The game gets more and more intense with each card you draw because fewer cards left in the deck means a greater chance of drawing the kitten and exploding in a fiery ball of feline hyperbole. The deck is made up of cards that let you avoid exploding by peeking at cards before you draw, forcing your opponent to draw multiple cards, or shuffling the deck. Players take turns drawing cards until someone draws an exploding kitten and loses the game. 'Exploding Kittens is a highly strategic kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. At the time of this writing, the project has raised nearly $8.8 million and officially broken Kickstarter's record for the most backed project of all time with over 219,000 people pledging to make the game a reality. And apparently that's all people needed to hear before funding the Kickstarter project in just 20 little minutes. 'This is a card game for people who are into kittens and explosions and laser beams and sometimes goats.' That's the description for a new card game called Exploding Kittens from the hilarious, sarcastic site The Oatmeal. You can still get your hands on a pack by heading to the website and signing up for the mailing list to be notified when it's available for sale. If you missed out on funding it back then, not to worry. The game broke a Kickstarter record back in January when it became the most funded project ever.

The cards were written and illustrated by The Oatmeal.The wildly popular Exploding Kittens card game will finally begin shipping to its Kickstarter backers today. The game mechanics were designed by two seasoned game designers: Elan Lee & Shane Small. The gameplay is unique because the longer you play, the greater your odds of exploding and the more intense the game gets. Playing Time: 2 minutes to learn, 15 minutes to play Players take turns drawing cards until someone draws an exploding kitten and. All of the other cards in the deck are used to move, mitigate, or avoid the Exploding Kittens. Exploding Kittens is a 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. It is a highly-strategic, kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. The game made history when it became the most-backed game in Kickstarter history and the campaign with the most number of backers, ever. Exploding Kittens is a card game for people who are into kittens and explosions.and laser beams.and sometimes goats.

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