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13.12.2015

At the time of writing this there are mountains of reviews (rightly) praising Exploding Kittens for its accessibility, production values, presentation and general excellence. There aren't really any reviews explaining what exactly a 'Russian Roulette' card game actually entails, so as endlessly charming as the game is (and it really is), I thought I'd explain how the game works and why it is an excellent game in its own right.The mechanics are pretty simple. Each turn you will (generally) have a number of cards in your hand that allow you to do a number of different things (more on those in a second). You END your turn by drawing a card. If you draw an Exploding Kitten card,you are out of the game and the card is removed from the deck. Hence the 'Russian Roulette' element. In every game there will be one less Exploding Kitten card in the deck than there are players, so in the end one person will win when everyone else has drawn an Exploding Kitten card.The game is spiced up by all of the other cards in the deck. It is worth mentioning to begin with that everyone starts with one Defuse card, and others can be drawn from the deck during the game. Defuse cards are the only cards that can save you from an Exploding Kitten. If you draw an Exploding Kitten and have a Defuse card, you can play it and place the Exploding Kitten card back in the deck wherever you want, in sight of the other players or not (in case it's not obvious, that element adds a really devious strategical element to the game).All of the other cards can be played prior to you drawing your card and ending your turn, and generally in some way reduce your chances of drawing a card. For example, the See The Future card allows you to look at the top three cards of the deck before you draw a card, the Skip card skips your turn entirely, and the Shuffle card does what it says on the turn and allows you to shuffle the deck before drawing a card. There are also cards with art on them that have no actions, and you can collect these and play them in sets to allow you to take cards from other players.The action cards are perfectly balanced and designed to add strategical and (to some degree) bluff elements to what is essentially a game of luck. There is no getting away from the fact that luck plays a heavy part in this game, but actually the playing of the actions cards and subtle attempts at deceiving the other players make this game feel far more strategic than it actually is, which is a good thing. Ultimately every game will include some element of trying to mislead other players and trap them into drawing an Exploding Kitten card, and that is part of what gives the game its high replay value.Games are quick, normally taking no more than 15 to 20 minutes, and much like other casual card games like UNO, there is normally a strong desire to 'to just play one more time' before finishing or moving on to something else. I was an initial Kickstarter backer for the game, and have played it as part of game nights as well as with various combinations with my family in more casual settings, and everyone has taken to the game well and wanted to play a few games in a sitting rather than one.When I was younger I remember playing UNO and various traditional card based games with my family either on family holidays, after meals, or at family gatherings and such. For me Exploding Kittens is that sort of game for a new generation, a game that is most certainly casual and can be won by anyone due to the luck element, but that contains enough charm, strategy, and that all important 'just one more game' factor to make it a stable for any family or group. As such I would heartily recommend it; in my view this game is a genuine classic that deserves to be as highly owned as the likes of UNO.On one final point as to whether this is suitable for children or not, given that the game inherently involves explosions and kittens there are some morbid elements that parents may think are unsuitable for very young children, but actually the game is presented in a very comedic way, and I would have thought that the game would be suitable for any children that are old enough to understand the rules. The box says it's suitable for 7 and up, which feels about right to me. I do reiterate that this is a review of the standard deck though; the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) deck contains explicit cards with very mature themes, and is most certainly not suitable for children. If you take my recommendation and buy one of these to play in a family, make sure you buy the right one if you're playing with children!
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20.10.2015

