Game Components

• Deck of cards
• Rules Booklet

Setup

Remove all the Exploding Kittens 4 and Defuse cards 6 from the deck.

Shuffle the remaining deck and deal 4 cards face down to each player.

Deal 1 Defuse card to each player so that everyone has a hand of 5 cards total. Keep your hand secret.

Insert enough Exploding Kittens back into the deck so that there is 1 fewer than the number of people playing. Remove any extra Exploding Kittens from the game.

Insert the extra Defuse cards back in the deck.

Shuffle the deck, and put it face down in the middle of the table. This is your Draw Pile

Pick a player to go first. (Some sample criteria: most impressive beard, most intimidating odor, shortest spleen, etc).