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The Exploding Kittens: NSFW Edition takes everything that makes the original game so much fun - the quick gameplay, the chaotic energy, and those brilliantly weird illustrations by The Oatmeal - and turns it up a notch for adults. It’s easy to learn, quick to play, and compact enough to take anywhere, making it a great choice for parties or evenings with friends. The humour is definitely on the adult side, with plenty of cheeky, irreverent cards that push the boundaries. It’s not one to bring out with the kids - unless you want to face some very awkward questions about certain illustrations! If you’re after something family-friendly, the standard edition plays the same way but tones down the content. Over time, we’ve added a few of the expansions to keep things fresh, but the base game on its own is still one of the easiest, funniest and most replayable card games out there. Compact, clever and consistently hilarious - a guaranteed hit for adult game nights.

This is a great game and a right giggle. It's funny and who ever created it need a medal.

Great game. So much fun. My 9 year old is enjoying playing very much

Overall a great game! Fun and easy (once understood how to play). However, personally (obviously won’t apply to everyone), found the game hard to understand/get the jist of. That’s more of a personal issue though! Many might have a better grasp than myself, hence the 4/5 opposed to 5/5 from me. Great value for money, great play (once I got the idea lol), compact and not many pieces. I’d say suitable to take travelling for entertainment!

An excellent game for the family, easy to learn and play and the box is compact which is good for storage space.

At the time of writing this there are mountains of reviews (rightly) praising Exploding Kittens for its accessibility, production values, presentation and general excellence. There aren't really any reviews explaining what exactly a 'Russian Roulette' card game actually entails, so as endlessly charming as the game is (and it really is), I thought I'd explain how the game works and why it is an excellent game in its own right. The mechanics are pretty simple. Each turn you will (generally) have a number of cards in your hand that allow you to do a number of different things (more on those in a second). You END your turn by drawing a card. If you draw an Exploding Kitten card, you are out of the game and the card is removed from the deck. Hence the 'Russian Roulette' element. In every game there will be one less Exploding Kitten card in the deck than there are players, so in the end one person will win when everyone else has drawn an Exploding Kitten card. The game is spiced up by all of the other cards in the deck. It is worth mentioning to begin with that everyone starts with one Defuse card, and others can be drawn from the deck during the game. Defuse cards are the only cards that can save you from an Exploding Kitten. If you draw an Exploding Kitten and have a Defuse card, you can play it and place the Exploding Kitten card back in the deck wherever you want, in sight of the other players or not (in case it's not obvious, that element adds a really devious strategical element to the game). All of the other cards can be played prior to you drawing your card and ending your turn, and generally in some way reduce your chances of drawing a card. For example, the See The Future card allows you to look at the top three cards of the deck before you draw a card, the Skip card skips your turn entirely, and the Shuffle card does what it says on the turn and allows you to shuffle the deck before drawing a card. There are also cards with art on them that have no actions, and you can collect these and play them in sets to allow you to take cards from other players. The action cards are perfectly balanced and designed to add strategical and (to some degree) bluff elements to what is essentially a game of luck. There is no getting away from the fact that luck plays a heavy part in this game, but actually the playing of the actions cards and subtle attempts at deceiving the other players make this game feel far more strategic than it actually is, which is a good thing. Ultimately every game will include some element of trying to mislead other players and trap them into drawing an Exploding Kitten card, and that is part of what gives the game its high replay value. Games are quick, normally taking no more than 15 to 20 minutes, and much like other casual card games like UNO, there is normally a strong desire to 'to just play one more time' before finishing or moving on to something else. I was an initial Kickstarter backer for the game, and have played it as part of game nights as well as with various combinations with my family in more casual settings, and everyone has taken to the game well and wanted to play a few games in a sitting rather than one. When I was younger I remember playing UNO and various traditional card based games with my family either on family holidays, after meals, or at family gatherings and such. For me Exploding Kittens is that sort of game for a new generation, a game that is most certainly casual and can be won by anyone due to the luck element, but that contains enough charm, strategy, and that all important 'just one more game' factor to make it a stable for any family or group. As such I would heartily recommend it; in my view this game is a genuine classic that deserves to be as highly owned as the likes of UNO. On one final point as to whether this is suitable for children or not, given that the game inherently involves explosions and kittens there are some morbid elements that parents may think are unsuitable for very young children, but actually the game is presented in a very comedic way, and I would have thought that the game would be suitable for any children that are old enough to understand the rules. The box says it's suitable for 7 and up, which feels about right to me. I do reiterate that this is a review of the standard deck though; the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) deck contains explicit cards with very mature themes, and is most certainly not suitable for children. If you take my recommendation and buy one of these to play in a family, make sure you buy the right one if you're playing with children!

Good game, buying as a gift and kids really happy.

Probably quite fun when you get going and get the hang of it. The kids got bored whilst we were trying to work out all the rules. The age range might be a bit out.

元のバージョンを買う必要がありましたが このオプションで更にゲームが楽しくなったようです

こねこばくはつの拡張キット第2弾です。 日本未発売の為、英語版しかないものの、有志の方がnoteで各カードの日本語解説をされてますので日本語版と合わせて使うことも可能です。 前作こねこばくしゅくは、英語版を購入しても探せば日本語版ルールブックを入手できる為、比較的とっつきやすいのですが、こちらは上記の通り、有志の方による翻訳のみであることに加え、内容物のルール処理がめんどくさいので、小さなお子さんとのプレイには向かないかもしれません。カードゲーム好きな大人たちでプレイする時にはニュアンスで理解はできると思います。 枚数が今回も増える為、プレイ人数の上限を上げれると良かったのかもしれません。 注意点としては、背面のデザインが日本語版と異なるので日米混ぜて使用する際は、必ず背面が隠せるスリーブを使う必要があります。

Good addon for the base game, aids gameplay when in larger groups

Se trata de un juego de cartas divertido y dinámico. Hará las delicias de los usuarios más avanzados en juegos de mesa, y sin duda, será un gran comienzo para aquellos principiantes que quieran inciarse. Los materiales son de buena calidad (aunque sólo incluye el set de cartas. Suficientes para jugar hasta 5 jugadores). Los dibujos son divertidísimos. Merece mucho la pena. Además si compras 2 se amplía el número de jugadores a 9. Es un juego que se aprende en 2 minutos y se juega una partida en 15 o menos. Al final, no sabrás a quien querer o a quien traicionar. Diversión asegurada. Muy recomendable si te gustan juegos como el uno, Muntchking y toda su franquicia, o Cheez Geek. Nunca los gatitos fueron tan divertidos. No en vano es el juego y el proyecto más apoyado en kickstarter (8 millones de dólares cuando pedían 10.000). Si quieren jugar con niños, será mejor que compren la versión roja que no es para adultos. Yo ya me lo estoy pensando para poder jugar hasta 9!! aunque hay que reconocer que es un pelín caro para el material que trae la caja.

Amazing table board game