It is no secret that my family and I love games. As a result, I have tried to share some of our favorites (or in the case of Dropmix, my favorites) with you. I was about to write about one I received for my birthday but realized it needed a little context. Like Poetry for Neanderthals, the new Survivor card game is produced by the company that started with the game Exploding Kittens, which has now become a TV show.
Exploding Kittens exploded on the scene back in 2015 (see what I did there) after the most successful Kickstarter campaign in history. The game raised almost $9 million in just over 8 minutes for its creators Elan Lee, Shane Small, and Matthew Inman. Since then, they have produced one fun game after another. But let's talk about where it all began with Exploding Kittens.
The goal of the game is simple... Don't explode! How can you avoid doing this? Well it takes a lot of luck... and a lot of laughs. The deck of cards consist of 4 Exploding Kittens, 26 Action cards, 6 Defuse cards and 24 cute or weird Kitten cards. The object of the game is to be the last player standing after all of your opponents have exploded. You explode by drawing one of the Exploding Kitten cards from the shuffled draw pile without holding a defuse card in your hand. If you do draw o an Exploding Kitten you discard your defuse card and the Exploding Kitten goes back in the draw pile. This increases the chance of someone drawing it later. It's kind of like Russian Roulette... but with exploding kittens.
The Action cards allow you do do things like Attack others, Skip having to take a card, look at the deck so you know if an Exploding Kitten is right around the corner, shuffle the draw pile or block another player's card. You also get to do things if you can match pairs or triplets of the "regular" kitten cards (I used quotes here because there is nothing regular about these kittens). If you get a pair you can steal a random card from another player's hand (in hopes of grabbing a defuse or a cool action card). If you get trips you can name the card you want and they have to give it to you (kind of like go fish... except with explosions).
The game is quick, simple and incredibly fun. It also involves some strategy as to who to target for attacks and to steal from. That is of course unless you are my family who simply go with the strategy of "Attack dad!". Even with the three of them ganging up on me, luck plays enough of a role that I still have a chance to win. The only real downside to the game is that because it is a "last person standing" situation, the first person out can spend a lot of time just watching the rest of the game. But the game is so quick, it doesn't really matter and you still get to watch the alliance that destroyed you crumble as they eat each other alive. Wait. That might just be unique for my family.
I would be remiss if I did not give a special shout out to Matthew Inman who created the art fo all of the cards. He has a unique and very entertaining style that really adds to the fun of the game.
Has anyone ever played this?
This one was a favourite when the kids were younger XD I remember my sister in law being concerned when my youngest was teaching her oldest how to play as she thought it might be too complicated for him but they had a fair few games over the Easter break (we had brought Exploding Kittens and a few Magic decks on this trip, possibly also Unstable Unicorns and/or Sushi Go).
It still gets busted out on the rare occasion game nights happen. I remember trying to locate the kids just a few weeks ago (doing the goodnight rounds) and they were all huddled in middle's room in the middle of Bears vs Babies having just finished a round or so of Exploding Kittens.
We are big fans of Unstable Unicorns and Bears vs Babies too! Actually Bears vs Babies is one of my favorite games ever.
I’ve played once right when it came
Out at a friends house. I need to get it now that I have kids that like to play game. I bet they would like it.
I totally get the pick on dad strategy. We been playing risk recently and it’s always take dad out as fast as possible. Sometimes it’s gets old… other times I’m happy to be out of the game
So I can go get something else done.
This is such a fun game! haha
no i haven't played it, but it sounds fun, and for sure, it require your luck to shine brighter when you are playing the game. your luck need to be working till the end.
I have loved animals since childhood, so I will definitely play this game in the future
I played games but I haven't tried this game.
Something weird happened to the pictures.
It's pretty crazy how complex games are these days. We had so few options when we were younger and while they had a lot of aspects, they weren't nearly as complex. My favorite game still remains a game called Stockmarket.
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Exploding Kittens is a riot.
I've had this card game for 3 years already (it was a Christmas gift because I'm obsessed with cats, and it features them lol), but I never got the chance to play it. Your post is a good reminder to finally learn how to play it and invite some friends over to have some fun!
good luck
Thanks for sharing about your passion for video games.
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STOPI have loved playing fighting games since childhood. I used to play Taken 3. Now, the series after it have come out and are much more interesting. Earlier, we used to go out to play these games in shops. Now, everyone has them in their homes. So, the games you have shared also look very interesting. So, I will definitely try to play them.