MeepleMates notes for Exploding Kittens

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Exploding Kittens is available as a public board game page on MeepleMates for group planning and collection tracking.
Best with 4, 5 players according to player poll data.
BoardGameGeek average rating 6.07 and BGG rank #3992.
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Recommended player counts include 3.

Exploding Kittens is a kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. Players take turns drawing cards until someone draws an exploding kitten and loses the game. 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. 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.

Mechanics

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Best with how many players

Not rec.

Recommended

Best

Not rec.

Community votes from BoardGameGeek

Language dependence

Some necessary text - easily memorized(39 of 48 votes)

Sub-rankings

Party Game Rank#574

Videos

Video language

BoardGameGeek4

Session1

EXPLODING KITTENS - Bombenalarm mit @vleafnin - Regeln & Let's Play - powered by Asmodee
BoardGameGeek · Geekpunkt
English · Curated source

Instructional1

Papa Anthony's Used Game Emporium | Exploding Kittens ?
BoardGameGeek · ValaGaming
English · Curated source

Other2

External data

Wikidata enrichment: 4 links · 2 facts · latest game data 06/20/2026.

Latest Wikidata run: ok · 07/14/2026.

Facts

Publication date: 2015-07-01
Publisher: Exploding Kittens Inc

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Local copies

Exploding Kittens