Exploding Kittens Just Sold a House for $1 in Historic Kickstarter… And They’re Just Getting Started

With Over $400,000 Already Raised for its New Game Hand-to-Hand Wombat, Company To Continue Surprising Fans with More Crazy $1 Items Throughout the Campaign

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Just four days into its Kickstarter campaign, Exploding Kittens sold a custom-built tiny home for $1 to one lucky backer who noticed its surprise arrival on the Kickstarter page without any warning. Over the next 26 days, Exploding Kittens promises more Wombat-themed extravagances to celebrate the company’s new game, Hand-to-Hand Wombat. Each outrageous item will be sold for $1 over the course of the campaign, but will usually appear without warning. Audiences will have to keep their eyes on the Hand-to-Hand Wombat Kickstarter page for more details.

“Since the beginning, there has been something magical about our Kickstarter community – it’s been at the core of our company and helped us get to where we are today,” said Elan Lee, Co-Creator and CEO of Exploding Kittens. “This time, we wanted to rewrite the rules and create a campaign that was as entertaining as our new game, Hand-to-Hand Wombat. It’s so well designed and we know our community is going to love it.”

Hand-to-Hand Wombat is a game of teamwork, towers and troublemakers. More than just a clever play on words, Exploding Kittens’ new game combines social deduction and stacking bricks, where one team works together to build towers before the other team can secretly sabotage them. Best for players ages 7 and up, the new game features the wombat character from The Oatmeal’s comic, which was the most popular comic in 2021.

"Hand-to-Hand Wombat is rowdy, social fun,” said Carol Mertz, Senior Game Designer at Exploding Kittens. “We aim for this kind of experience with all our games, so we're especially proud of the design of this one. It's the perfect game to pump up the energy of your game nights — players will be laughing and shouting the entire time."

To back the Kickstarter visit the project’s website. For more information about Exploding Kittens, please visit explodingkittens.com

About Exploding Kittens

Exploding Kittens is a leading game and entertainment company with a mission to inspire people to connect, laugh, and play fun games in the physical world. After initially seeking to raise $10K through Kickstarter, the Exploding Kittens campaign raised $8.7M in 30 days from 219,000 backers. To date, Exploding Kittens is the #1 most-backed project in Kickstarter history and has sold over 18 million games.

Started by former Xbox game designer Elan Lee and The Oatmeal’s founder Matthew Inman, Exploding Kittens and its family of games seek to reshape traditional game night into an entertaining person-to-person experience. Today, there are nearly 30 games available for purchase as well as an Exploding Kittens mobile app that is one of the top 30 premium games on both iOS, Android, and the Nintendo Switch console, as well as a free-to-play app, Kitty Letter.