{"id":2514,"date":"2026-08-15T13:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T21:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/2026\/08\/15\/end-game\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T13:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T21:47:32","slug":"end-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/2026\/08\/15\/end-game\/","title":{"rendered":"End Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='text-align:left' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><\/div>\n<style>\n  .ek-dl-wrap{ text-align:center; margin:18px 0; }\n  .ek-btn{\n    display:inline-flex; align-items:center; gap:.6rem;\n    padding:12px 18px; border-radius:9999px;\n    background:linear-gradient(180deg,#ff4d4f,#c31214);\n    color:#fff; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; letter-spacing:.2px;\n    box-shadow:0 6px 16px rgba(195,18,20,.28);\n    border:1px solid #991113; transition:transform .15s ease, box-shadow .15s ease, filter .15s ease;\n  }\n  .ek-btn:hover{ transform:translateY(-1px); box-shadow:0 10px 22px rgba(195,18,20,.34); filter:brightness(1.05); }\n  .ek-btn:active{ transform:translateY(0); }\n  .ek-btn svg{ width:18px; height:18px; flex:0 0 18px; }\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"ek-dl-wrap\">\n  <a class=\"ek-btn\"\n     href=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Recipe47Sa20260247.pdf\"\n     target=\"_blank\"\n     rel=\"noopener\"\n     aria-label=\"Download and print recipe PDF\">\n     <!-- download icon -->\n     <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" fill=\"currentColor\">\n       <path d=\"M12 3a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v9.586l2.293-2.293a1 1 0 1 1 1.414 1.414l-4.004 4.004a1.25 1.25 0 0 1-1.77 0L6.93 12.707a1 1 0 0 1 1.414-1.414L10.5 13.45V4a1 1 0 0 1 1-1zM5 18a1 1 0 1 0 0 2h14a1 1 0 1 0 0-2H5z\"\/>\n     <\/svg>\n     DOWNLOAD RECIPE CARD\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr>A high-stakes Exploding Kittens variant where everyone starts with the power to create their own disaster. Each player gets an Exploding Kitten to secretly place anywhere in the Draw Pile, with one additional Exploding Kitten already shuffled into the deck. All Defuses are hidden in the Draw Pile, so nobody starts safe. Barking Kittens, Personal Attacks, Super Skips and other powerful cards turn the game into a battle of survival, sabotage and revenge. The longer you survive, the more dangerous the deck becomes.<br><br>\n\n2-5 PLAYERS<br>PLAY TIME: 20 minutes<br>\nEACH PLAYER STARTS WITH <b>7 CARDS<\/b> PLUS  0 DEFUSES<br>\n<br>\n\n\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ingredients.png\" alt=\"Ingredients\" height=\"37\" width=\"125\"><\/center>\n\n<ul class=\"icon-list\">\n<li><span><b>CARD TYPE:<\/b><\/span><span class=\"list-number\"><b>CARD COUNT:<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/BarkingKitten.png\" alt=\"BARKING KITTEN\"><span>BARKING KITTEN<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">2<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/AlterTheFuture3x.png\" alt=\"ALTER THE FUTURE 3X\"><span>ALTER THE FUTURE 3X<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">3<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/AlterTheFuture3xNOW.png\" alt=\"ALTER THE FUTURE 3X NOW\"><span>ALTER THE FUTURE 3X NOW<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">2<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/Attack2x.png\" alt=\"ATTACK 2X\"><span>ATTACK 2X<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">4<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/Bury.png\" alt=\"BURY\"><span>BURY<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">4<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/Defuse.png\" alt=\"DEFUSE\"><span>DEFUSE<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">6<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/ExplodingKitten.png\" alt=\"EXPLODING KITTEN\"><span>EXPLODING KITTEN<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">P+1<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/GarbageCollection.png\" alt=\"GARBAGE COLLECTION\"><span>GARBAGE COLLECTION<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">3<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/IllTakeThat.png\" alt=\"I'LL TAKE THAT\"><span>I&#8217;LL TAKE