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- ↑ "How The Oatmeal's Bears vs Babies card game scored $1.4 million in a week on Kickstarter". VentureBeat. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ↑ Terdiman, Daniel. "First they exploded kittens—now they're exploding Kickstarter. Again". Fast Company. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
- ↑ Bergstrom, Frank. "The Top 10 Most Funded Kickstarter Board Games of All Time". Evil as a Hobby.
- ↑ "Gamemakers behind Exploding Kittens raise $1M in 24 hours for 'Bears vs. Babies'". GeekWire. October 22, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.