Exploding Kittens Card Game Pros and Cons

Do you think you would like to play a card game about kittens exploding with your kids? Yes, well…maybe, well how about goats? Read on to see if you would.

This is an extremely popular card game and has over 12,000 reviews on Amazon with around 75% five star ratings. Popular probably understates this game’s attraction.

Exploding Kittens is a card game with a pack of 56 card which players draw until someone pulls up the Exploding Kitten. The card then ‘explodes’ and the player is out of the game!

As with similar card games like UNO there are ways to ‘defuse’ your situation by collecting defuse cards to save you.

Players enlist the help of these cards in the form of laser pointers, catnip sandwiches or belly rub cards to distract the kitten card. Just like you would do with your real life kitty!

Features of Exploding Kittens: A Card Game about Kittens and Sometimes Goats.

The general premise of the game has been likened to Russian Roulette - you play until you draw an “Exploding Kitten” card which you cannot defuse. The player than ‘explodes’ (ie is dead) and has to retire from the game.

Some of the cards contained in the deck are:

• Exploding Kitten - see above
• Defuse -see above
• Skip - skip a turn
• Attack - player their turn and the next player has two turns
• See the Future - can view the next three cards in the deck
• Shuffle - Shuffle the deck
• Favor - take a card from an opponents hand
• Nope - Stops another player from taking their turn except Exploding Kittens and Defuse cards
• Two of a kind - take a random card from another player by playing a pair of matching kittens…and so on

Watch Below to see the Basic Rules of the Game

What are the pros for this game?

• Easy to learn and play and has a fun excitement level
• The illustrations are cute and amusing
• The card game is family friendly
• Can be played with kids 7 years and over
• Can be played with 2 - 5 players
• Expansion decks and be added to extend the players up to 9

What are the cons for this game?

 

The price seems slightly high for a simple card game
Some reviewers have complained about the quality of the card stock especially when playing with children

Click here to read the amazon reviews

Should you buy Exploding Kitten card game?

If you are looking for a fun, fast paced game to play with the family when away on vacation or holiday time, this could be the game you are looking for.

The popularity of the game has sprouted more versions of the game such as You’ve got Crabs and Imploding Kittens! You should never get bored!