So, what is Exploding Kittens?Įxploding Kittens describes itself as “a kitty powered version of Russian roulette,” and it’s just that. Yet now that we are past the games explosive launch – the mushroom clouds have blown away, the remains of innumerable kittens have been swept up by disturbed sanitation workers – it’s time to ask whether the game lives up to the hype it promised.

Matthew Inman’s Exploding Kittens launched onto the Kickstarter scene in 2015 to a thunderous response, quickly becoming one of the most funded Kickstarter games ever with almost nine million dollars received from backers.įans of The Oatmeal comic series were eager to see a game that wedded Inman’s art style and humour with the work of game developers Elan Lee and Shane Small.