Dropout's chaotic comedy panel show Game Changer is jumping off the screen and onto your coffee table, and gamers backed it hard. Game Changer: Home Edition, the official tabletop adaptation from the streaming service behind Dimension 20, closed its Kickstarter on 6 June having pulled in $6,783,387, roughly £5 million, from 47,100 backers against a $40,000 goal.
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See how it worksFor the uninitiated, Game Changer is a show where host Sam Reich drops three comedians into a different game each episode without telling them the rules, then films the panic as they work out what they are even playing. The Home Edition boxes up three fan-favourite formats: Bingo, where you try to predict your opponents' answers; Name a Number, a bluffy bidding game; and Sam Says, a twist on charades. Reich has cheekily refused to confirm whether there is "a Sam somewhere in the box."
The figures show just how rabid that fanbase is. The campaign cleared its $40,000 goal in under 12 hours and passed $1.5 million on day one, according to Tubefilter. The base game is $39, with a $19 sampler and a $59 bundle that adds the Community and Winners card decks, as Wargamer reports.
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Start organising for freeIt is a neat sign of how blurred the line between party games and internet comedy has become, and of what a built-in audience can do to a crowdfunding total. If "explain nothing, film everything" is your idea of a good night, keep an eye out for this one at retail. You do not need a Kickstarter to host the chaos, mind: grab your group and start a game night.
Sources: Variety | Tubefilter | Wargamer | Kicktraq