I was an original backer of Exploding Kittens on Kickstarter, receiving both the original edition and the NSFW edition, and have been asked to provide a review on this product.I think of myself as a medium-core board and card game player. I regularly play games such as Fluxx, Carcassonne, Catan and Munchkin but equally enjoy playing conventional card games, word games and trivia games.Exploding Kittens falls into a similar category to Fluxx, in that it is a quick enough game for filling time or playing multiple rounds for a longer session. I tend to play these types of games at the pub or whilst waiting for the dinner to cook.This game is very easy to learn. Even with more advanced rules including card combinations,everyone I have played with has been able to quickly pick it up. Expect a 5-10 min learning time and a 10-20 min play time.A nice feature is that it is infinitely expandable from 2 players upwards. However, as you add more players you must equally add the correct number of additional cards. Deck 1 allows 2-5 players, then each subsequent deck adds 4 players. You always play with one less 'exploding kitten' in the deck than the number of players, resulting in 1 person always winning. The downside to playing with lots of players is that: as players go out (explode and therefore leave the game) they must wait, with nothing to do, until there is a winner (last person alive). With more players comes longer wait times. This could be frustrating for impatient people or where an individual gets unlucky, exiting early for many games in a row.Luck. Luck can be a huge factor in this game, and whilst there is some scope for playing tactically, you are generally restricted to the luck of the draw, especially in the early rounds. Not necessarily a deal breaker as the game length is so short and it makes the game more friendly.The quality of the cards is fantastic, they are thick and rugged, and the card art is well designed. It does tend to become the norm, after a few rounds, to ignore the art though - as it has very little to do with the game itself.Great game, worth picking up. If the playtime was longer I would probably have limited the review to 4 stars because I think the negatives would be far more damaging in a long game, but for a quick fun game, this is definitely worth a purchase.This version has some vulgarity - especially in the illustrations. Not so awful that you can't play with mum, but probably not appropriate for young children or your boss (unless your boss is particularly into drawings of testicles tied to balloons!).
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31.7.2016

Exploding Kittens is a card game version of Russian Roulette, with players drawing cards from a single, communal deck. If they draw an Exploding Kitten they are blown up (not literally, in any of our games) and out of the game. The game continues until only one player remains free from kitten-based destruction, and that player is declared the winner!To keep the game from being complete random chance though, there are a whole range of other cards which can be used to skip turns, defuse kittens, peek at the top of the deck, and other such options. Between all of these assorted action cards, players will usually have an option to avoid kitty destruction early on in the game,but as time rolls on options will become depleted and the pace of the game takes on a more frantic tone!And that's all there is to it! Play cards, draw cards, infuriate your opponents, and pray to the higher powers you don't find yourself on the wrong end of an Exploding Kitten!The cards themselves (and the box) are gorgeous, and anyone who's a fan of The Oatmeal will love the artwork. If you're not a fan of The Oatmeal, I highly suggest you check it out and then come back in 10 minutes.The downside of Exploding Kittens has to be 2 player games. It seems to be a running problem with card games, that as soon as you drop to two players and the "back and forth" routine begins, the game loses its lustre. It also leaves the game susceptible to a card hoarding tactic, enabled by the unlimited hand size. Unlike larger games, where a certain momentum can be reached, two players can simply draw and keep cards indefinitely until the single Exploding Kitten in the deck is revealed, at which point both players can simply play everything they have in one go to see who ultimately wins. It's not a very exciting way of playing, but if one player does it then the other has to in order to compete. In a game all about explosions, it really is the nuclear option.To summarise, the positives:•Quick to play, and even quicker to learn.•Beautifully illustrated.•An excellent way to enrage your closest friends.•Cats. Who doesn't like cats?!The negatives:•Less enoyable and prone to being broken with only 2 players. In fact I'd even go so far as to say it flat-out doesn't work as a 2 player game.•A little pricey for a card game.
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23.8.2018

Exploding Kittens (base game):Fun and easy to learn. Good strategy can improve your chances of winning, but it's primarily about how the cards fall. So more advanced players can have an edge, but new ones are still in with a good chance of winning. Bear in mind that there are standard and NSFW (Not Safe For Work) decks. The NSFW deck is intentionally risqué and that's presumably the one other reviewers are complaining about. If you're going to play this with young children, don't buy the NSFW deck.Imploding Kittens (first expansion):Adds some more interesting action cards, and the game now becomes about avoiding the face-up Imploding Kitten card instead of (2 players) or as well as (3 or more players)avoiding the Exploding Kitten card(s). Since you can see the Imploding Kitten coming, the game becomes more about forcing an opponent to take the obviously deadly turn, rather than risking drawing an Exploding Kitten blind. The 'cone of shame' thing is pointless, and just adds massively to the size of the packaging.Streaking Kittens (second expansion):Adds a few more action cards, which make the game more interesting again. However, IMO, the 'streaking kitten' card ruins the game, by allowing one player to hold on to an exploding kitten in their hand. This actually led to accusations of cheating the first time we played with the new cards, since we hadn't read the rules thoroughly, and one player knew ('See Into the Future' card) that another had drawn an exploding kitten card and not declared it.The rules for Imploding Kittens say you can add or omit expansion cards as you please, but the ones for Streaking Kittens don't mention this. I'm inclined to play without the Streaking Kitten card in the deck. I feel it spoils the game.
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21.10.2015

