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.
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.