Before we get into this: this is Not Safe For Work. This is Barely Safe For Anything. It’s Cards Against Humanity.
What is Cards Against Humanity? Well, it’s a self-described party game for horrible people, like a nightmare version of Apples to Apples. As the official site describes the game,
Unlike most of the party games you’ve played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends.
The game is simple. Each round, one player asks a question from a Black Card, and everyone else answers with their funniest White Card.
Before the convention started, I ordered and received my copy of the latest expansion, the Bigger, Blacker Box, and with it came a whole bevy of blank cards. Rather than try to be creative, I figured — hey, I’m going to a convention where people make a living being creative. Why not make them do it for me?
So I did.
Between interviews, Artist Alley walkthroughs and our big party, I collected a good deal of white cards from various creators, all of which became increasingly more horrible as I was asked what I had already collected, with the challenge becoming to one-up all that came before.
(I have a favorite, but I won’t mention it — they’re all equally horrible and great.)
Now, I should note: this is pretty much a trigger warning for everything. The “context” of Cards Against Humanity implicitly implies that whomever you are playing the game with is aware of you and what you’re comfortable with, and the game is made to be played with friends. Outside of the game and outside of that context, these cards can be or just plain are offensive — which is the point, granted, but at the same time I feel like this disclaimer is needed.
What I’m saying is: I’m apologizing in advance if anything here offends you. Myself and anyone who has ever played this game recognizes it is not for everyone. It is, by definition, a horrible game for horrible people. We even debated whether we should publish this or not given that it would certainly offend someone, but figured we’d discussed with people that we would post it, so here we are.
That said, I’ll note: while I’m not going to note who said what, all of these cards are written by a mix of talented women and men in the comic community. Anyone who wants to take credit for the cards can do so, but it’s a pretty even spread of who was asked. (I’ll say pretty even because, honestly, I don’t actually remember who wrote a few of these.)
With that in mind, here are the cards we collected in the Multiversity Cards Against Humanity NYCC 2013 Challenge:
We’re all horrible people.
I’ve still got some White Cards left. If anyone has any particularly good ideas, I’d be happy to write them into my game.
