I got this game for my son for Christmas. I heard it was good and I used to read the comics from the guy who made it (TheOatmeal).

It is currently $19.99 on Amazon with 4.5 Stars.

I have played a few games with my son and friends. It's a good game, somewhat simple for my tastes but doesn't make it a bad game.

The box is simply a deck of cards and some directions.

The artwork on the cards is on par with TheOatmeal's typical comic style.

The object of the game is to be the last person standing. There are four Exploding Kittens that get shuffled into the deck and you have to avoid drawing one.

If you draw a Exploding Kitten, you are out of the game. Unless of course, you have a Defuse card. Regardless if you Defuse the Exploding Kitten or get booted from the game, the Exploding Kitten gets put back into the deck secretly wherever the player chooses. Next card, 3 cards after, or just randomly placed in there.

Everyone starts the game with a Defuse card and whatever is left over is shuffled back into the deck (unless you are playing a two player game where fewer are shuffled in).

The object of the game is to use the other type of cards to prevent yourself from drawing a Exploding Kitten and forcing someone else to pull the card. You use the other cards in the deck to give you a better chance of being the last person standing.

Everyone takes a turn one after another, you can choose to play 1 card, 2, cards, all your cards, or no cards. You do need to draw a new card (and chance pulling one of the four Exploding kitten) at the end of each turn.

Here are the core action cards you have available:

Skip allows you to avoid drawing a card at the end of your turn. As said earlier, you don't have to play any card and it is recommended to not just play cards because you have it. This card is perfect for when you know the Exploding Kitten is next or you start getting down to the bottom of the deck and your chances are much higher.

See the Future allows you to privately peek at the top 3 cards giving you a major advantage over the rest of the chumps playing. You can't change anything but this is where Skip can be very useful. Some cards word good in pairs and using a card like See the Future works best when you have other cards that can take advantage of the information gained.

Skip is a good card to have if you use See the Future but Shuffle is another good card to use after playing See the Future if you are at risk of getting a Exploding Kitten or the next player gaining an additional Defuse card. The idea is to protect your Defuse cards for when you don't have the proper cards to counter fate.

Attack is the rich man's Skip. Not only does it allow you to skip the drawing of a card phase, you force the next player to draw in your place in addition to their card.

Favor allows you draw a card from another player. You can also combine any two similar cards to get the same effect as Favor. If you have three of a kind you can ask for a specific card (almost always Defuse).

There are some cards that don't do anything on their own but are used to group up in pairs and triples to trade in for a card from another player. The Tacocat is a good example of this. There are I believe 5-6 cards that have no other purpose but combining in pairs.

Nope is the last action card and one of my favorites. If someone plays any card (other than Defuse or Exploding Kitten) you can Nope them. The fun starts when the player Nope you back. A Nope can counter a Nope and a Nope can counter a Nopper's Nope Nopping another Nope.

That's it, there isn't much else to the game. It's a fun game but not something I'd play endless hands of. Kids and adults like it and it is something we like to start with when playing games but move on to more in-depth games after.