About Us, and the making of Fart Juice® - The Card Game
​We have a child with cancer.
In 2012, at the age of 8, our son (Oski) was diagnosed with AML Leukaemia. We spent the better part of 18 months in hospital. During this time, we learnt about the unexpected generosity of friends, family and strangers.
Whilst in hospital, we grew tired of the same old card games like Uno, Skip-Bo, Phase 10 and traditional card games. (Exploding Kittens would have been great but it was not out then.) Rat-a-Tat Cat and Sleeping Queens--both great games--were a bit "young" for him.
So we decided to create our own game! We wanted something cheeky and fun. Something that maintains your child's (and your) interest, and keeps both of you coming back for more. It could not be a board game, as there was limited space, and board games tended to require our son to invest too much time and energy to play them through.
Fart Juice is the result! We love it. You will too.
Our son relapsed, and required a bone marrow transplant. The marrow came from an anonymous overseas donor. That donor saved our son's life. Oski is now 12 and is doing okay at the moment. However, those of you who have had any dealings with cancer know that it casts a long shadow.
By supporting Fart Juice you will be helping to bring a great fun game into the world, and more specifically you will be helping sick children to find delight and laughter in spite of their very serious situations.
To this end, on our Kickstarter campaign there will be a number of Pledges available which allow you to purchase a game very cheaply (with no shipping costs) which we will then donate to a child battling cancer (or who is otherwise undergoing long-term hospitalization). These games will include a note like:
"This game has been donated to you by an anonymous Kickstarter backer. Draw strength from the generosity of strangers in your fight against cancer... and enjoy the game!"
I dream of visiting paediatric cancer wards, giving away games of Fart Juice, and sitting down and playing the first couple of games with the child and his or her parents/carers/siblings. I know from first-hand experience how welcome such interruptions are in the routine of chemo- and radio-therapy, and in the looong hours, days, weeks, and months of being stuck in hospital.