Rules for Exploding KittensĬonsidering that Exploding Kittens ends a turn with the drawing a card, here are some additional reminders for all players. If this is played, you get to go through Discard Pile and take any single card. 5 Different Cards: As you can tell from the combo name, you have to play 5 cards that have different icons in the corner (this applies to action cards, powerless cards, etc.) Otherwise, you don’t get anything 🤷‍♀️īut at least you’ll have an idea of what cards they’re holding. If they have that card, you get to take it. Another difference is that with Three of a Kind, you get to name the card you want from a player. Three of a Kind: Similar to Two of a Kind, but instead you put down 3 cards with the same icon in the corner.

If played, you can proceed as usual when playing a pair pick a random card from another player without looking. For example, if you have 2 Nope Cards, you can play them together. Two of a Kind: This can be applied to any card (not just powerless cards!) for as long as they have the same icons in the corner.

There are 3 types of Special Combos you can play in Exploding Kitten. When playing a special combo, you ignore the instructions on the card and do the following instead: If a pair of Powerless Cards have been played, the player gets to pick a card from any other player’s hands. Meaning, it’s not just the player after you that can put this down. Watch out! If someone has a nope card, they can counter your chosen action card! Nope Cards can be played at any time. For example, with the skip card, you get to end your turn without drawing a card. Playing an action cardĪction cards are your skip, attack, favor, shuffle, see the future, and nope cards.Įach card has a specific action combined with it. Meaning, you start your turn by either playing an action card, putting down a pair of powerless cards, or playing a special combo. There are several things to note when playing Exploding Kittens.įirst and foremost, you end a turn by drawing a card. For example, if there are 4 players, insert 3 exploding kitten cards.Īfter reinserting the diffuse and exploding kitten cards, re-shuffle the whole deck and place it down on the center of the table. Reinsert enough kitten cards so that there is 1 less than the number of players. Give 1 defuse card to each player and insert the remaining diffuse cards back into the deck. Next, shuffle the remaining cards and deal 4 cards each to all players. To start, remove all exploding kitten and diffuse cards from the deck.

20 powerless card (But not entirely powerless!).

Upon opening the Exploding Kittens Original Edition, you’ll find 56 cards in total: But don’t worry! Now let’s get right into Exploding Kittens.

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