Exploding Kittens

Each puzzle features artwork by the Oatmeal and Exploding Kittens’ creative team, and comes with a poster.

As the firm ramps up its global inventor outreach, we spoke with Zach Schiff-Abrams – Head of Creative Development at Exploding Kittens – about the recent Happy Salmon acquisition, and what the team are looking for from inventors.

The company will be reimagining Happy Salmon with an Exploding-Kittens twist and re-releasing the game this November.

“We’re looking for games that deliver exciting and memorable gameplay, yet are simple to explain to our customers,” said Exploding Kittens’ Thor Ritz.

Happy Salmon, Dungeon of Fortune and Monster Match co-inventor, Ken Gruhl, on ideation, working with others and not loving a mind map.

“This role is a great departure from freelance for me to learn the inner workings of a publisher which understands great hooks and gameplay,” said Gruhl.

“A Little Wordy combines the best of Scrabble and Clue into a portable game that only takes a few minutes to set up and get going,” said Exploding Kittens’ Matthew Inman.

So Sound’s Toy and Game Designer Sam Roberts talks cats, coffee and coming up with ideas.

Elan Lee – CEO at Exploding Kittens – discusses the origins of the now iconic card game, sheds light on where the idea for the company’s latest game – Poetry for Neanderthals – came from, and his top tips for fuelling creativity.

“Poetry for Neanderthals was born when two friends introduced me to a word game they invented, where each player had to describe a life experience using only single syllable words,” said Elan Lee, co-creator of Exploding Kittens.