For example, if there are four players, add three Exploding Kittens. You should always add one fewer Exploding Kitten card to the deck than there are players. The final step to setting up an Exploding Kittens game is to add the “Exploding Kittens”.
Once the deck is set up, one player should shuffle the deck and deal each player 6 more cards, to make a hand of 7 total cards.
If you are playing with 4 or 5 players, shuffle the remainder of the defuse cards into the deck (for two or three-player games, only put two defuse cards in the deck, and discard the rest from the game). Then, the dealer gives each player one defuse card.
The first thing you need to do when setting up the deck to play Exploding Kittens is to take out all of the “Exploding Kitten” cards and defuses. REMOVE THE EXPLODING KITTENS AND DEFUSE CARDS Setting up a game of Exploding Kittens isn’t overly complicated, but you’ll want to make sure you do it correctly for the game to run smoothly.
