Exploding Kittens
Ask for favors, attack friends, see the future- whatever it takes to avoid exploding!
Exploding Kittens is a kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. Players take turns drawing cards until someone draws an exploding kitten and loses the game. The deck is made up of cards that let you avoid exploding by peeking at cards before you draw, forcing your opponent to draw multiple cards, or shuffling the deck.
The game gets more and more intense with each card you draw because fewer cards left in the deck means a greater chance of drawing the kitten and exploding in a fiery ball of feline hyperbole.
Number of players: 2 - 5
Game duration: 5 mn
Complexity: 1 / 5
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Rules summary
Rules
This BGA adaptation uses the October 2023 rules, you can download these rules from the Game Page. These latest rules for example do not include the 5 card combo. This BGA Adaptation uses an optimized card distribution for online play.
| Players: | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXPLODING KITTEN | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| DEFUSE | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| ATTACK (2X) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| FAVOR | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| NOPE | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| SEE THE FUTURE (3X) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| SHUFFLE | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| SKIP | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| HAIRY POTATO CAT | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| BEARD CAT | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| CATTERMELON | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| TACOCAT | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| RAINBOW-RALPHING CAT | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Overview
Be the last player left after all others are eliminated
Turn
On your turn, you can play no cards or as many as you wish
After which, draw 1 new card, if this is an Exploding Card and you cannot counter it in any way, you are out!
If you Play two cards of the same name, you can take a random card from someone else
If you Play three cards of the same name, you can ask for a particular card, but get nothing if that player does not have it
