Card
Exploding Kittens
"Avoid the kittens of doom while strategically deflecting them to others."
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Setup
Remove all Exploding Kitten cards from the deck (one fewer than the number of players). Shuffle the remaining cards and deal 4 to each player. Place the Exploding Kittens back into the deck and shuffle well. Place the deck face-down. Each player also gets a Defuse card (if playing with the base game's included Defuse cards).
How to Play
- On your turn, draw one card from the deck.
- If you draw an Exploding Kitten, you explode and are out of the game unless you have a Defuse card.
- If you have a Defuse, play it to cancel the explosion. Then secretly put the Exploding Kitten back anywhere in the deck.
- Other cards you draw do special things: See the Future (look at top 3 cards), Skip (end your turn without drawing), Attack (next player takes two turns), Shuffle (reshuffle the deck), Favor (force another player to give you a card), Cat cards (collect pairs to steal from others).
- You may play any number of cards from your hand before drawing.
Winning the Game
The last player left alive (who hasn't exploded) wins. When only one player remains, that player wins immediately.
Variants & House Rules
Imploding Kittens adds a special card that explodes worse. Zombie Kittens adds a resurrection mechanic.