Exploding Kings
đź‘Ą 2 - 5 players
⏳ 10 minutes
Objective: Don’t pickup an Exploding King
Setup:
- Discard Jacks and Queens
- Each player gets an Ace or Joker and 6 random cards
- Count the number of players, shuffle the same number of Kings into the deck minus 1
- Shuffle extra Aces/Jokers into the deck
- Place the remaining (shuffled) deck face down
Take your turn:
- Play (and discard) as many cards from your hand as you like until your turn is over
- End your turn by picking up a card
- If you pickup a King, you must Defuse or lose
Hints:
- Your cards help you avoid the Kings, play as many as you like
- Running out of cards is fine, but now you’re powerless to avoid the King
- It’s unlikely the King is on top of the deck, especially at the start of the game
Cards:
| Card | Power | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| King | Bomb | This kills you |
| Ace / Joker | Defuse | Ace (or Joker) is an extra life! Defuse the King and place the King back whereever you like in the deck |
| 1 - 4 | None | Useless unless used in a combo |
| 5 | Favour | Force another player to give you 1 card from their hand. They choose which card to give you |
| 6 | Skip | End (only!) one of your turns |
| 7 | Shuffle | Feeling lucky? Shuffle the deck |
| 8 | See the future | The magic 8 ball allows you to view the top 3 cards from the deck |
| 9 | Nope | Nein! Cancel the last played action (before it happens!). Can be played by anyone anytime. Cannot Nope a Defuse |
| 10 | Attack | 10 in binary = 2 decimal - move play onto the next player, they get your # of turns + 2 |
Combos:
| Combo | Effect |
|---|---|
| 2 identical | A player must give you a card of their choice |
| 3 identical | Take a card from another player |
| 5 distinct | Take a card from the discard pile |