There is no maximum or minimum hand size. You won't evver run out of cards in the Draw Pile, so there's never a need to reshuffle. You can count the cards left in the Draw Pile. Play contines clockwise around the table. (This is different from most other games in that you END YOUR TURN by drawing a card.) Finally, end your turn by drawing a card from the Draw Pile into your hand and hoping it's not an Exploding Kitten. You can play as many cards as you'd like.ģ. After you follow the instructions on a card or play a Pair, you can play more cards. If you play matching Pairs with no instructions on them, pick another player and steal a random card from their hand.Ģ. These cards must be collected and played as Pairs. Some cards don't have any instructions on them. Play a card from your hand by placing it FACE UP on top of the Discarrd Pile, and following the instructions on the card. (Some sample criteria: most impressive beard, most intimidating odor, shortest spleen, etc.)ġ. (be sure to leave some space for a discard pile as well.)ħ. Shuffle the deck, and put it face down in the middle of the table. Put only 2 of the extra Defuse cards back in the deck. Insert the extra Defuse cards back in the deck. This ensures that everyone eventually explodes except 1 person.ĥ. Remove any extra Exploding Kittens from the game. Insert enough Exploding Kittens back into the deck so that there is 1 fewer than the number of people playing. Try to get as many Defuse cards as possible.Ĥ. If you play a Defuse card afer drawing an eploding Kitten, instead of getting exploded, you get to reinsert the Kitten back into the Draw Pile anywhere you'd like. These are the only cards that can save you from Exploding Kittens. Deal 1 Defuse card to each player so that everyone has a hand of 5 cards total. Shuffle the remaining deck and deal 4 cards face down to each player.ģ. Remove all the Exploding Kittens (4) and Defuse cards (6) from the deck.Ģ. If that reveals an Exploding Kitten you could then use a Skip card to end your turn and avoid drawing itġ. You culd use a See the Future card to peek at the top few cards in the Draw Pile. WILL LESSEN YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING EXPLODED BY EXPLODING KITTENS This process continues until there's only 1 player left, who wins the game.ĪND YOU ARE FULL OF INCENDIARY LOSE SADSAUCE.ĪND YOU ARE FULL OF GREATNESS.

You play the game by putting the dec face down and taking turns drawing cards until someone draws an Exploding Kitten. You'll have a deck of cards containing some Exploding Kittens.

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