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Exploding Kittens

Exploding Kittens NSFW Edition

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Exploding Kittens NSFW Edition is the adults-only standalone edition of the hit card game—a fast, light game of push-your-luck tension, take-that attacks and player elimination for 2–5 players aged 17+, played in about 15 minutes.

Players
2–5 players
Play time
Up to 1 hr
Age
Adults
Complexity
Easy

About the Game

Exploding Kittens NSFW Edition turns a quiet card draw into feline Russian roulette. Each turn, play action cards to peek at the deck, skip your turn, shuffle the pile or make an opponent draw twice—then draw and pray. Reveal an Exploding Kitten without a Defuse card and you're out; the last player standing wins. It plays 2–5 players in about 15 minutes, is light to learn, and suits ages 17+ with gleefully adults-only artwork. Expect hand management, push-your-luck tension, player elimination and take-that chaos.

The game began as an expansion for Exploding Kittens, the 2015 Kickstarter hit designed by Matthew Inman, Elan Lee and Shane Small that set a record for the most backers in the site's history. The NSFW deck gathered cards deemed too horrific—or too incredible—for the kid-safe original, before a stretch goal made it a standalone game. Play it alone, or combine it with the standard deck for up to nine players (ten with Imploding Kittens).

History

Exploding Kittens was designed by Matthew Inman (of The Oatmeal webcomic), Elan Lee and Shane Small, and first published in 2015 after a record-setting Kickstarter campaign that attracted the most backers in the site's history at the time. The NSFW Edition began life as an expansion of cards considered too adult for the original kid-safe game, before a campaign stretch goal turned it into a standalone title.

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Watch: How to play

Rules of Exploding Kittens NSFW Edition

  • Setup: Remove all Exploding Kitten and Defuse cards. Deal 7 cards to each player and give everyone one Defuse card.
  • Shuffle the remaining Defuses back in (use fewer at low player counts), then add one fewer Exploding Kitten than the number of players and shuffle the deck.
  • On your turn: Play as many action cards as you like—or none—then draw the top card to end your turn.
  • Action cards let you peek at the top three cards, skip drawing, shuffle the deck, force the next player to draw twice, or steal from opponents by playing matching cat pairs.
  • Nope cards can be played at any time to cancel another player's action (but never a Defuse or an Exploding Kitten).
  • If you draw an Exploding Kitten, play a Defuse to survive and secretly reinsert the kitten anywhere in the deck; without a Defuse, you're eliminated.
  • Game end: Rounds continue until only one player remains—the last player standing wins.

Strategy

  • Treat your Defuse as your lifeline—don't waste turns playing other cards recklessly if it leaves you exposed.
  • When you reinsert a kitten after defusing, choose its position carefully; putting it on top is a ruthless way to target the next player.
  • Use See the Future before drawing so you know whether to draw, Skip, Shuffle or play an Attack.
  • Save Attack cards for when you suspect a kitten is near the top, so the next player draws into the danger instead of you.
  • Hold your Nope cards for genuinely threatening plays rather than cancelling minor actions.
  • Collect cat pairs to steal random cards—you might pinch an opponent's Defuse at a crucial moment.
  • As the deck thins, the odds of hitting a kitten rise sharply, so shift to defensive play and keep at least one escape option in hand.