Exploding Kittens How to Play Guide
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The rules cover the original, first, and NSFW editions.
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Players: 2 to 5 | Game duration from: 10 mins | Game Complexity: EASY How to play Exploding Kittens rules in simple steps
What is the goal?
Exploding Kittens is a card game, where:
- deck of cards is placed face down
- players take turns drawing cards until someone draws an exploding kitten
- that person explodes and is dead and out of the game
- the game continues until the last person who does not explode wins
Game setup
- Remove the 4 Exploding Kitten cards and set aside
- Remove Defuse Cards (6) and deal 1 to each player
- Insert extra Defuse Cards back into the deck
- Shuffle the deck and deal 7 cards to each player. Each player has 8 cards.
- Insert Exploding Kitten cards back into the deck (insert 1 fewer than the number of players)
- Shuffle the deck and put face down on the table
- Select a player to start
Gameplay
- The player looks at his/her 8 cards and can do the following:
- Pass: play no cards or
- Play a card:
- place a card face-up on the discard pile
- follow card instructions
- The player can decide if to play another card
Note: Cards with no instructions
- these cards must be collected and played as matching pairs
- when a pair of car cards are played, pick a player and steal a random card from them
2. End turn by drawing a card from Draw Pile. Play continues clockwise around the table.
How do you win?
Last player who hasn’t exploded wins the game.
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