exciting", that kind of thing. Everyone else then chooses a  red card from their hands, all of which have the names of things,  places, people and such. These are submitted secretly to the first  player who then judges them, choosing a favourite that is (hopefully)  funny.  Cards Against Humanity takes this as a starting  point, kicks it in the balls, vomits on it, then steals its lunch. While  the basic idea is the same – one player chooses a fitting card from all  those submitted – everything gets very dark very quickly. Rather than  single words that will hopefully inspire your fellow players, CAH comes  with a stack of Black Cards that pose questions or ask you to fill in  the blanks. Questions along the lines of "Why am I sticky?" or "What's  that smell?" that can only be answered by handing over White Cards with  answers like "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" or "The Amish". Yeah...  you get where I'm coming from. This isn't a game to play with the  children. Well, not unless your children are truly awful / amazing*  [delete where applicable] It's puerile in the extreme,  filled with gross-out humour but dotted with the occasional explosion of  discussion inspired by a particular card combination. In a recent game,  we ended up with Quiche being played in response to "What is my  superpower?" - cue a twenty minute extravaganza about whether it would  be better if your ability was to always be able to make an amazing  quiche or you were able to fire bolts of it from your fingertips.  Naturally, being incredibly dumb people, we decided that blasting it  from your hands would be best the proceeded to work out precisely how it  could be possible. The winning selection takes the Black  Card for that round, counting towards their total of Awesome Points.  There are no actual rules as to who wins – that's entirely down to you  and your friends – so you could use CAH as a quick filler or potentially  play until the deck runs out; the choice is yours. I find that it's  best to play shorter games, maybe around half an hour or so, just so  people's brains aren't too overcome with filth. Plus it means the  element of surprise with new cards stays around that little bit longer!   Like I mentioned earlier, you really need to have the  right bunch with you to play CAH. It works particularly well with larger  groups, hence the Party Game tag, but it's perfectly playable if  there's only a few of you. In fact, the rules even provide a way of  getting around this; introduce the chance element of a fictional player  called Rando Calrissian where during each turn an extra White Card is  submitted from the top of the deck. You'd be surprised how many times  old Rando manages to win... Admittedly with it being a  product developed by a bunch of guys from the United States there's  going to be a LOT of American references in there. While most of them  are understandable, it's true that some of the hmour just doesn't  translate. With plenty of jabs at conservative (small c!) politicians  and the likes of Fox News coming in for plenty of stick, it's a good job  that you're always  allowed to discard anything from your hand  that you don't quite get. Of course, this leaves you open to mockery  from your fellow players (it's allowed, it's even in the rules!) but you  can play on, safe in the knowledge that you're a better person than  them. There's already a Canadian expansion pack available with plans in  motion for a British version too, so you won't feel stupid for too long.  [ATTACH=full]107966[/ATTACH] Getting your hands on a copy of CAH can prove tricky;  although their print runs are growing every time, copies get snapped up  in the space of hours so you're best off signing up for notifications on  their email list. In the meantime, benevolent devils that they are, you  can always put together your own print and play version thanks to the  team embracing Creative Commons and offering the game entirely free.  Visit cardsagainsthumanity.com and get ready to fire up your printer,  but be warned – you WILL end up wanting the boxed version, if only to  support the developers that little bit more. A quick  story about them. Just before Christmas they released a festive themed  expansion for the US and Canada only on a "pay what you like" basis. In a  matter of days they'd sold 85,000 copies of the new set and could've  walked out with a tidy profit of a shade over $70,000. No-one would've  begrudged them – like I've said, it's a great game and they deserve all  the success they achieve – but what did they do with the money? They handed every single cent over to the Wikimedia Foundation, the group that runs Wikipedia. Awesome. Despite  the fact that many will find Cards Against Humanity an utterly  unplayable festival of disgustiness, it's a fantastic game created by  Some Officially Good People. If the thought of Kanye West's daddy issues  or a raptor attacking your genitals even raises a smile, you owe it to  yourself to at least give it a try. You may not want to admit it but  this Card Game for Horrible People (TM) could be your next guilty  pleasure. </blockquote>

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