Exploding Kittens Card Game published
by The Oatmeal 2015 A card game for people who are into
kittens a nd explosions and laser beams and sometimes
goats. "It's like UNO, except there
are goats, magical enchiladas and kittens that can kill you." –CNN Created by Elan Lee (Xbox, ARGs),
Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal), and Shane Small (Xbox, Marvel), Exploding Kittens
made Kickstarter history in early 2015 when over 219,000 people backed the
project. The game is a highly-strategic,
kitty-powered version of Russian roulette, players draw cards until someone
draws an exploding kitten, at which point They explode, they are Dead, and they
are out of the game -- unless that player has a defuse card, which can defuse
the kitten using things like laser pointers, belly rubs, and catnip sandwiches.
All of the other cards in the deck are used to move, mitigate, or avoid the
exploding kittens.