THAT<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">4<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/Mark.png\" alt=\"MARK\"><span>MARK<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">4<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/Nope.png\" alt=\"NOPE\"><span>NOPE<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">5<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/PersonalAttack3x.png\" alt=\"PERSONAL ATTACK 3X\"><span>PERSONAL ATTACK 3X<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">4<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/SeeTheFuture3x.png\" alt=\"SEE THE FUTURE 3X\"><span>SEE THE FUTURE 3X<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">5<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/Shuffle.png\" alt=\"SHUFFLE\"><span>SHUFFLE<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">4<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/Skip.png\" alt=\"SKIP\"><span>SKIP<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">4<\/span><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explodingkittens.biz\/community\/recipesfordisaster\/icons\/SuperSkip.png\" alt=\"SUPERSKIP\"><span>SUPERSKIP<\/span><span class=\"list-number\">2<\/span><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<br><br>Additional Notes: 1. Remove all Exploding Kittens and Defuses from the deck.\n2. Shuffle the remaining cards and deal 7 cards to each player.\n    Nobody starts with a Defuse.\n3. Shuffle 6 Defuses into the remaining Draw Pile.\n4. Use 1 Exploding Kitten per player, plus 1 extra (P+1).\n    For example:\n    * 2 players = 3 Exploding Kittens\n    * 3 players = 4 Exploding Kittens\n    * 4 players = 5 Exploding Kittens\n    * 5 players = 6 Exploding Kittens\n5. Take 1 Exploding Kitten and shuffle it into the Draw Pile. This is the random Kitten that nobody knows the location of.\n6. Give each player 1 of the remaining Exploding Kittens.\n7. One at a time, each player secretly inserts their Exploding Kitten anywhere they choose in the Draw Pile. You may choose how deep into the pile you want to place it, but you cannot look at or rearrange any of the cards already in the Draw Pile.\n8. Once everyone has planted their Exploding Kitten, DO NOT SHUFFLE THE DRAW PILE AGAIN.\n9. Choose a starting player and begin the game.\n\n\u2e3b\n\n\ud83d\udd00 FIRST-ROUND SHUFFLE AND GARBAGE COLLECTION RULE\n\nShuffle and Garbage collection cards are locked until every player has completed their first turn.\n\nYou can still be dealt a Shuffle  and\/ Garbage collection card and keep it in your hand, but you cannot play it during the first round.\n\nOnce every player has completed their first turn, Shuffle snd Garbage collection cards are unlocked and can be played normally for the rest of the game.\n\nThis gives everyone at least one opportunity to use their knowledge of where they planted their Kitten before somebody potentially destroys that information.\n\n\u2e3b\n\n\ud83d\udca5 EXPLODING &#038; DEFUSING\n\nExploding Kittens and Defuses work normally.\n\nIf you draw an Exploding Kitten and have a Defuse, use the Defuse and secretly return the Exploding Kitten anywhere you choose in the Draw Pile, as normal.\n\nIf you draw an Exploding Kitten and do not have a Defuse, you explode and are out of the game.\n\nRemember: there are no guaranteed Defuses. All 6 started somewhere in the Draw Pile, so finding and protecting them is part of the game.\n\n\u2e3b\n\n\ud83c\udfc6 HOW TO WIN\n\nYour goal is simple:\n\nBe the last player alive.\n\nAt the beginning, you know where you planted an Exploding Kitten \u2014 but you don\u2019t know where anyone else planted theirs. There\u2019s also one completely unknown Exploding Kitten that was randomly shuffled into the Draw Pile.\n\nUse your knowledge, manipulate the Draw Pile, bluff, mislead other players and interfere with their plans.\n\nOnce Shuffle cards become active, even the information you thought you could trust may disappear.\n\nTrust your memory. Trust nobody else. Survive the deck you all created.\n\nLast player standing wins END GAME. \ud83d\udca3\ud83d\udc31<div style='text-align:left' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high-stakes Exploding Kittens variant where everyone starts with the power to create their own disaster. 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