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Cards Against Humanity

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Cards Against Humanity is an American party card game in which players fill in the blank of a black question card by playing a white answer card, using words or phrases often deemed offensive, risque or politically incorrect. It was created by a group of eight alumni of Highland Park High School and officially released in May 2011, following a Kickstarter campaign begun in December 2010. Each round a rotating judge called the Card Czar reads the black card aloud, chooses the funniest or most fitting answer submitted by the other players, and awards that player the round; the design draws heavily on the format of Apples to Apples and on Mad Libs. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Two-Player 1
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Small Group (3-6 Players) 1
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Card Game 1
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Party Game 1
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2011 1
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adult card-based party game 1
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1. Wikipedia: Cards Against Humanity
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    Cards Against Humanity is an American adult card-based party game in which players complete fill-in-the-blank statements, using words or phrases typically deemed offensive, risque, or politically incorrect, printed on playing cards.
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Wikidata: Cards Against Humanity
Wikidata Q5038791, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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