Select a player to go first by choosing the oldest or youngest member of the group.Shuffle the deck well and place it face down in the center of the playing area.For games with two players, place only 2 Defuse cards back in the deck. Insert any remaining Defuse cards back into the deck.Remove any extra Exploding Kitten cards from play. For example, for a game with 5 players, there will be 4 Exploding Kitten cards within the deck. The amount of Exploding Kitten cards used is determined by counting the number of players and subtracting one. Insert Exploding Kitten cards back into the deck.
Everyone should have 5 cards in their hand.
Shuffle the deck and deal 4 cards face down to each player.Begin by taking out all of the Exploding Kitten cards and Defuse cards from the deck.
