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submitted 1 week ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

Oh, to be able to justify spending $25 on this ... having a one-week window is rather cruel.

Cards Against Humanity, the often-vulgar card game, has launched a limited edition of its namesake product without any instructions and with a detailed explanation of each joke, "why it’s funny, and any relevant social, political, or historical context."

Why? Because, produced in this form, "Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke" is not a game at all, which would be subject to tariffs as the cards are produced overseas. Instead, the product is "information material" and thus not sanctionable under the law Trump has been using—and CAH says it has obtained a ruling to this effect from Customs and Border Patrol.

"What if DHS Secretary and Dog Murderer Kristi Noem gets mad and decides that Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke is not informational material?" the company asks in an FAQ about the new edition. (If you don't follow US politics, Noem really did kill her dog Cricket.) Answer: "She can fuck right off, because we got a binding ruling from Trump’s own government that confirms this product is informational and 100% exempt from his stupid tariffs."

Pre-orders for the $25 product end on October 15, and it will allegedly never be reprinted. All profits will be donated to the American Library Association "to fight censorship."

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Okay. I'll stick to games made and manufactured in the USA.

[-] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 26 points 1 week ago

I recognize the hill you're trying to die on but good luck. You're going to find a lot of overpriced rehashes of games that already exist.

That's the sad fact, yes. American designers don't seem to be interested in innovating. I wish I knew why, or what would inspire the majority to do more than Kickstarter grift.

[-] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

What are you talking about? / There are hundreds if not thousands of american made game companies, many of which are card games.

I passed a shop just the other day that has a store front for advertising but is a working print and design house. 90 percent of the store is basically a assembly house with a writer and design area up front. They do it in the open to inspire others (and to get noticed) even though none of the sales happen there, it's all mail and online.

Good, I wish I could find more games like that.

[-] B0rax@feddit.org 18 points 1 week ago
[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago

manufacturing in the usa would be a massive red flag tbh

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 17 points 1 week ago

It supports Americans. And I'm an American.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 16 points 1 week ago

I'm not bothering to deny anything. You've made your beliefs clear, and there's no way I could change your mind. You're concerned with the idea that it could help fascists, and I'm concerned with the idea that it'll give some Americans productive jobs rather than BS ones. The concerns are not related.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago

I've noticed your kind can never quite bring themselves to do that, which is weird because you'll lie about everything else

[-] frezik 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You can find plenty of those. What you can't do is find games with all the components manufactured in the US. Cardstock, in particular, just doesn't exist in US production at the quality card games would want. If you want stuff that isn't semi-transparent in bright light, then you don't buy cardstock from US producers.

Then I guess we suffer through transparency until there's a manufacturer who decides to make a thicker cardstock.

[-] possumparty 8 points 1 week ago

go back to reddit

[-] prole 3 points 1 week ago
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