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HOW IT WORKS TAKING YOUR TURN

In the deck of cards are some Exploring Kittens. Gather all 8 of your cards into your hand and look at
You play the game by putting the deck down and them. Do one of the following:
taking turns until someone draws an Exploding
Kitten PASS
Play no cards
OR
PLAY
Play a card be placing it FACE UP on the top of the
Discard Pile and following the instructions on the card.

Read the text on

a card to learn
what it does.
After you follow the instructions on the card, you can
play more cards.
When that happens, that person explodes. You can play as many cards as you’d like
They are now dead and out of the game
End your turn by drawing a card from the top of the
Draw Pile into your hand and hoping it’s not an
Exploding Kitten
(This is different from most games in that you END
YOUR TURN by drawing a card)

The more cards you draw, the grater your chance of

drawing an Exploding Kitten!
This process continues until there’s only 1 player Play continues clockwise around the table
left, who wins the game
REMEMBER
Play as many or as few cards as you’d like, then draw a
BSICALLY card to end your turn

IF YOU EXPLODE, YOU LOSE.

AND YOU ARE FULL OF INCENDIARY LOSER SADSAUCE
IF YOU DON’T EXPLODE, YOU WIN. There is noe maximum or minimum hand size. If you
AND YOU ARE FULL OF GREATNESS. GOOD JOBB, BUDDY! run out of cards in your hand, there’s no special action
AND ALL OF THE OTHER CARDS to take.
WILL LESSEN YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING EXPLODED BE Keep playing. You’ll draw at least 1 more card on your
EXPLODING KITTENS next turn.
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1 Remove; Exploding Kitten (5), Imploding Kitten (1),

Coffee Kittens (1), Caffeine Cards (X) and Defuse
Cards (6) from your deck and shuffle.
TWO PLAYER
Play the game with 2 Exploding Kittens and
the 1 Imploding Kitten.
There are now 2 players and 3 ways to die.

2 Deal 7 cards face down to each player.

Remove:
Streaking Kitten
Reverse
Catomic Bomb

3 Deal 1 Defuse Card to each player for a total hand of

8 cards per player.

4 Playing with a Streaking kitten

- Insert Kittens (exploding, imploding, coffee) back into
the deck so that the total number of Kittens is
BEGINNERS
equal to the number of players. It is recommended that you exclude some
Playing without a Streaking kitten card types so that the game doesn't become
- Insert Kittens (exploding, imploding, coffee) back into overwhelming:
the deck so that the total number of Kittens is
one fewer then the number of players. Exclude:
Playing with a Coffee kitten Special Combo
- Insert 3 Caffeine cards per player into Imploding Kitten Replace with regular
the deck. Streaking Kitten Exploding Kittens

Coffee Kitten
Caffeine chart
2 Players = +6 Caffeine cards 3 Players = +9 Caffeine cards
Curse Of The Cat Butt
and so on … Catomic Bomb

5 Insert Defuse cards back into the Draw pile, and

shuffle.
Recommended chart
YOUR CHOICE
You always can remove any cards you don’t like.
2 Players = +1 Defuse 4 Players = +3 Defuse
3 Players = +2 Defuse 5 Players = +4 Defuse The only real rule is that you have fun playing!
and so on …

Tip: Remove some of the Defuse cards for shorter playtime. More kittens = Faster play. Less kittens = Longer
play
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SPECIAL COMBOS
(READ THIS AFTER YOU’VE PLAYED YOUR FIRST GAME)
zz IMPORTANT
Caffeine cards cannot be used in special combos
until a Coffee Kitten has exploded!

TWO OF A KIND
Playing 2 matching Cat Cards lets you steal a random
card for any player (See page 8).
With this rule, you can now form a pair from ANY
cards with the same icon!

THREE OF A KIND
Play 3 matching cards and you can ask for a specific card.
If the player has the requested card it’s yours! If not, you get
nothing …

5 DIFFERENT KINDS

If you play 5 different cards (any 5 cards with different icons) in one round,
you can now go through the Discard Pile and take any single
card you like!

COFFEE WARP
3 player minimum

After the Coffee Kitten has exploded, you can discard 4

Caffeine cards, to go through the Discard Pile and take
any single card you like!

Tip: make sure your combos don’t get NOPED!

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STREAKING KITTEN
EXPLODING KITTEN 1 CARD
5 CARDS
While this card is in your hand, you can also secretly hold
You must show this card immediately. Unless you have a
1 Exploding Kitten or Coffee Kitten without exploding.
Defuse Card, you’re dead. If you die Discard all your cards,
including the Exploding Kitten.

