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The ToyNews Spring/Summer issue it available to read online, on your smartphone, iPad, or desktop now, featuring exclusive interviews, features, insight, market data, and more – all at your fingertips. In this issue of ToyNews, we kick proceedings off with an exclusive chat with Exploding Kittens’ Joeri Hoste about the …
Read More »Exploding Kittens bursts onto Nintendo Switch and marks launch of new tabletop title A Little Wordy
It’s been a busy week at the Exploding Kittens offices as the team behind the strategic tabletop card game makes a play for Nintendo Switch as well as marks the launch of its new tabletop word game, A Little Wordy. Recognised as a highly strategic, kitty-powered version of Russian roulette, …
Read More »Exploding Kittens team launches three new games through Asmodee
The tabletop games company Exploding Kittens, the team behind the anarchic, millions-selling self-titled card game and last year’s hit Throw Throw Burrito, has unveiled three new games, set to hit the market within the coming days and weeks. The launch kicked off with the arrival of A Game of Cat …
Read More »Exploding Kittens and Pandemic among Black Friday board games sales surge at OnBuy
Sales of the popular Elan Lee board game, Exploding Kittens, surged by an impressive 511 per cent on the UK marketplace, OnBuy, who has since reported a record-breaking Black Friday that saw sales across the board total nearly £2.5 million in one day alone. According to the platform – established …
Read More »Exploding Kittens creators launch own Burning Cat gaming convention
Remember Elan Lee and his Exploding Kittens card game? Yes, the one that set a whole load of new records on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter around three years ago? Well, the team behind this hit tabletop card game – and continued best-seller – has just detailed its plans to launch …
Read More »Does the Exploding Kittens licensing move signal new era for board gaming IP?
Striker Entertainment has championed the board gaming and tabletop gaming scene for its innovation and creativity, highlighting Exploding Kittens as a "unique opportunity in licensing".
Read More »Exploding Kittens blasts into adult toys, plush, figures and more
Striker Entertainment has secured a line up of licensing partners for the strategic kitten-themed version of Russian roulette, a game that holds the title as the most backed Kickstarter campaign of all time.
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