I got my copy from the kick starter campaign and had a bit of a wait. Every now and again in the lead up to the summer I would remember, exploding kittens will be on its way soon. I reminded my wife how exciting this summer was going to be, referring to exploding kittens and forgetting the expected arrival of our first child should have been the main reason for my excitement!The baby arrived first, followed about a month later by the exploding kittens. And the wait for both was worth it.As has been stated by so many before it is quick to learn and rounds don't take too long to complete. It is like Russian roulette with the tension of each game raising as it progresses. Drawing cards becomes risky but a necessity,unless you can avoid it, and learning that you are safe this time brings a well deserved sigh of relief.It's not just about drawing cards and hoping you don't draw an exploding kitten, but using the resources in your hand to either avoid an exploding kitten or obtain a diffuse card (extra life). Upon diffusing the situation, you had better hope you can count or you may end up blowing yourself up. Assuming everyone can count when the diffused kitten is placed back into the deck you then enter the dimension of mind games with your opponents where you have to guess whether they are targeting you or not. Paranoia can cause you to shed your valuable cards which may have been better saved for later.We have introduced this game to lots of family and friends of varying ages and everyone loves it. It's a funny game and because rounds are reasonably short you are able to have quite a few exciting and funny moments. In the words of my 18 year old niece "I hate it. I love it, but I hate it".
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5.1.2016

I bought this for the family to play over Christmas. We enjoyed it so much, we played it five times in a row on the first outing! After getting used to the functions of the different cards, it’s a very easy game to play. It’s based on luck and tactics, and ultimately, you are trying to avoid being blown up by an exploding kitten.Each player starts with 5 cards, including a ‘defuse’ card. This protects you from an exploding kitten, but alas, you only have one! Once the cards have been dealt, the remainder are put in a deck, face down. Each player then plays a card from their hand or ends their turn by picking up a card from the deck. But watch out! It could be an exploding kitten. The way, then,to try to avoid being blown up is to play your other cards tactically.For example, if you have a ‘see the future’ card, you can see the top three cards in the deck. If there is an exploding kitten card, you can pick it up and defuse it (but then you’ve used up your defuse card), or if you have a ‘skip’ card, you can skip your turn and get the next player blown up. There are also other cards such as ‘nope’, where you can stop a player at any time during the game doing a particular action or an ‘attack’ card, where they have to take two turns.It does take some time to understand how to play, but once you’ve mastered the rules (which really aren’t that hard, it’s just getting to know the function of each card and how best to play them), you’ll have a lot of fun. The cards are also colourful and funny, and the illustrations and witty comments on each card are great to look at and read.
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20.10.2015

I backed this on the Kickstarter, and got the two deck edition with both the normal and the NSFW decks. Both decks work exactly the same in terms of game mechanics, they just have different art on the cards. They can be combined if you want more than five players in a game and they have small marking text on the face of the cards so that you can separate the decks back out afterwards. Mine are marked "First Edition" and "NSFW".The game is pretty simple to learn and very fun to play. The basic order of play is to use any cards in your hand that you want then finish your go by picking up a card and hoping that it isn't an exploding kitten, which will take you out of the game.The cards you play can steal cards from other players, make them take extra cards, stop you from having to pick up a card, allow you to see what cards are next, protect you from an exploding kitten, and my favourite card the "nope" that you can play to stop whatever another player is trying to do.This ends up being a game where you play your opponents as much as the game. When a kitten has been diffused and put back in the deck where did they put it? Does your opponent have a card that you really want to steal? How can you best mess up your opponent's plans? The rounds are quick to play so that eliminated players won't spend too long not playing and it is just the right balance of skill and luck to make you want to play "just one more round".
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26.7.2018

