House rules for Exploding Kittens

Look through the discard pile and take any one card into your hand, except an exploding one.

Said by The Doorman

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Once this game, when someone plays an Attack on you, you may send it on to any other player. They take both turns, then play comes back to you for your normal turn.

Said by The Enforcer

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Look at the top three cards of the draw pile and put them back in any order. Then tell the table one thing about them, true or false.

Said by The Vamp

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Every other player gives you one card of their choice.

Said by The Boss

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Until your next turn, nobody may play a card that targets you.

Said by The Sheriff

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____ shows you their hand. Take any one card from it.

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The next time you would draw to end your turn, point at another player. They draw that card instead of you.

Said by The Warlord

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Turn the top card of the draw pile face up for everyone to see, then put it back face down, on top or at the bottom, your choice.

Said by The Arbiter

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Choose two players to swap hands. You may choose yourself.

Said by The Headmistress

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Pick a player. For the rest of the game, they call you Your Highness every time they speak to you.

Forget, and they hand you a card of their choice.

Said by The Clerk

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For the rest of the game, show every card you draw to the table before it goes into your hand.

Said by The Storyteller

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Give ____ any two cards from your hand.

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The next time you end a turn by drawing, draw two cards, one after the other.

Said by The Coach

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Lay your hand face up for everyone to see, then pick it back up.

Said by The Gossip

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If you hold a Defuse, give one to the player on your left.

Said by The Night Nurse

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The player on your right looks through your hand and keeps every cat card in it.

Said by The Auditor

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For the rest of the game, whenever you peek at the draw pile, the player on your left peeks too.

Said by The Trickster

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Until your next turn, you may not play any card except a Defuse, not even a Nope.

Said by The Comforter

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For the rest of the game, shut your eyes and say here, kitty kitty before every card you draw.

Forget, and give a card of your choice to the player on your left.

Said by The Grandpa

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The next Attack played on anyone else after this one comes to you instead. You take both turns, then play goes back to the player who was attacked.

Said by The Optimist

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For the rest of the game, once per turn you may slow-blink at another player. They slow-blink back, or hand you a card of their choice.

Said by The Vamp

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Until your next turn, nobody may play a Favor on you or steal from you with cat cards. Snore once so they know.

Said by The Boss

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Every other player holding a cat card gives you one of them.

Said by The Headmistress

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Choose a player. Until your next turn, they may not play a Nope on you.

Said by The Warlord

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For the rest of the game, you may keep one card face down on the table in front of you. It still counts as in your hand and you may play it, but nobody may take it or ask for it.

Said by The Enforcer

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Look at the top two cards of the draw pile. You may swap their order.

Said by The Doorman

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For the rest of the game, anyone who plays a card on you must say please first, or the card does nothing.

Said by The Sheriff

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____ may only speak in meows until your next turn.

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Take one card at random from the other player holding the most cards. On a tie, you choose which of them.

Said by The Clerk

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Flip a coin. Heads, you may end your next turn without drawing. Tails, tell the player on your left, out loud and with feeling, that they are the cat's favourite.

Said by The Arbiter

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Stand up, do three big cat stretches, then discard one card from your hand without using it.

Said by The Coach

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Stand up and do one quick lap around the table, then sit back down and carry on.

Said by The Hype Man

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Until your next turn, hold your cards in one hand and stroke an imaginary cat in your lap with the other.

Said by The Comforter

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Until your next turn, you may not say a word.

Speak, and give the player on your left a card of your choice.

Said by The Night Nurse

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For the rest of the game, whenever another player says your name, meow before you answer.

Forget, and give them a card of your choice.

Said by The Optimist

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For the rest of the game, keep any Defuse you hold face up on the table in front of you. It still counts as in your hand.

Said by The Auditor

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For the rest of the game, every time you play a cat card, tell the table one fact about that cat.

Said by The Storyteller

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Give the player on your right the best card in your hand, with a compliment.

Said by The Best Mate

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____ looks at your hand and tells the table whether you hold a Defuse. Yes or no.

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Until your next turn, copy every gesture and sound the player on your left makes, but never the cards they play.

Said by The Trickster

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