This product by Exploding Kittens has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. The people who brought it up: Elan Lee. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2023-02-03 and the most recent from 2025-08-06. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
The Strategies and Tactics for Building a Bestseller from Nothing — Elan Lee of Exploding Kittens
“My name is Alain Lee. I am the co-creator and CEO of Exploding Kittens. I believe we're the number one independent game studio in the world.”— Elan Lee
The guest here is Elan Lee: Co-creator and CEO of Exploding Kittens, the self-described number one independent game studio (60 million games sold), former chief design officer at Xbox; co-designed the game Coyote with Tim Ferriss. Exploding Kittens CEO Elan Lee walks Tim Ferriss through designing, testing, and selling their card game Coyote and what makes bestselling games.
Co-Creator of Exploding Kittens — How to Raise Millions on Kickstarter | Elan Lee
“in the case of Exploding Kittens, the core gameplay loop is Russian roulette with a deck of cards. There's a few bad cards in there”— Elan Lee
The guest here is Elan Lee: Co-creator and CEO of Exploding Kittens; former chief design officer at Xbox Entertainment Studios; co-founder of 42 Entertainment; Emmy and Peabody Award winner who pioneered alternate reality games. Exploding Kittens founder Elan Lee on game design, his record-breaking Kickstarter, and building an end-to-end gaming company.
