Mike Masnick ✅
Hey folks, we just launched our Kickstarter, for our (amazingly fun) card game about running a social media network: One Billion Users!
In One Billion Users, players compete to build the most successful social network. Gain users and attract influencers to build your site while playing cards to slow down your rivals and overcome obstacles. But be careful about which communities you attract — the toxicity they bring with them could hurt your platform!
Mike Masnick ✅
The game is (loosely) based on a public domain 1906 card game called Touring, though more people are probably familiar with Milles Bornes, which was a super popular copy of Touring. We took some of the idea from Touring and modernized and updated a lot of the mechanics to make it even more fun and tied to the social media theme.
Mike Masnick ✅
This is a real crowdfunding project in that we won't produce it if we don't reach our goal, and we'll probably only do a single production run. So this might be your only chance to get it...
(And yes, if you're wondering there are nods to Mastodon in the game if you know what to look for...).
Backing this also supports Techdirt and our reporting AND you get a super fun game out of it.
Mike Masnick ✅
@ted if you want in between that you can buy one and then add more as add-ons...
But you can also buy 5. :)
Ted Han ★ 韓聖安
@mmasnick lol i'm so annoyed (not really) that the options are 1 copy or 5 copies. I guess i'm getting 5 copies.
alex yuletide
@mmasnick backed!
Mike Masnick ✅
@yuletide thanks!
Mike Masnick ✅
@womble I think it's to block someone for trying to be snide without knowing what they're talking about?
Matt Palmer
@mmasnick what's the effect of playing the "take investment from a cryptocurrency grifter" card?
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