Cards Against Humanity, the wildly popular and crude party-game, is now available for free to anyone with an Internet connection and device. Canada-based designer Dawson Whitfield released the game under a Creative Commons license so it can be used, shared and repurposed by anyone for free, reports Huffington Post.

The online version, called "Cards Against Originality," is played exactly like the card game, only without physical cards. Players access the online version with their computer, tablet or smartphone.

Cards Against Humanity creator Max Temkin told Engadget that he fully supports the free version.

"I'm glad that our fans have been able to take Cards Against Humanity and remix it into their own original things; that's been a goal since we started working on our project," Temkin said. "Cards Against Humanity is obviously a remix of the comedy and games and pop culture that we love, and it's extremely cool to see our thing inspiring people to make stuff."

Temkin has no desire to create an app version, diminishing the risk of direct competition.

"We don't think it's very fun to play Cards Against Humanity on a phone, which is why we never shipped an app," he said.

"We don't want to make something slightly worse than the thing we're already making. One of the best parts of playing Cards Against Humanity is just having an analogue experience with people and making your friends laugh. We've got a handful of new projects in the works and some of them are digital, but we think a phone game calls for a very different design than a card game."

The Cards Against Originality version deals players 10 white noun or action cards (ranging from harmless words like "Sticks" to the eyebrow-raising, like "Strangling a dog to make a point"). A player, selected as the judge, draws a black card that has a question or fill-in-the-blank phrase. The judge reads the black card phrase out loud. Players each pass one white card, face down, to the judge. The judge reads out loud each combination of the white cards with the black and then picks the funniest pairing. Whoever submitted the winning white card gets one Awesome Point. After the round, a new judge is chosen.

Setting up an online game is simple: just send a link to your friends. Friends confirm when ready using any device with a working web browser.

Participants still need to be in the same room to play, although a Cards Against Humanity conference call could probably be arranged.

Play Cards Against Originality here.