I bought this alongside Cards Against Humanity as a game to play with family and friends at gatherings around at ours. I’d heard a lot of good things about both and took advantage of a deal on the recent Prime Day to finally make the purchase. My wife and I sat out in the garden at the weekend and played it for the first time after a BBQ. As always, we pretty much jumped in to playing it with scant regard for the instructions and were in danger of losing our way. However, after a few consultations of the rules, which also gave a few strategy ideas, the game suddenly picked up speed and very quickly we were both scheming the rapid demise of the other.The game pretty straight forward in truth,with a number of different classifications of cards allowing certain actions to be performed. Ultimately, you’re hoping that your opponents will draw the “Exploding Kitten” card which will deal them a quick death…..unless they have adequate countermeasures. The tactics you employ to plot your enemy’s demise become wicked in their intent, and the tension builds up as the draw pile gets lower and lower hiding the inevitable card of death. After the first minute or two of wondering what on earth was going on the game accelerated towards a crescendo, culminating in a huge amount of laughing, swearing and throwing of cards. Really good fun in the end!
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13.2.2020

This has now been updated to 5*s as I have just confirmed with the team at the Oatmeal that the new cards are indeed compatible with the party pack. The recent release of the Party pack standardised the backs of all the cards to be the same as the original and the expansion packs! I will be purchasing the Streaking kittens pack shortly!** UPDATED **First of all, I have enjoyed the comics from the Oatmeal for years before exploding kittens came out. When this was first publicized and released, I had the chance to play this with friends in the first edition of the pack.Over time, they got more and more expansion packs. These were just as fun.The comics on these cards are well thought out and hilariously in the style of all of the oatmeals comics. If you enjoy crude humour, memes, etc, then you will enjoy the artistic masterpiece that are the illustrations on these.The game is simple to play as per all other reviews and this comes with some of the cards from one of the expansion packs. The pack contains some of the cards from Imploding kittens expansion 1 - except for the actual imploding kittens card itself. This is not a problem as most of them are in there! This is a great set of someone just starting out. We got this to play with a larger group of players and we really enjoyed our time on this.
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3.1.2016

It's a fun game and we all had a laugh playing it. I'm a big fan of Matt Inman, so was always going to like a card game where he brings the art/humour element.However - I still wouldn't buy this ahead of Cards Against Humanity, which has a far better dynamic in my opinion, and can be played by more people, for more flexible lengths of time.Exploding Kittens is limited by a few factors. Whilst you can use certain cards against any player, they are of limited impact, and the essence of the game is still Russian roulette, and taking turns.This means you are relatively powerless to impact the game of anyone other than the person taking a turn after you. So as you sit in a circle and play several games clockwise and anti-clockwise,it is only the people to the left or right of you that can laugh or get upset by your actions.So if you sit next to your better half after Christmas dinner when someone whips out the Exploding Kittens game, be warned, your only two options during the games where your partner goes next willl be 1) Self Sacrifice or 2) Cold Hearted Destruction.I know what is good for me, so chose to avoid using my skip/attack cards, to avoid my beloved drawing an exploding kitten! Think that is the best strategy for Losing and Exploding Kittens though Winning at life.
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25.8.2018

Firstly great game - having been a family that has played uno on holiday ever since our kids were born (17 years ago) you’ve come up with a great, original game. To date everywhere we've been abroad nearly every family has (at least) one pack of uno when on holiday (we take 2), it’s as essential as factor 50 sun tan lotion .... however this year we brought UXK with us and it has completely dominated.However......and this is a real shame, as much because it’s avoidable as anything else ..... the quality of card manufacture is very poor. After just one game 4 or 5 of the cards had begun to delimitate. Ok maybe they had been contaminated by beer, or rum and coke or virgin mojito but (i)these are perfectly predictable hazards and are even an essential part of family holiday card games (ii) our pack of waddington no1 superior quality linen finish playing cards have survived much more and are cheaper. PS I used to work with aircraft jet engines where we’d fire frozen chickens into the engines to test them (not quite exploding kittens but of a similar ilk).Anyway, when a game is so good, and relies on strategically manipulating the location of ticking tabbies then, having a flaky finish, which both diminishes the longevity of the game and potentially tips your hand is a real shame.
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17.12.2015

