Let's play a game! It's called: Coachella Indie Band or Slang From Urban Dictionary/Deck Around? 

Coachella is a big music festival out here on the West Coast for two weekends in the desert and it starts this week. Everyone out here in California gets really excited about it. 

Me, not so much. 

I like music and I go to concerts sometimes... but I honestly don't know most of the acts at Coachella 2014. And the fact that most folks buy tickets in advance of Coachella announcing the lineup puzzles me even more. How could you know the festival is worth spending your money on?

I guess it shouldn't make much difference for me -- because whether they announce them or not, I don't know half the bands on there. In fact... some of these sound a little dirty. Could they be strange slang words from around the web...

Let's be honest here -- does it really look like I've got ten grand sitting around here for booth at the SXSW Interactive festival? Hell no. Even if I did -- and I LOVE that conference -- I'm not sure I'd be investing in something like that. So here's how Deck Around landed a huge, killer booth space and ridiculous amounts of word-of-mouth (and tons of fun) at SXSW in Austin for free. 

A few weeks ago I was browsing the SXSWi site and I got distracted by their brand new Gaming Awards. They were calling for submissions. Knowing that South By loves their indie stuff, I shot out an email to the organizers and sure enough, I got a passionate response back -- they were indeed accepting tabletop games too. How cool is that? An interactive conference knowing that a game is a game is game. 

Weeks later, I...

I was playing Deck Around the other night with my pals and we landed on oil check. 

It was SO hilarious, I just had to post about it -- and I figured, it would be nice to show a written-out demo round in case you're wondering what the gameplay is like. See if you can guess the real definition.

Here's what we played:

OIL CHECK

"checking your underwear after believing you pooped your pants"

"the payment due after a greasy session in the tanning salon"

"when a man inspects the lubrication status and discharge of his lady (smell, texture, taste) to test the quality of their sexual relationship"

"that's why we don't live on the prairie"

Pretty hysterical so far, right? We were already dying laughing at this point and there are still 3 more definitions... 

"when a girl thinks...

Hey Deck Around pals! 

If you sign up to get the free PDF of Deck Around, I send out an email following up a few days later... I ask for players' honest, true feedback after playing Deck Around, and I read every single email. It's all because I want to continuously improve the game. I want more laughs in every round! 

Well, I've gotten a TON of responses. 

One was by far my favorite, so I have to share it... one guy said: "I laughed so hard I farted."

I mean, how classic is that? When I read that, I laughed so hard I farted too! In fact, laughing so hard you fart sounds like something right out of Deck Around. "Giggle farts" or "larting" or "the laughing gas"... Is there actually a slang phrase for this occurrence somewhere in the world? I bet there is.

Thanks...

The Rev3Games crew decided to kick back and play a casual little game of Deck Around last week. Revision3's hosts Scott Bromley, Jackie Talbott, Zac Minor, Jessica Atkinson and Talia Chriqui gathered 'round a conference room for a rare "mature" version of their regular programming. Check out the video to hear someone say,"Either anal cavity or vagina, I'm not sure," and a pretty incredible occurrence during the penultimate round on the word "Cranston Gap" -- nearly all of the definitions were the same! 

Here are the words they played:

• Up the duff
• Gfad
• Twitter bang
• Cranston gap
• Doggyknobber

GOAL!!!

Deck Around hit its crowdfunding on IndieGogo goal in only 8 short days! Big-ups to everyone who emailed, shared and contributed: it worked! I'm astounded by the response. This is an outrageous achievement, especially during a Thanksgiving weekend where nobody is spending money online and billions of dollars in Black Friday marketing are crowding out indie games like this one. 

Hitting the funding goal means that Deck Around will be a real, actual game made available for purchase here on the website. And the first more than 100 copies will go out to all backers on IndieGogo as a thank-you for their early support. 

- Chris

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