Exploding Kittens

Exploding Kittens, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based game company that designs and sells tabletop card and party games, along with puzzles, greeting cards and collectibles. Its namesake product, Exploding Kittens, is described as a kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette in which players draw cards until someone draws an Exploding Kitten and loses; the deck includes action cards used to skip, attack, shuffle or defuse. The base game ships with 56 cards and an instruction manual, is aimed at ages 7+, supports two to five players and runs about 15 minutes. Artwork is by Matthew Inman, creator of the webcomic The Oatmeal.

The catalog extends the core title through expansions (Imploding Kittens, Streaking Kittens, Barking Kittens) and standalone variants including the Board Game and Super Fan Edition, Good vs Evil, Zombie Kittens, Party Pack Edition, Grab & Game Edition, Recipes for Disaster, NSFW Edition (17+), Cat Burglar Edition and Exploding Minions. Beyond the Kittens line the company publishes other titles such as Throw Throw Burrito, You've Got Crabs, Bears vs Babies, Poetry for Neanderthals, and newer releases including 9 Lives, I Suck At Drawing, Rage Mode, Curse You! and Sell Me A Sasquatch. Products are merchandised on the company site by category — family friendly, kitten games, not-safe-for-work and party games — with retail prices from roughly $3.99 for a small expansion to $29.99 for premium board game editions.