I've seen this card game pop up in Kickstarter a few months ago and thought it was some bandwagon gimmick. So I decided to not want to be apart of did NOT back the project. What a mistake that was...Months later while I was browsing Amazon and I saw Exploding Kittens pop up on the Lightning Deal. Being Christmas and a Lightning Deal I decided to give this card game a chance and bought it. Impulsive buying but worth it!The game is very simple. If you pick up an 'Exploding Kitten' card, you are out of the game. Unless you have a 'Defuse' card, you use that to save yourself and then reinsert the Exploding Kitten card anywhere in the deck (you can even put it on the top of the draw pile so the next person will be out straight away!).Obviously there are many other unique cards such as ; Skip turn, Attack other players (pick up 2 cards), See the future (see the top 3 cards on the draw pile), Shuffle etcIt is a fun and quick game. The more people the merrier when playing the game as it's all got to do with mind games and counting cards.Most recently my internet was down for 6 days and Exploding Kittens have provided me and wife of hours of fun! Surprisingly my wife loves the game and I will be taking this card game with me when I visit my family over the Christmas holidays :)
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20.2.2021

This is a great family game! I was searching for a card game that was small and compact yet contained all the fun, engaging elements a classic party activity should have. I came across Exploding Kittens on Amazon and I have to say, I didn’t hear about the hype but I understand it now.This game is for mixed ages and doesn’t draw away from the classic competitive, strategic entity yet delivers a round of laughs and jokes. The game really gets you thinking in order to plan your moves ahead, and is full of laughter and surprises.The visuals of the game are stunning. The party pack came in a beautiful box (which I don’t want to explain to much as it will spoil the amazing contents) and was delivered with care.The animations and graphics on the game cards really stand out from there opponents, as I haven’t see anything like this.The game is tricky to understand at first. Undertaking not only the rules and what cards to use but how each card works and playing methodically. Exploding Kittens definitely emphasises the 'more the merrier’ prophecy.It takes a roughly two rounds to get a grasp of how the game works, but do watch the YouTube videos by Matthew Inman (I believe) who describes it all effortlessly.Definitely try this out but do avoid getting exploded!
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16.8.2017

Exploding Kittens is a modern, surreal, card-based twist on Russian Roulette, but instead of blowing your brains out, you are blown up by a lethal exploding kitten (exploding kittens do not really explode). Fortunately, you will also have defuse cards to help put exploding kittens back into the deck but, if you run out of defuse cards, watch out! You'll need to use the other special cards and card combinations to out-manoeuvre your opponents to make sure you're the last one left standing when the final kitten blows!The game surprisingly well balanced, as the defuse cards mean that it's very rare for anyone to go out of the game straightaway, and usually all the explosions come in quick,messy succession. However, it is still possible to be eliminated very quickly. As a game suitable for children (which this is) parents should have a back-up plan in case a volatile youngster should suffer this unfortunate fate.The game's surreal humour is hit-and-miss. Some will find it hilarious and charming. Others will find it bewildering and faintly nauseating. Your mileage may vary. But as a game, it's a quick, fun time-filler, easy to learn and suitable for anyone from about 8 upwards. Younger children may also enjoy it, but it will depend more on the child.
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9.4.2016

Ridiculous and funny game whether you are familiar with the Oatmeal or not.The rules are brief and easy to understand with the rule sheet having big, bold and colourful examples of everything you need to know. The basic premise of the game that you have your hand of cards and each card has an action. Perform the action which might be to attack another player by stealing their card, skip your turn entirely or peek into the draw deck to see if the dreaded exploding kitten is waiting for you.Pull an exploding kitten and you have a chance to play a defuse card at which point you get to put the exploding kitten back into the deck wherever you please.Is it Derek's turn next and he was especially unpleasant at dinner in regards to his opinion on immigration? Well you flash Derek your biggest, brightest smile and put that exploding kitten right at the top of the deck. Pull an exploding kitten and have no defuse cards, then you explode. Duh.It is a simple game that has plenty of opportunity for shenanigans. Whether that be teaming up against the player that always wins or playing a skip card at just the right moment to thwart someone's evil plan. It is brief, satisfying and so absurd that losing never really feels like losing.
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