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Evil Baby Orphanage card game

card game · in 7 videos (2012–2013)

A card game by Weird Games built on the brothers' Evil Baby Orphanage joke, in which players are time nannies collecting babies for mischief points.

From: Evil Baby Orphanage

Videos by year: 2012: 5 · 2013: 2

Also known as: Evil Baby Orphanage (card game)

Threads

Also named in the threads: Hank asks viewers whether it would be okay to kill baby Hitler (2007) · The Evil Baby Orphanage (2007) · P4A 2012 edition

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Kickstarter (3) · Foundation to Decrease World Suck (2) · SciShow (2) · Crash Course (2) · Project for Awesome (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2012

  • 2012-08-07 · An Open Letter to Students Returning to School — announcement: John: The brothers did not make the Evil Baby Orphanage card game: they saw it, contacted its makers, were shown it and think it looks really cool; if the Kickstarter raises enough, the makers will release a Nerdfighter-specific expansion pack, which John calls 'pretty jokes' in 2007 vlogbrothers terms. — video description
    • John announces that a professional gaming company is Kickstarting an Evil Baby Orphanage card game and asks viewers to check it out. — 00:03:41
  • 2012-08-10 · I Don't Have a Favorite Pony — announcement: Hank says the people at Weird Games took up the idea; when he saw their Kickstarter he asked to help and they showed him the whole game. — 00:02:57
    • Hank describes the game: players are time nannies collecting babies for mischief points, with high-scoring babies passed from time nanny to time nanny. — 00:03:05
    • Hank says at $50,000 the Kickstarter adds a Nerdfighter expansion in which players can play John and Hank as time nannies. — 00:03:17
    • Hank reminds viewers that the expansion and other perks come only with pledges of more than $40. — 00:03:24
    • Hank says the Kickstarter ends in two or three days, but the game will be sold at local game stores and probably at DFTBA.com. (hedged) — 00:03:31
  • 2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — Hank notes that their Evil Baby Orphanage idea is now a real card game with two decks of cards. — 00:00:58
  • 2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John says the P4A already has more than $15,000, thanks to Nerdcrafteria donations and to the Evil Baby Orphanage card game makers, who quietly donated part of their proceeds. — 00:02:26

Also named in: Apples! CGP Grey Style

2013