This is by far the best video describing how to play Exploding Kittens. To play this game you must understand the action cards and when you must either draw or not draw a card to end your turn. I must have watched at least 10 others. Many are just guys showing off, acting silly and soon it becomes obvious they either don't know how to play the game or they are just poor teachers. This one by Play-In Games got it right!
@@bobzukowski much appreciated, I try to only do videos on games I’ve played and get. A terrible way to get views, but I want these to be good enough to last. Thanks and glad it helped!
I watched several other videos on this game and my search is over, excellent video, you’re a great communicator, instructor, and I love your analogies.
What if i play a 'attack' card for next person, and then they play a 'attack' card, for the next person. Q : how many turn should the next person play? 2 or 4 turn?
your turn ends with picking up a card so you always have at least one card. You can't make it all the way through the draw pile because if there are 2 players then there will HAVE to be an exploding kitten still in the pile.
I'd imagine when it's your turn again you would just draw the next card out of the pile. If you did run out of cards (you have 1 card, its the defuse, and you pull the kitten)
@@ccollum80 Well, even if you have 1 card in hand, one of the next players can take it from you, so yes it is possible to have 0 cards in hand. But even so, when your turn comes, you get to pick a card from the deck. So, you do not lose when you run out of cards - only when you explode.
I have a doubt If there are 6 players Then we are supposed to play with the non paw cards Does this rule apply to the defuse cards alone or all the cards Another doubt is - can any player play Nope or only the next player in the order can use nope?
Any player can use a 'Nope' card at any time, even if it wasn't their turn; the only exception being that you can't "Nope" an Exploding card or the use of a Defuse
What is you draw a exploding kitten and the only card in your hand is a diffuse card. You lay it but you are out of cards. Are you out? What if a player has one card left and another play asks for their card, are they out of the game too?
What happens if the one who has to draw 4 cards plays a nope card? Does he have to draw 2 cards (because nope cancels the last attack, not the first) or end his move by drawing 1 card (because the whole double-attack was canceled)?
@@patriciaspringer3470 i'd guess the turn goes back to the previous player who still has to draw 2 cards. just as if the second attack card wasn't played
@@patriciaspringer3470The Nope card cancels the top card on the discard pile. So, if there are 2 attack cards for you, you can only cancel the topmost.
players cannot look through the discard pile. Once a card is played and placed in the discard pile, it stays there face-up, but players aren’t allowed to go back and review it. The only exception would be if a specific card or expansion allows a player to interact with or retrieve cards from the discard pile, but by default, the pile remains out of bounds for inspection. Unless you set up a house rule and everyone agrees on it, of course!
Hiiiiii if i put the three hairy potato cats card, and asked for a defuse card from an opponent, but the opponent doesn’t have it, what happen next? Just move on?
Hi. Great explanation. Thanks. I have a question: If 4 players are playing, the number of Explode cards are 3 in the draw pile. But when a player explodes, and doesn't have any defuse cards in hand - and eventually loses, does he then remove one Explode card from the draw pile?
Thanks for the nice comment. Yes that is correct. The exploding kitten drawn by the is out of the game along with that player (unless it can be defused). There should always be just one less exploding kitten in the draw pile than remaining players. You could leave the exploded kitten card in the discard pile or out of the game entirely if you’d like.
@@Play-In-Games Thanks for the instant reply :) I got one more query regarding the game: When a player draws the Explode card, and plays Defuse card from his hand, then places the Explode card back into the draw pile, does his turn end or is he required to draw a card from the draw pile to turn the end?
Also, can there be any instances where the discard pile has no cards left, and that it needs to be shuffled back to be used as the draw pile, as it is done in UNO?
The Nope card works as a one time use on any action except exploding kitten or defuse cards. So in the case of cat cards being Noped, yup you can do that.
Nope! In this original edition it’s 5. They changed it for newer editions to make the game less “punishing” but it works best as initially intended imo. Play how you like. Thanks!
This is by far the best video describing how to play Exploding Kittens. To play this game you must understand the action cards and when you must either draw or not draw a card to end your turn. I must have watched at least 10 others. Many are just guys showing off, acting silly and soon it becomes obvious they either don't know how to play the game or they are just poor teachers. This one by Play-In Games got it right!
@@bobzukowski much appreciated, I try to only do videos on games I’ve played and get. A terrible way to get views, but I want these to be good enough to last. Thanks and glad it helped!
I watched several other videos on this game and my search is over, excellent video, you’re a great communicator, instructor, and I love your analogies.
I appreciate the kind words. 🙏
I like the GHOST rule, keeps everyone involved and focus.
Honestly the best walk thru of this game I've seen!! I've seen couple videos & I couldn't grasp it. But yours was so in depth and detailed ☑
Thank you!
