Mate: The Party Game for Feral Naturalists
Animal Mating science
Drawing from more than 100 studies, Mate is designed to engage players with scientific research in a playful, discussion-driven format.
party game fun
Players collaborate to speculate wildly about science-based questions. Each card offers a challenge, answer, and bonus fact, sparking debate and discovery each round.
An amulet for the ages
The fascinus, ancient Rome’s good luck charm, starred a winged phallus. Babies even donned these dongs for protection. People have been obsessed with phallic power for ages, and we’re here to erect a new era.
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Mate: The Party Game for Feral Naturalists$38.99 -
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Queenfisher fascinus amulet$55.99
Founded by two sisters in Portland, Oregon, Fascinary creates games and goods inspired by the natural world, kindling collective joy to ignite curiosity and imagine possibility.
A fascinating concoction of humor, history, and science.
That’s fascinating
Here’s where we disseminate our curious concoction of humor, history, and science.
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The duck was never dull
When planning the art for Mate, I knew I wanted it to feature a female duck with a visible corkscrew…
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Play is political: Why games aren’t neutral
Throughout history, games have reflected the cultures and values that created them.
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Kandiaronk
It wasn’t Plato, Jefferson, or Hamilton that defined the ideal free society. It was Le Rat.
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