BUT …
- If the Streaking Kitten leaves you hand for any reason
(favor, garbage, curse of the cat but, special combo)
the Kitten in your hand will explode!
IMPLODING KITTEN
1 CARD - If another player steals or receives an Exploding Kitten
from your hand, they must Defuse the Kitten or explode
When this card is drawn, put it back into the Draw Pile
and lose the game.
FACE UP anywhere you’d like in secret. Do not use a Defuse
card.

When you have no choice but to draw this card FACE UP,
you immediately implode and are out of the game!
COFFEE KITTEN
This card cannot be defused, nor can it be NOPED. 1 CARD

If drawn by a player who has 3 Caffeine cards, Coffee Kitten

When the Imploding Kitten implodes and kills a player, it
must be put into the Discard Pile just like an Exploding
explodes and must be Defused or held in secret
by a Streaking Kitten.
Kitten would be.

If drawn by a player who has fewer than 3, Coffee Kitten is

shuffled back into the draw deck.

DEFUSE
7 CARDS

If you drew an Exploding or Coffee Kitten, you can play this

card instead of dying. Place your Defuse Card in the CAFFEINE
3 CARDS PER PLAYER
Discard Pile.
If you have 3 Caffeine cards in your hand while you draw
a “Coffee Kitten” he will go into caffeine shock and
Then take the Exploding Kitten, and without reordering or
immediately explode!
viewing the other cards, secretly put it back in the Draw
Pile anywhere you like!

BUT …
Tip: Want to screw over the player right after you?
Put the Kitten on top of the deck or count the cards so that you know when Caffeine cards cannot be used in special combos
it comes back up! until the Coffee Kitten has exploded!
(see page 2)
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NOPE SKIP
4 CARDS
5 CARDS

Immediately end your turn without drawing a card.

Stop any action except for Kitten card and Defuse cards.
Imagine that any card beneath a Nope Card never Existed.
1 card skips one turn, multiple cards skips multiple turns.

You can also play a Nope on

another Nope to negate it and
create a Yup, and so on...

SUPER SKIP
You can play a Nope Card any 1 CARD
time before action has begun,
Immediately end your turn without drawing a card.
even if it’s not your turn.
If you’re supposed to take multiple turn, skip them all.
Any card(s) that have been noped are lost to the Discard
Pile. You can even play a NOPE on a SPECIAL COMBO.

REVERSE
SUPER NOPE 4 CARDS
1 CARD
Reverse the order of play and end your turn without
Unlike regular NOPE cards, Super NOPE cannot be turned drawing a card.
into a YUP. The Super NOPE cannot be NOPED.
If you play this card after you’ve been attacked, the order of
the play is reversed, but you’ve only ended
1 of your multiple turns.

COIN TOSS
1 CARD

Flip a coin to determine whether you draw one card from

the top, or two cards from the bottom of the draw pile. SWAP TOP AND BOTTOM
3 CARDS

Swap to top and bottom cards of the Draw Pile.

FAVOR
4 CARDS

Force any player to give you 1 card from their hand. They
choose which card to give you. DRAW FROM THE BOTTOM
4 CARDS
Tip: Monitor the other players card flow to try and determine
where their best card may be located. End your turn by drawing the bottom card from the Draw
If you are playing with the “streaking Kitten” expansion, you could Pile.
be handed an exploding kitten!
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ATTACK ALTER THE FUTURE

4 CARDS
5 CARDS

Immediately end you turn(s) without drawing Peek at the top 3 (some allow up to x5 cards) cards from the
and force the next player to take 2 turns in a row. Draw Pile and rearrange them in any order you’d like.
Then return them to the top of the Draw Pile face down.
The victim of this card takes a turn as normal (play cards,
Plan your next move!
then draw). Then, when their first turn is over, it’s their turn
again.
If the Victim plays their own Attack card, their turns are
immediately over, and the next player must take any
remaining turns plus 2 more.
SEE THE FUTURE
6 CARDS
Scenario:
- Player A plays Attack (+2) on player B. Peed at the top 3 (some allow up to x5 cards) cards from the
- Player B defends himself by also playing an Attack card Draw Pile and put them back in the same order. Only you
(+4). get to see the cards. Plan you play accordingly!
- Player C now has two Attack (+4) cards to deal with and
must take a total of 4 turns!

FORESIGHT
1 CARD

Force any player to reveal how many copies they have of a

card type you request.
TARGETED ATTACK
3 CARDS

End you turn without drawing a card.

Choose and player to attack. That player must take 2 turns
COPYCAT
in a row. 2 CARDS

The victim of this card takes a turn as normal (play cards, Copies the card that is currently in play.
then draw). Then, when their first turn is over, it’s their turn You can play a copycat on any card, even if it’s not your
again. Play then continues from the attacked player. turn.

(see “Attack” for defensive details) Scenario:

- Player A plays a “NOPE” card on player B.
- Player B plays a “Copycat” and copies player A’s Nope card.
Copycat is now transformed into a NOPE card, thereby
creating a YUP!