Best walkthrough of this game, kudos to you!
Thank you!
Great video, the video production was top notch
👆Also top notch, this comment! Thanks!
Great walk through
What if i play a 'attack' card for next person, and then they play a 'attack' card, for the next person.
Q : how many turn should the next person play? 2 or 4 turn?
What age is this game appropriate for?
Thanks really helped
Excellent, happy playing!
Great explanation
What do you do when your run out of cards? First game that happened to 2 of us??
your turn ends with picking up a card so you always have at least one card. You can't make it all the way through the draw pile because if there are 2 players then there will HAVE to be an exploding kitten still in the pile.
I'd imagine when it's your turn again you would just draw the next card out of the pile. If you did run out of cards (you have 1 card, its the defuse, and you pull the kitten)
@@ccollum80 Well, even if you have 1 card in hand, one of the next players can take it from you, so yes it is possible to have 0 cards in hand.
But even so, when your turn comes, you get to pick a card from the deck. So, you do not lose when you run out of cards - only when you explode.
Hi! Goood video!
Thanks!
If a ghost comes back in, do you add the exploding kitten card back in as well?
Great catch, yes a discarded exploding kitten card is added back in and the deck is reshuffled.
I have a doubt
If there are 6 players
Then we are supposed to play with the non paw cards
Does this rule apply to the defuse cards alone or all the cards
Another doubt is - can any player play Nope or only the next player in the order can use nope?
Any player can use a 'Nope' card at any time, even if it wasn't their turn; the only exception being that you can't "Nope" an Exploding card or the use of a Defuse
2-5 players is what the game says
What is you draw a exploding kitten and the only card in your hand is a diffuse card. You lay it but you are out of cards. Are you out?
What if a player has one card left and another play asks for their card, are they out of the game too?
I'd imagine when it's your turn again you would just draw the next card out of the pile.
Hi, can you use attack to counter attack to make it 2x to 4x? Stacking up like uno?
Absolutely
What happens if the one who has to draw 4 cards plays a nope card? Does he have to draw 2 cards (because nope cancels the last attack, not the first) or end his move by drawing 1 card (because the whole double-attack was canceled)?
@@patriciaspringer3470 i'd guess the turn goes back to the previous player who still has to draw 2 cards. just as if the second attack card wasn't played
@@patriciaspringer3470The Nope card cancels the top card on the discard pile. So, if there are 2 attack cards for you, you can only cancel the topmost.
Can u use a nope card to end your turn without drawing a card?
Nope.
Can a player look through the discard pile before taking his turn??
players cannot look through the discard pile. Once a card is played and placed in the discard pile, it stays there face-up, but players aren’t allowed to go back and review it.
The only exception would be if a specific card or expansion allows a player to interact with or retrieve cards from the discard pile, but by default, the pile remains out of bounds for inspection.
Unless you set up a house rule and everyone agrees on it, of course!
Hiiiiii if i put the three hairy potato cats card, and asked for a defuse card from an opponent, but the opponent doesn’t have it, what happen next? Just move on?
Correct, you get nothing if you guess wrong and move on.
Hi. Great explanation. Thanks.
I have a question:
If 4 players are playing, the number of Explode cards are 3 in the draw pile. But when a player explodes, and doesn't have any defuse cards in hand - and eventually loses, does he then remove one Explode card from the draw pile?
Thanks for the nice comment. Yes that is correct. The exploding kitten drawn by the is out of the game along with that player (unless it can be defused). There should always be just one less exploding kitten in the draw pile than remaining players. You could leave the exploded kitten card in the discard pile or out of the game entirely if you’d like.
@@Play-In-Games
Thanks for the instant reply :)
I got one more query regarding the game:
When a player draws the Explode card, and plays Defuse card from his hand, then places the Explode card back into the draw pile, does his turn end or is he required to draw a card from the draw pile to turn the end?
Also, can there be any instances where the discard pile has no cards left, and that it needs to be shuffled back to be used as the draw pile, as it is done in UNO?
@@MuhammadMuhammad-tv3lcHis turn ends without picking up a card from the deck.
What happens if you place a Nope card when someone is discarding catcards?
The Nope card works as a one time use on any action except exploding kitten or defuse cards. So in the case of cat cards being Noped, yup you can do that.
@@Play-In-Games Alright awsome! I bought this game yesterday and it sure will bring is joy up on the countryside where Wifi is a myth 😁
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Bought it a few days ago only missing the friends to play it with :')
Is this game okay for young children ?
If they’re ok with losing. The art is a little gross but in a silly way.
You mean 7 cards😅
Nope! In this original edition it’s 5. They changed it for newer editions to make the game less “punishing” but it works best as initially intended imo. Play how you like. Thanks!
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Edit:I am 8 years old