The family-friendly game, designed for up to five players, is simple to understand and play: Players draw from a stack of 56 cards until someone draws an Exploding Kitten card, which renders them dead and out of the game. He shared his original 'Bomb Squad' game idea with Inman, creator of the popular comic site The Oatmeal, who suggested some tweaks.Īlong with creative director Shane Small, the creators introduced their game, described as a 'highly strategic kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette,' to the world on Kickstarter in 2015. Lee, the former Chief Design Officer at Xbox, was initially inspired to create an interactive game that encouraged real-time connection after seeing his young nieces and nephews glued to video game screens. From cat cartoons to more than $8 million in the bank
