Exploding Kittens: Barking Kittens

The third expansion to the record-breaking game, Exploding Kittens.Family-friendly and easy to learn.Each card features illustrations by Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal.Includes a pair of Barking Kittens cards that allow players to combine their hands to one's advantage and the other's disadvantage.This is not a standalone game—it requires a copy of Exploding Kittens to play.How to PlayRemove the Exploding Kittens (4) and all of the Defuse Cards (6) from the Exploding Kittens deck, then remove the Tower of Power Card (1) from the Barking Kittens expansion deck.Barking KittensGive 1 Defuse Card to each player and shuffle the extra Defuse Cards back into the deck.Combine the 19 remaining Barking Kittens expansion cards with the rest of the cards from the main deck and shuffle the deck.Deal out 6 cards and put them on the table. Then put the Tower of Power Crown on top of them. This is the Stash.Insert the Tower of Power Card back into the deck and shuffle.Deal 7 cards face down to each player for a total hand of 8 cards (7 cards + 1 Defuse Card) per player. Keep your hand secret.Insert enough Exploding Kittens so that there is 1 fewer Exploding Kitten than the number of people playing. Remove any extra Exploding Kittens from the game.FOR EXAMPLEFor a 4 player game, insert 3 Kittens.For a 3 player game, insert 2 Kittens.This ensures that everyone eventually explodes except for 1 person.Shuffle the deck and put it face down in the centre of the table.Pick a player to go first and start playing.FASTER GAME VARIANTBefore inserting any Exploding Kittens or the Tower of Power Card into the deck, randomly remove about one third of the deck from the game (you will be playing with approximately two thirds of a deck, but you won’t know which cards have been removed). Then, shuffle the Tower of Power Card and the appropriate number of Exploding Kittens into the Draw Pile and start the game.PRO TIPThese two cards are like a game of chicken. If you have one and think someone else has the other one, play it quickly to steal their cards. But if you’re wrong and no one has the other one yet, you’re turning yourself into a target!