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Gudnak Announces Dora the Explorer Crossover

March 30, 2025 – Chaotic Great Games is nearing the end of its newest Kickstarter and players are loving the new cards, fun mechanics and focus on the deep lore. However, according to CEO Tim O’Brien, investors are “upset that they aren’t experiencing wealth creation events.”

Announcing Gudnak x Dora the Explorer, a bold new expansion that merges tactical warfare with educational animated adventure in the name of return on invesment.

Dora, Boots, Swiper, and the rest of the gang are ready to fight for control of the dying world of Gudnak in what O’Brien is calling “a completely normal decision based on gameplay and certainly not motivated by corporate greed.” This marks the first major crossover in Gudnak history, but according to O’Brien it is “definitely not the last.”

“We’ve always said Gudnak is about the players – we want them to have epic moments playing our game,” said O’Brien from a Zoom call off the coast of Myorka. “And what’s more epic than Dora, famed child explorer, fighting off the hordes of the Everking?”

The new set features:

  • 142 new cards, including the much-anticipated level III Swiper, Master Thief

  • A Map ability that reveals your opponent’s entire deck

  • A new attachment: Lost, which players can only remove by asking “¿Dónde está la Gudnak?” with at least a proper attempt at an accent

  • A surprisingly large number of alternate art cards featuring stills from the show instead of original art (it’s cheaper)

Matt Tulipliquid, the newly appointed Head of Gameplay/Player Monetization, offered his perspective on the crossover: “We could have expanded the lore or doubled down on our support for organized play. But instead we asked: what would generate the most revenue per capita? Dora just made sense.”

Tulipliquid continued, “And because our players also like other animated things, we didn’t stop there.”

Chaotic Great Games also announced that Gudnak will increase its release schedule from one set per year to ten sets per year, with each set featuring a crossover with a beloved cartoon franchise. Upcoming releases include Gudnak x Blue’s Clues: Here’s the Flail, Gudnak x Clifford: Rise of the Red Gryffdog, and Gudnak x The Magic School Bus: Field Trip to the Dying Sun.

“Players have been asking for more content, and by content we assume they meant nonsensical crossovers,” said Tulipjuice, while unveiling the first-ever Elmo hero card.

Preorders for Gudnak x Dora the Explorer open April 10th and will cost…a lot.

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