Zaragata

Indoor Cats

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House rules for Exploding Kittens

V
Slow Blink

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

B
Cat Nap

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

H
Treat Time

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

Said by The Headmistress

W
Scratching Post

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

Said by The Warlord

E
Bed Hog

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

D
Window Watch

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

Said by The Doorman

S
Ask Nicely

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

D
Meows Only

____ may only speak in meows until your next turn.

(the name is filled at the table)

C
Sticky Paws

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

A
Nine Lives

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

C
Hairball

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

Said by The Coach

H
Zoomies

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

Said by The Hype Man

C
Lap Cat

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

N
Cat Got Your Tongue

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

O
Kitten Call

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

A
Bell on the Collar

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

S
Cat Facts

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

B
Gift Wrapped

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

Said by The Best Mate

G
Defuse Check

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

(the name is filled at the table)

T
Copycat

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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