Exploding Kittens (NSFW Deck) First Impressions
Exploding Kittens…
Let’s get this out the way.
Originally an expansion for Exploding Kittens, the most successful Kickstarter project ever, that contained cards that were too horrific and/or incredible to be included in a kid-safe version. As a stretch goal, this was turned into a stand-alone game that can be combined with the standard Exploding Kittens deck.
So you have a handful of cards, one of which is a Defuse card which you always start with…
Basically, you play as many cards from your hand as you like on your turn. Some are action cards, others are normal cats… Most are a bit disgusting but I like this one…
If you get a pair of these cats you play them both in front of you to steal a card out of someone’s hand.
At the end of your turn, you draw 1 card and eventually as the game goes on, someone will draw an Exploding Kitten.
That player can use a Diffuse to stop it from knocking them out of the round and put the Explosion back in the deck. If you can’t play one or someone uses a ‘Nope’ card to counter your diffuse, you’re out.
The last player left in the round wins.
It’s not dreadful, but I’d rather play either something like Fluxx, or just Love Letter.
Exploding Kittens Update 13/06/2018
So other than Fluxx and Love Letter, what else could you play?
So we’re looking for a card game where luck and skill go hand in hand, let’s take a look:
- Pina Pirata is an Uno variant with an ever-increasing ruleset but doesn’t get complicated at all. (It’s in my Board Game Hall of Fame)
- Looterz takes the card draw and adds a few dice for combat and looting but has to be played in the right spirit.
- King Frog has a bit of ‘hit and hope’ about it but the better player will always win, top game!
- Similar to King Frog is Sakura but players up to 6 instead of 4 and it’s not quite as fun.
- Of course, The Mind, it’s not random but still fun 🙂
Just give Exploding Kittens a miss 🙂
Jesta ThaRogue
