Cards Against Humanity settles trespass lawsuit against SpaceX

Cards Against Humanity, the irreverent party game company known for its provocative humor, has settled its trespassing suit against SpaceX, one year after the complaint was filed and the rocket was launched. A marketing campaign filled with profanity Against the rocket company Elon Musk.

The dispute centered on a parcel of land along the Rio Grande River in Cameron County, Texas, that Cards Against Humanity purchased in 2017. The company funded the purchase through 150,000 separate donations of $15 ($2.25 million total) from supporters who wanted to help prevent President Donald Trump’s border wall.

The land happens to be located next to where SpaceX was building the Starbase rocket complex, a launch facility for the company’s spacecraft. This became an issue in 2024 when Cards Against Humanity accused SpaceX of trespassing on the property and dumping construction equipment and materials there. (SpaceX and an attorney for the rocket company did not respond to a request for comment.)

Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Cards Against Humanity was seeking $15 million, and told supporters who helped fund the land that it hoped to pay them up to $100 in proceeds. But these supporters won’t receive cash; Alternatively, they can sign up for a “brand-new mini-pack of exclusive cards themed around Elon Musk,” a special expansion for the popular party game, according to The email they just received.

“So, while we can’t give you what you really want — cash from Elon Musk — we will make it up to you, our best and sexiest customers… with comedy!” the company wrote in the email sent on Monday, referring to the new small package of cards.

“We are happy to stand up to a bully like Musk,” Cards Against Humanity told TechCrunch in a statement. “And we are glad we succeeded in reaching a settlement.” The company says SpaceX has removed its construction equipment and that the Cards Against Humanity program “is working to return[Earth]to its natural state: free of space junk and meaningless boundary walls.”

In an email to its supporters last year, Cards Against Humanity told them: “Unfortunately, an even wealthier, more racist billionaire – Elon Musk – has snuck up on us from behind and completely destroyed your Earth with gravel, tractors and space junk.” She even launched a website called “www.ElonOwesYou100Dollars.com”.

Cards Against Humanity said at the time that its “longstanding reputation as a company that makes obscene promises and actually keeps them is at stake.” But she also warned those supporters in the email that “Musk has a lot more money and lawyers than we do, so you will likely get up to about $2.”

Now, they won’t even get that amount.

The lawsuit moved quickly. The two sides have already gone through the discovery process, with the parties exchanging evidence before trial, and the trial is scheduled for November. Cards Against Humanity told TechCrunch on Monday that SpaceX admitted to trespassing during discovery, which the gaming company called a “true vindication.”

Cards Against Humanity said Monday it was “prepared for the trial and we are confident we would have won.” But the company ultimately decided that the experiment “would have cost more than we were likely to win from SpaceX.”

“Under Texas law, we likely wouldn’t be able to recover our legal fees. The truth was on our side, but Musk and SpaceX could easily outspend us,” the company said.

Musk is known for his willingness to fight his perceived enemies — and those of his companies — in court. It is one time He claimed Tesla’s “aggressive litigation department” would “never give up or settle an unfair case against us, even if we would likely lose.”

Despite this, Musk and his companies often settle down. The Cards Against Humanity case is not the first this year. Earlier this month, X Settlement of a complaint filed by former Twitter executives. Tesla has settled a number of cases related to Autopilot. One Autopilot issue Tesla hasn’t solved – though Get the opportunity to do so – It became one of the highest court losses to date.