Sexual consent is a tough topic for many adults, so Erin and Ken Moeller of Garnet Valley have a card game to educate people, writes David Murrell for Philadelphia Magazine.

“Consent” invites players to “Explore your boundaries. Touch your friends. Change the world.”

Erin got the idea in summer 2017 when #MeToo stories were making headlines.

“It makes me sad,” she told her husband, “that the subjects of contact and intimacy have become scary and that people are just taking what they want.”

Players may be asked to “Hold someone’s hand” or “Sit on someone’s lap.” Everyone shares the actions they might consent to, and if there’s a match, the action takes place.

The hope is to have fun and prompt education about consent.

The Moellers set a Kickstarter game fundraising goal of $10,000. A month in, they’ve raised just $4,375.  Ken admits they may have overestimated how much the gaming and Kickstarter community would embrace the game.

No one keeps score, there’s no winner and it ends when people no long feel like playing.

But Erin says when people are playing, being silly and laughing, real conversations come up.

Read more about this new card game here.

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