The game's title refers to the phrase "crimes against humanity", reflecting its politically incorrect content.

[4] Cards Against Humanity was created by a group of eight Highland Park High School alumni.

[12] The part of speech of a white card is a noun or gerund, including both single words and phrase constructions.

Despite its higher price, the game maintained its best-selling status on Amazon and experienced a minor spike in sales during that period.

[18] In 2014, to "help you experience the ultimate savings on Cards Against Humanity", the game and its expansions were removed from the online store and replaced by "Bullshit" boxes containing sterilized bull feces, sold at $6 each.

[20] In 2015, the game's online store was replaced by an order form with an offer to "Give Cards Against Humanity $5" and receive nothing in return.

[25] Prior to Black Friday in 2017, a brand of potato chips known as "Original Prongles" (a parody of Pringles) were spotted in multiple Target stores, with packaging featuring a pig mascot and the slogan "Once You Pop... That's Great!".

On Black Friday, the Cards Against Humanity website was redirected to OriginalProngles.com, which announced that the creators of Cards Against Humanity had exited the gaming industry in favor of snack food, with a commitment to "bold flavors and bold thinking".

[31] For 2020, in lieu of doing a prank, Cards Against Humanity donated the $250,000 set aside for a Black Friday promotion to five charities: the Equal Justice Initiative, the New Georgia Project, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Brave Space Alliance, and the Laughing At My Nightmare COVID-19 Relief Fund.

[33] In 2022, Cards Against Humanity launched a new storage box, known as "Bōks", by kicking off a 200% off sale at 3:00 P.M. EST on Black Friday.

), identifying "assholes" (including actual animal anuses as well as public figures like Elon Musk), and answering who rightfully won the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.

[34] In 2023, the company launched Yowza!, a parody of Twitter/X advertising itself as a social network with "no hate, lies, or crypto enthusiasts."

The site offers Yowza Black, a paid service that allows a user to post "awooga", and a store to buy followers, likes, ringtones, the ability to say "shazam", and more.

[41] The original storage box contained a special card hidden inside the packaging, entitled "The biggest, blackest dick.

[43] In July 2017, a special edition of the base game, Cards Against Humanity For Her, was unveiled, in support of EMILY's List—a PAC that aims to help elect female pro-choice Democratic candidates to office.

As a satire of the "pink tax", it is exactly the same as the normal base set, except it has a pink-colored box and is US$5 more expensive.

[46] In 2022, Cards Against Humanity announced the release of "Clam-O-Naise", a clam-flavored mayonnaise sold only at Target, referencing one of the campaigns from their 2021 Black Friday prank.

A 30-card "Clam Pack" was packaged inside the mayo, along with a code to redeem unique prizes, including Clam-O-Naise merch, vacations, and a Toyota Clamry.

[55] In the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections, the Nuisance Committee posted billboards against incumbent Illinois representative Peter Roskam.

It was also announced that those who made a $15 donation for the campaign would receive six "surprises" throughout December, including additional cards and a map of the aforementioned land plot.

[57] One of the surprises was the redistribution of the money paid, including 10,000 refunds, and issuing $1,000 checks to 100 donors they determined to be the most in need.

If the lawsuit succeeds, Cards Against Humanity has pledged to give back all of the net proceeds to each of their 150,000 original subscribers.

[61] The game was praised as "Simple, yet well-executed" by the Chicago Tribune "Puzzler",[62] "pretty amazing" by The A.V.

"[7] Criticism of the game stems from its enjoyment primarily depending on the number of players participating as well as many reviewers' concern that its politically incorrect content may offend certain audiences.

The reliability of Cards Against Humanity as an activity most people will enjoy only makes it more depressing to those of us immune to its charms.

[67] In 2014, a 19-year-old transgender man from Boston posted a photo of a burning game card, featuring the text "Passable transvestites.

"[68] After the post quickly spread, game creator Max Temkin apologized: "I regret writing this card, it was a mean cheap joke.

Cards were coded as "racially charged" if they spoke to a historical or contemporary oppressive event or stereotype; some examples of actual cards from the deck included: "The Trail of Tears;" "The hard working Mexican;" and "Helplessly giggling at the mention of Hutus and Tutsis.

Other co-founders confirmed that this behavior had been present, and complained about for several years, and resulted in the reduction of Temkin's managerial duties over time.

We also want to state unequivocally that we condemn harassment of anyone who has posted stories about their experiences at Cards Against Humanity.