Exploding Kittens

Defuse weaponized hairballs, betray your closest friends, and pray the draw pile doesn't blow you sky-high in a high-stakes, fast-paced party showdown.

Exploding Kittens (designed by Elan Lee, Matthew Inman, and Shane Small, published by Exploding Kittens Inc.) is a riotous, kitty-powered version of Russian roulette that turns tension and absurd humor into an addictive card game experience. The central objective is simple yet nerve-wracking: survive. Players take turns playing action cards from their hands and conclude their turns by drawing from the central draw pile. Hidden within that deck are lethal Exploding Kittens; if you draw one without a way to defuse it, you detonate, suffer instant elimination, and watch from the sidelines until the last surviving player claims ultimate feline victory.

The strategic hurdle centers around hand management, calculating the rising mathematical risk of the draw pile, and knowing precisely when to deploy your most disruptive counters. Players wield Defuse cards—allowing them to distract explosive felines with laser pointers, belly rubs, and catnip sandwiches before secretly re-inserting the lethal card anywhere back into the deck to ambush an unsuspecting opponent. Meanwhile, action cards let you skip turns, force rivals into disastrous double-draws, peek ahead at upcoming threats, or blind-steal critical resources by playing matching cat pairs. Crowned by the game-altering "Nope" card that can cancel virtually any action on the fly, every round escalates into a frantic battle of bluffs, shifting odds, and ruthless backstabbing that plays out in roughly 15 minutes.

Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 7+ Years
Publisher: Exploding Kittens Inc.
Play Time: 15 Minutes
Player Count: 2-5 Players
Complexity: Light (Hand Management, Push-Your-Luck, Player Elimination, Take That, Set Collection)

What's in the Box?

• 56 Playing Cards
• 1 Instruction Manual