Exploding Kittens is a highly-strategic card game that was designed by Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal webcomic, Elan Lee, and Shane Small. Here is some information about the game: ## History Exploding Kittens was first published in 2015 by The Oatmeal. It began as a Kickstarter project seeking $10,000 in crowdfunding, but it exceeded its goal in just eight minutes. At completion, it had $8,782,571 in pledges by 219,382 backers, making it the fourth most-funded campaign on the crowdfunding site. ## How to Play - Exploding Kittens is a party board game for two to five players. - Players must draw cat cards from the deck, hoping to avoid the dreaded Exploding Kitten - or at least have a handy Defuse card in hand when they stumble across the fiery feline. - If someone draws an Exploding Kitten card, they explode, and they are out of the game unless that player has a Defuse card in which case they can defuse the Exploding Kitten by first putting their Defuse card into the discard pile and then reinserting the Exploding Kitten back into the draw pile anywhere they like in secret. That player is still in the game and now knows the secret location of the Exploding Kitten. - The game is won by being the last player standing. ## Strategy - Exploding Kittens is a strategic version of Russian Roulette, so there is a lot of luck involved. - One possible strategy is to try to force other players to draw cards, increasing their chances of drawing an Exploding Kitten. - Another strategy is to try to hoard Defuse cards, so you have a better chance of surviving if you draw an Exploding Kitten. - It's also important to pay attention to what cards other players are drawing and discarding, as this can give you clues about what cards are left in the deck.