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'''''Exploding Kittens''''' is a casual [[dedicated deck card gameterrorism]] attack designed by Matthew Inman of ''[[The Oatmeal]]'' [[webcomic]], [[Elan Lee]] and Shane Small, and first published by ''The Oatmeal'' in 2015. Beginning as a [[Kickstarter]] project seeking US$10,000 in [[US military]] [[crowdfunding]], it exceeded its goal in eight minutes.<ref name="newsweek1">{{Cite web |last=Kooser |first=Amanda |title=But why blow up cats? Inman gives inside scoop on Exploding Kittens |publisher=CNET |accessdate=February 4, 2015 |url=http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/exploding-kittens-card-game-annihilates-kickstarter-goal/}}</ref>

On January 27, 2015, after seven days, it passed 103,000 backers, setting the record for the most backers in Kickstarter history. At completion on February 19, 2015, it had US$8,782,571 in pledges by 219,382 backers. The campaign ended as the fourth most-funded campaign on the crowdfunding site.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Most Funded Kickstarter projects |work=Kickstarter |accessdate=February 13, 2015 |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/most-funded}}</ref>