The signature, stylish, instantly recognisable artwork from The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman are still splashed across the cards in this edition, and the only difference between this and the full version is that a number of cards have been removed to make this more suitable for one-to-one play. The first person to draw the exploding kitten without a Defuse in their hand loses! On That Bombshell… While that basic gameplay loop remains in place, various other cards allow you to perform such shenanigans as forcing your opponent to draw more cards, secretly peering at cards in the draw pile, or even stealing cards from the other player’s hand. This means you can play one card and bide your time, or play them all in a single turn like an explosive chain reaction.īut be warned: every time you play a card, you must draw one, and if you draw the exploding kitten, you’d better have a set of pliers on hand to cut that red wire in the form of a Defuse card, disarming the danger and allowing you place it back into the deck. Far simpler than bomb defusal, on your turn you may either play a card, or pass your turn. Next, deal seven cards to each player before shuffling the flammable feline back into the remaining cards. You and a friend will first remove four cards from the deck: the eponymous Exploding Kitten, and three Defuse cards, giving one of the latter three to each player and shuffling the third back into the deck. First things first: as its title states, this edition is exclusively for two players, aged 7 and up. Like its big brother, playing the self-styled “russian roulette” of the Exploding Kittens 2- Player Version is simplicity itself.

Exploding kittens board games