Can be combined with other cards but does not function as a multiplier.
Cannot “interfere” in ongoing attack cards that don’t directly involve
your own drawing.
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SHUFFLE CATOMIC BOMB

4 CARDS 1 CARD

Shuffle the Draw Pile without viewing the cards. Remove all the Exploding Kittens from the Draw Pile so
that everyone can see them.
If there’s an Imploding kitten is on top of the Draw Pile (face Then, shuffle the Draw Pile, and return the Exploding
up), shuffle thoroughly! So that there’s no chance to see Kittens face down on the top
where it shuffles to!
End your turn without drawing a card.

Tip: Shuffle under a tabletop.

Combine with “See” or “Alter” the future card, to avoid dying. EXPLODING KITTENS
ONLY remove the standard Exploding Kittens
cards. No other kitten cards.

Tip: Use a “Curse of the cat butt” and a “Reverse” card to send those
GARBAGE COLLECTION Kittens back to that bomb dealing bastard!
1 CARD

Every player who has cards (including the player who played this
card) must choose 1 card from their hand to secretly insert
into the Draw Pile. Then shuffle the entire Draw Pile.

Tip: Best used as an option to avoid drawing a “dangerous” card! CAT CARDS
4 OF EACH Use as any Cat Card

These cards are powerless on their own, but if you collect

and 2 matching Cat Cards, you can play them as a Pair to
steal a random card from any player.
MARK
3 CARDS

Pick a player and randomly pick 1 of the cards from their

hand. Then return the picket card to back to the player
facing out towards the other players.
The card is “Marked” and must remain visible to other
players until the card is stolen og discarded Cat cards from the NSFW edition have a different graphical design
but gameplay is identical
The marked card otherwise works like normal

A second mark on a card does nothing

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CURSE OF THE CAT BUTT

4 CARDS

Pick a player. That player must immediately make their cards BLIND
by putting them face down on the table and shuffling them.
The blind player is not allowed to look at any of their cards until
they successfully draw from the Draw Pile without exploding.

One their turn, if the blind player decides to play any cards, those cards
must be picked randomly and played face up on the Discard Pile.
If the card is playable, play as normal. If not, the card is lost.
BUT …

BLIND Exploding Kitten BLIND Caffeine card

- If you don’t have a Streaking Kitten, you must blindly play - Coffee Kitten in play (not exploded) =
cards from your hand until you play a Defuse. All non-Defuse Played Caffeine cards are not Discarded.
Cards played are lost without any effect. After successfully
- Coffee Kitten not in play (has exploded) =
defusing the Exploding Kitten, you can return to non-blind
play. Played Caffeine cards are Discarded.
- If you’re the unluckiest person in the world and play an BLIND Favor
Exploding Kitten while trying to defuse an Exploding Kitten,
you must defuse each of them before continuing. - If you play a Favor Card while blind, you may look at
the card you receive before turning it face down and
BLIND Imploding Kitten
shuffling it into your hand on the table.
- If you are about to draw an Imploding Kitten, you must blindly
BLIND Mark
play cards from you hand until you can avoid the implosion.
Cards without any affect are lost to the Discard Pile - If an opponent marks you while you are blind (or if you
already had a marked card when you became blind), the
BLIND Streaking Kitten marked card must remain facing the opposite
- If you draw an Exploding Kitten from the deck and you have a direction from the rest of your hand until it is played or
Streaking Kitten, insert the Exploding Kitten into your hand stolen.
(Successfully drawing, return to non-blind play).
- If you draw a Coffee Kitten and you have three Caffeine cards, BLIND Garbage Collection
insert the Coffee Kitten into your hand
- If Garbage Collection is played while you are blind, you
(Successfully drawing, return to non-blind play).
must pick a card to contribute without looking at your
- If you play an Exploding or Coffee Kitten from your hand
(because you have a Streaking Kitten), the Streaking Kitten doesn’t
cards. After you have made your selection, you may
help you. You immediately explode and must blindly defuse secretly view the card (so that if you’ve accidentally
the Exploding Kitten or lose the game. given up a Streaking Kitten and you’re left with an
Exploding Kitten in your hand, you can try to defuse it).
BLIND Coffee Kitten
BLIND Special combo
- If you drew a Coffee Kitten and you do not have three Caffeine
cards, return the Coffee Kitten to the deck and shuffle - If an opponent plays the “Three of a Kind” combo on
(Successfully drawing, return to non-blind play). you while you are blind, find the card requested (if you
- If you play a Coffee Kitten while holding a Streaking Kitten, it have it), give it to them, then put your cards back on
functions like a regular exploding kitten (see Blind exploding the table blind and shuffle them.
kitten)
- “Two of a kind” combo works like normal.

Dam, this card really complicates the game …