Experiential

Cards Against Athletic Trainers — Vol. 1 & 2

A custom card game for the athletic training community — proof that B2B marketing doesn't have to look like B2B marketing.

Role
Concept, card writing, production coordination, launch content
Type
Experiential campaign
Channels
Physical product, social, conference presence
Company
Perry Weather
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The brief

Athletic trainers have a famously dark, tight-knit sense of humor forged in taping stations and sideline chaos. Cards Against Athletic Trainers met them there: a custom party card game filled with inside jokes only ATs would get, turning Perry Weather from a vendor into part of the community's culture.

The approach

Community-sourced humor

Card content written from the real, unfiltered vernacular of the athletic training world — specific enough that outsiders wouldn't get half the jokes. That specificity was the point.

Physical production

A real, printed, shippable card game — not a PDF. The tactile product made it a conference table centerpiece and a genuine keepsake.

Launch & distribution

Social rollout and giveaway mechanics that turned recipients into photographers and posters — the audience generated the campaign's content.

Volume 2

Demand from the community drove a second edition with fresh cards, converting a one-off stunt into a running franchise.

Deliverables
Card game (2 volumes)
Launch social content
Giveaway mechanics
Conference distribution
Outcome

The game became a calling card for Perry Weather's brand voice in the AT community — the kind of campaign people ask about at conferences. It seeded organic social conversation and warmed the exact audience the AT Excellence Award and education vertical content builds on.