Cards Against Humanity, the irreverent party game company known for its provocative humor, has settled its trespassing lawsuit against SpaceX, one year after filing the complaint and launching a profanity-laced marketing campaign against Elon Musk’s rocket company.
The dispute centered on a plot of land along the Rio Grande River in Cameron County, Texas, that Cards Against Humanity purchased in 2017. The company crowdfunded the purchase through 150,000 separate $15 donations ($2.25 million total) from supporters who wanted to help block President Donald Trump’s border wall.
The land happened to be located right next to where SpaceX has been building its Starbase rocket complex, a launch facility for the company’s spacecraft. That became an issue in 2024 when Cards Against Humanity accused SpaceX of trespassing on the property and dumping construction equipment and materials there. (Space X and a lawyer for the rocket company did not respond to a request for comment.)
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Cards Against Humanity had been seeking $15 million and had told supporters who helped fund the land that it hoped to pay them as much as $100 each from the proceeds. But those supporters won’t receive cash; instead, they can sign up for a “brand new mini-pack of exclusive cards all about Elon Musk,” a special expansion for the popular party game, according to an email they’ve just received.
“We’re happy to have stood up to a bully like Musk. We’re happy to have forced a settlement,” Cards Against Humanity told TechCrunch in a statement. The company says SpaceX has removed its construction equipment and that Cards Against Humanity is “working to restore [the land] to its natural state: devoid of space garbage and pointless border walls.”
Cards Against Humanity crowdfunded the land purchase in 2017 through 150,000 separate $15 donations ($2.25 million total) from supporters who wanted to help block the border wall.
The plot sits along the Rio Grande River in Cameron County, Texas, and happened to be located right next to where SpaceX has been building out its Starbase rocket complex, a launch facility for the company’s spacecraft. That became an issue last year when Cards Against Humanity accused SpaceX of both trespassing on the property and of dumping construction equipment and material. (SpaceX and a lawyer for the rocket company did not respond to a request for comment.)
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