Why Our Game Exists

Too often conversations about death are avoided or seen as morbid and strange to some. But life has a way of ending and when that happens words are harder to find, relationships are more fragile, and questions we have feel heavier than they needed to be.

If you’re already strange and curious like us, this may be the game that finally gives that part of you somewhere to land. If you’re not yet, it may be the place where something quietly opens that you didn’t know you were ready for.

What it is

Morbid Curiosity: A Game About Death is a card game designed to change our relationship with death through exploration, humor, and meaningful connection.

Our decks, Morbid Curiosity, Memento Mori, and Postmortem, are thoughtfully designed card-based questions that explore the fascinating realm of death through a mix of trivia, storytelling, reflection, and lighthearted conversation.

WHO it’s for

Our game is for people who are willing to talk about death but don’t want it to feel heavy, clinical, or like a final destination. We created it for…

  • Storytellers and deep thinkers who are drawn to pondering human connection

  • Brainiacs who naturally lean into challenges and a dive into unusual facts

  • Curious, quirky, adventurous people who are wanting a different way to spend time together

  • Educators and facilitators who want an accessible, low-barrier way to introduce conversations about death and meaning

  • Death workers, doulas, hospice staff, and end-of-life practitioners who need a way to open dialogue that doesn’t immediately feel clinical or final

  • Therapists and clinicians who want something relational, flexible, and more than traditional interventions

THE DECKS

  • Morbid Curiosity: A Game About Death is the original conversation and trivia deck in the series. It includes 164 cards designed to spark meaningful, curious, and sometimes humorous discussions about death, mortality, and what it means to be human. The deck combines both trivia questions and conversation prompts.

  • The Memento Mori Deck offers discussion-based prompts about death, mortality, and meaning. It includes 72 conversation cards designed to encourage thoughtful dialogue and is often used to start deeper conversations about personal reflection and death awareness.

  • The Postmortem Deck explores the science, history, and unusual facts about the human body after death. It includes 72 trivia cards and is ideal for those interested in death education, forensic science, or the curious realities of what happens after we die.

WHO IS BEHIND THE DECK

The game is the creation of artist and grief therapist Kimberley Mead and her husband and punk rocker/historian James Young. They spent over 2 years testing and refining the game and launched their Kickstarter in August 2016. They are proud to say that it successfully funded in less than 60 hours and is now sold in over 12 stores including the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago, and the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston.