What is Intimacy?

Intimacy is a card game that creates a space for players to practice consent, discover what intimacy means to them, and practice being intimate with others.

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To play: each round, pick your partner; then, draw a Touch card and a Question card, and perform the Touch card while maintaining eye contact and discussing the Question card.

* Some images are from prints of our most recent draft

* Photos will be updated once our team gets updated prints!

Quotes

Developers

I wanted to see more games that encourage loving interactions; something that could help people get to know each other better and appreciate one another, so I decided to make it myself."

Aubrey Isaacman (designer)

Santa Cruz, California

Intimacy was the first game to encourage me to embrace vulnerability with other people not just in-game, but in day-to-day life too."

Saf Wander (editor)

Auckland, New Zealand

Reviews

Intimacy made me think, more so than any other game I've written about. It made me hold my hangups to the light; made me consider how often we take boundaries for granted; When was the last time you asked someone during a game 'Are you comfortable continuing to play?'"

Calvin Wong (reviewer)

Ding and Dent byline

Intimacy is a new card game in which players touch one another with their hands and discuss their feelings about physical connections./Created by Aubrey Isaacman, it’s designed to promote physical consent as well as closeness."

Colin Campbell (reviewer)

Polygon byline

Intimacy gave me this unique feeling of having a close connection to someone new. In each moment Intimacy directed our focus on a certain motion, sentence or feeling, leaving a lasting sense of connection and calm, well after I'd finished playing :)"

Katie Stegs (player)

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia