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EXPLODING KITTENS HEY! DON’T READ THESE RULES!

THE RULES
READING IS THE WORST WAY TO
LEARN HOW TO PLAY A GAME.
INSTEAD, GO ONLINE and watch
our instructional video:
players: 2 -10 explodingkittens.com/ekpartypack/how
contents: 120 cards

How it works SETUP Taking your turn

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To start, remove all the Exploding Kittens (9)

1
In the deck of cards are some Exploding Gather all 8 of your cards into your hand
Kittens. You play the game by putting from the deck and set them aside. and look at them. Do one of the following:
the deck face down and taking turns
drawing cards until someone draws an
Exploding Kitten. play
2
Now, look through the remaining deck Play a card from your hand by placing
and based on the number of players, it FACE UP on top of the Discard Pile.
use the following cards: Follow the instructions on the card.

2 - 3 players: Use only the cards WITH a Read the text on

WHAT
a card to learn
paw print in the corner.
I DO

what it does.
NOPE DEFUS sandw E
SKIP ich
a nope
nt laser
After you follow the instructions on the card,
feed your opponevia pointer.
commandeer a bunnyraptor.
with extra nopesauce.
you can play another card. You can play as
4 - 7 players: Use only the cards WITHOUT many cards as you’d like.
a paw print in the corner.
NOPE
feed your opponevia
DEFUSE H SKIP
a nope
nt laser
with extra nopesauce.
sandw
pointer. ich
OP! HOP!
commandeer a bunnyraptor.
pass
or
Instead of exploding,

8 - 10 players: Use all of the cards. Play no cards.

End your turn without
g kitten
secretly put an explodin
drawing a card.
back into the draw pile.
ORIGINAL
ORIGINAL

EDITION
EDITION

Stop the action of another Player.

DEFUSE SKIP
Put any unused cards back in the box,
You can play this at any time.
!

2
HOP
you won’t need them. HOP!
NOPE
End your turn by drawing a card from the
ORIGINAL
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top of the Draw Pile into your hand and

3 Remove all of the Defuses from the deck Instead of exploding,

hoping it’s not an Exploding Kitten.
turn without
End yourg kitten
secretly put an explodin
and deal 1 to each player. pile. a card.
drawing
back into the draw
ORIGINAL

ORIGINAL
EDITION

DEFUSE
Stop the action of another Player.
EDITION

SKIP

Insert the extra Defuse(s) back into the

You can play this at any time.

When that happens, that person deck (if there are any).
NOPE
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EDITION

explodes and they are out of the game.

Play continues clockwise around the table.
Defuse cards
Defuses are the most powerful card in the
game. These are the only cards that can save remember
you from exploding. If you draw an Exploding Play as many or as few cards as you’d like, then
Kitten, instead of dying, you can play a Defuse draw a card to end your turn.
and reinsert the Kitten back into the Draw Pile
anywhere you’d like in secret. NT!
RTA
Play-or-Pass, then Draw.
P O
Try to get as many Defuses as you can. IM Play-or-Pass, then Draw.
All of the other cards will give you powerful

4
tools to help you avoid exploding! Shuffle the deck and deal 7 cards face
down to each player. Everyone now
This process continues until there’s only
has a hand of 8 cards total (7 cards +
1 player left, who wins the game.
1 Defuse). Look at your cards but keep
them secret.

Basically 5
Insert enough Exploding Kittens back into
the deck so that there is 1 fewer than the
number of people playing. Remove any
extra Exploding Kittens from the game.
ending the game
Eventually every player will explode except
If you explode, you lose. for one, who wins the game!
and you are full of incendiary loser sadsauce. For example You won’t ever run out of cards in the
For a 4 player game, insert 3 Kittens.
Draw Pile because you inserted enough
if you don’t explode, YOU WIN. For a 3 player game, insert 2 Kittens.
This ensures that everyone eventually Exploding Kittensto kill all but 1 player.
and you are full of greatness. good job, buddy. explodes except for 1 person.

and all of the other cards Note: For a 2 - 3 player game, the Exploding Kittens you
insert will be the only cards that do not have paw prints. three more things
will lessen your chances of getting A good strategy generally is to save your
exploded by exploding kittens.
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cards early in the game while your chance of
Shuffle the deck, and put it face down in exploding is low.
the middle of the table.
You can always count the cards left in the
For example This is your Draw Pile. Draw Pile to figure out the odds of exploding.
There is no maximum or minimum hand size.
You could use a See the Future see the future (3x) If you run out of cards in your hand, there’s no
to peek at the top few cards in special action to take. Keep playing. You’ll
3x

the Draw Pile. draw at least 1 more card on your next turn.

If that reveals an Exploding (Be sure to leave some space for a Discard Pile as well.)
Kitten, you could then use a skip

Stop reading! go play!

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Skip to end your turn and Pick a player to go first. (Some sample
avoid drawing it. criteria: most excited to go first, most
intimidating odor, shortest spleen, etc.) If you have questions about specific cards,
flip this sheet over.
exploding kittens FIELD GUIDE
you only need this if you have questions about specific cards

Exploding Kitten 9 cards

You must show this card immediately. Unless you

3x Alter the future (3X)
Privately view the top 3 cards from the Draw Pile
2 with
4 without
example turn
have a Defuse, you’re dead. When you die, put and rearrange them in any order you’d like. Return YOU SUSPECT THE TOP CARD IN THE DRAW PILE IS AN
the kitten that killed you face up in front of you so them to the top of the Draw Pile face down. Don’t “EXPLODING KITTEN.” SO INSTEAD OF PASSING AND THEN
everyone can see that you’re dead, and put the show the cards to the other players. DRAWING A CARD TO END YOUR TURN, YOU DECIDE TO
rest of your cards face down in front of you. PLAY A “SEE THE FUTURE” ALLOWING YOU TO PRIVATELY
PEEK AT THE TOP 3 CARDS IN THE DRAW PILE.

DEfuse shuffle
See The Futu
3 with 2 with 3x
re
deploy the special-ops
(3x)
bunnies.

7 without 4 without While viewing the top 3 cards

If you drew an Exploding Kitten, you can play this Shuffle the Draw Pile until the next player tells you you see that you were right,
card instead of dying. Place your Defuse in the to stop. and the top card (the carD
Discard Pile. you’re about to draw) is Privately view the top
Three

an “exploding kitten.”
cards of the draw pile.

Useful when you know there’s an

ORIGINAL
EDITION
3x
See The Future (3x)

Exploding Kitten coming.

You decide to play

an "attack" to end
Draw from The bottom 3 with
4 without your turn and force
the next Player
Then take the Exploding Kitten, and without End your turn by drawing the bottom card from the to take 2 turns.
reordering or viewing the other cards, secretly put Draw Pile.
it back in the Draw Pile anywhere you’d like.
ATTACK (2x)
unleash the catterwocky.

but then another player

2x

favor 2 with
4 without
plays a "NOPE," which
cancels your "attack,"
Force any other player to give you 1 card from their so it’s still your turn.
hand. They choose which card to give you.
the
Do not draw any cards. Force
next player to take two turns.
2x

ORIGINAL
ATTACK

EDITION
(2x)

NOPE
a nope ninja deliv
ers a wicked
dragon kick.

Your turn is over after playing this card.

Want to hurt the player right after you? Put

NOPE 4 with
5 without
You don’t want to draw
that top card and
the kitten right on top of the deck. If you’d
Stop the action
of another Playe
You can play this
at any time.
r.
Explode, so you play a
I’m Gonna play
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like, hold the deck under the table so that Stop any action NOPE
"Shuffle" and randomly
no one else can see where you put it. except for an
See the Future NOPE! shuffle t he Draw Pile.
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With the deck freshly
3 without beneath a Nope
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never existed.
shuffled, you draw the top
End your turn without drawing a card, and card to end your turn
You can also play and hope it’s not
.
draw pile

immediately force the next player to take 2 turns

shuffle the

a Nope on another YUP!

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their turns, the attacks “stack” and their turns are

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and so on.
immediately transferred to the next player, who
must take the Attacker’s current and remaining
untaken turn(s) PLUS 2 additional turns.
You can play a
Nope at any time
special combos
before an action (Read this after you’ve played your first game)
has begun, even
For Example: If the victim of an Attack
plays another Attack, the next player if it’s not your TWO of a kind
must take 4 turns. However, if the victim turn. Any cards that have Playing matching pairs of Cat Cards (where you
completes 1 turn, and THEN plays an been Noped are lost. Leave get to steal a random card from another player)
Attack on their second turn, the next them in the Discard Pile. no longer only applies to Cat Cards. It now
player must take only 3 turns.
applies to ANY pair of cards with the same title
You can even play a Nope on a Special Combo. (a pair of Shuffle Cards, a pair of Skip Cards, etc).
Ignore the instructions on the cards when you

2x targeted attack (2X) 2 with

3 without
play them as a Special Combo.

End your turn without drawing a card, and

immediately choose any player (including yourself)
cat Cards
3 of each with
to take 2 turns in a row. If the victim of an Attack 4 of each without
plays any type of Attack, the Attacks “stack.” (See
the “Attack” rules for more details.) These cards are powerless on their own, but if you
collect any 2 matching Cat Cards, you can play
them as a pair to steal a random card from any THREE OF A KIND
player. They can also be used in Special Combos.
Exactly the same as Two of a Kind, but you get
SKIP 4 with
6 without Beard cat
Beard cat
to name the card you want from the other player.
If they have it, you get to take it. If not, you get
Immediately end your turn without drawing a card. nothing. Ignore the instructions on the cards
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when you play them as a Special Combo.
If you play a Skip as a defense to an
Play two beard dom card from as a pair to stea own.
player.
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player.
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Beard cat
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Beard cat

Attack, it only ends 1 of the 2 turns. 2 I’d like your Defuse, please.
Skips would end both turns.

3x see the future (3X) 3 with

3 without Feral cat 2 with
4 without
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