The game does not require a board, you just have two piles of cards – a draw pile and a discard pile, plus each player has their own hand of cards. The game is pretty compact, which is always a bonus when you have an ever growing game collection, and also makes it a great contender for taking away on holidays too. You can even use “see the future” cards to see what is coming up in the deck and shuffle it to your advantage.
To do this, you can use strategy by carefully selecting your cards or moves, as there may be cards in your hand that would defuse the exploding kitten, use “attack” cards on other players, or you could use a “nope” card to block moves. The aim of the game with Exploding Kittens, is to avoid being the person left to pick up an exploding kitten card. I had heard a lot about Exploding Kittens (the game was the #1 most backed Kickstarter ever!) so was eager to try it, and was really happy to receive this game via the Asmodee Blogger Board Game Club this year. Exploding Kittens is a hilarious and quick paced card game, which is really easy to pick up and was a huge kit with our kids.
