Exploding Kittens

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💣 What is Exploding Kittens?

Exploding Kittens is a team-based review game where students answer questions to earn the chance to draw cards and collect points.

The game combines English review with a little risk and reward. The more cards a team draws, the more points they can earn — but they also increase their chance of drawing a Bomb!

The goal is simple: finish the game with as many points as possible!

🎮 Getting Started

Choose the number of teams. You can play with up to 6 teams.
Choose how you want to play:

Start Game — starts a demo game so you can try the game immediately.
Load Lesson Pack — loads an existing lesson pack.
Create Lesson Pack — creates a new lesson pack for your class.

🃏 How to Play

The current team chooses a numbered question card.
A student answers the question.
If the answer is correct, the team receives either a Normal Card Deck or a Special Card.
If the team receives a Normal Card Deck, they must decide whether to Draw or Stop.
If the team receives a Special Card, they must decide whether to take 5 points or reveal the Special Card and use its effect.
After the turn is resolved, play moves to the next team.

🃏 The Normal Card Deck

The Normal Card Deck contains point cards and dangerous cards. Every time a team chooses Draw, the top card of the deck is revealed.

💰 Point Cards

Point cards add points to the team's current score.

+1 point
+2 points
+3 points
+4 points
+5 points

💣 Bomb

Drawing a Bomb is dangerous!

When a Bomb is drawn, the current team's score for the turn becomes 0 points.

The Bomb ends the team's turn and play moves to the next team.

☢️ Nuclear Bomb

The Nuclear Bomb is the most dangerous card in the Normal Deck.

When a Nuclear Bomb is drawn, all teams' scores are reset to 0.

🎲 Draw or Stop?

When a team receives the Normal Card Deck, they have an important decision to make: Draw or Stop?

🎴 Draw

Choosing Draw reveals the top card from the Normal Deck.

The team can earn more points, but there is also a chance of drawing a Bomb or Nuclear Bomb.

🛑 Stop

Choosing Stop locks in the points the team has collected.

The team gives up the opportunity to draw another card and keeps the points they have earned.

Risk vs. Reward: Drawing more cards can increase your score, but every extra draw gives you another chance to find a Bomb or Nuclear Bomb. Sometimes the safest choice is to stop!

⭐ Special Cards

Sometimes a correct answer rewards the team with a Special Card instead of the Normal Card Deck.

When this happens, the team has two choices:

Take 5 points immediately.
Reveal the Special Card and use its effect.

💥 Lose All Points

This Special Card causes the current team to lose all of its points.

🔄 Change Points

This Special Card allows the current team to choose another team and switch points with them.

Important: If the Change Points card is revealed, the points must be changed. There are no exceptions, even if the current team already has the highest score.

📋 Card Summary

Here is a quick look at every card that can appear in the game.

🃏 Normal Deck

💰 +1 point
💰 +2 points
💰 +3 points
💰 +4 points
💰 +5 points
💣 Bomb — current turn becomes 0 points
☢️ Nuclear Bomb — all teams lose all points

⭐ Special Cards

💥 Lose All Points — current team loses all points.
🔄 Change Points — current team switches points with another team.

🧠 Strategy

Exploding Kittens is about deciding how much risk your team is willing to take.

Drawing more cards gives you more opportunities to earn points.
Stopping protects the points you have already collected.
A Bomb can destroy the points earned during the turn.
A Nuclear Bomb can completely change the scoreboard by resetting every team's points.
A Special Card can be very powerful, but taking the safe 5 points may sometimes be the better choice.
The Change Points card can dramatically change the game, especially when teams have very different scores.

The big question is always: Do you keep drawing, or do you stop while you're ahead?

👩‍🏫 Tips for Teachers

Require a correct answer before allowing the team to receive its cards.
For speaking practice, require students to answer using a complete sentence.
Let teammates discuss their answer before responding.
Encourage students to discuss whether they should Draw or Stop.
Use the risk of the Bomb cards to create excitement and encourage students to think about their decisions.
Remind students that a team can be winning one moment and lose everything after a dangerous card is revealed.

📚 Lesson Packs

Exploding Kittens can use custom lesson packs containing questions prepared for your class.

Teachers can:

Load an existing lesson pack
Create a new lesson pack
Start a demo game

This allows the game to be adapted for different vocabulary, grammar points, topics, and lessons.

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