Cards Against Humanity

[inomcoke]

What are your thoughts on the card game, “Cards Against Humanity”? If you haven’t played it, it is an adult version of apples to apples basically. not adult as in porn or anything, but just many of the cards are on more adult topics. (Sex, politics, crude humor, ect). It really is ‘over the top’ in just about every way you can think of, but it is also a fun game with friends.

I’ve played it a few times, and it certainly does not cause me to have any impure thoughts or desires or anything like that. In addition, on every occasion that I’ve played it, it opened up opportunities in the conversation to talk about moral/religious topics that likely wouldn’t have come up with the same crowd without the game.

I’ve used those opportunities to share Church teachings, explain why something is immoral and that type of thing, all in a very non-threatening/casual way, which I think is quite effective. It lets people think things through, without feeling attacked or like they have to defend their position immediately.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on this type of game? I know it certainly isn’t for everyone, but I enjoy it and like the opportunities to witness for my faith it has provided.

Michael

 

[didymus]

From the game’s site you can download a .pdf of the rules and the cards themselves for free. Judge for yourself.
To me it runs the gamut from uninteresting to vulgar to stupid.

 

[Kit15]

I only play the original version with people I know very well. We all have a pretty good idea of what everyone’s guilty pleasure is…and what’s just completely off limits. Jabs at History, politics, pop culture, and political correctness go over really well with my group. Religion and crude sex jokes do not. Some of the cards are pretty horrid. There’s a house rule that if a card in your hand is unplayably offensive by itself, you can exchange it for free.

Sometimes I’ll play Pretend You’re Xyzzy with strangers because of the customization. I won’t join rooms if certain decks are in play. But I do like playing with the more fandom-related decks.