Kenny Malone

And it was a previous version even.

And I asked her, I was like, what is the biggest obstacle?

And like, what's the thing that could tank this?

And she was like, the name and the theming is like, just don't mess it up.

She really said that.

That is a little intimidating.

I was kind of joking, and now I'm like, I actually do feel genuinely a little nervous about this.

Now, I think what I found so genuinely nerve-wracking is that we did not have a Yahtzee yet.

We just had Yacht.

But unlike Yahtzee, we needed a name, and also, we needed a whole story for our game.

Yes, but apparently, according to Exploding Kittens, car-themed games in particular have a risk of being confusing and disappointing on a shelf.

Yeah, because we were not just choosing something that would appeal to a potential customer.

We were choosing something that Walmart and Target think will appeal to the potential customer.

After all, they are the ones who will decide whether to order and carry the Planet Money game.

Yeah.

So remember, in our game, the players take turns entertaining deals from the other players.

That deal might include great cards or terrible cards or mediocre cards or all of those things.

But because you only have to show one of the cards, it turns the straightforward market into a chaos pit of distrust and betrayal and often shouting.

I feel like we've shouted at each other a bit.

A little.