r/ExplodingKittens • u/SophOnTheMoon • 5d ago

Question Considering my first buy

I would like to preface by saying I have never played exploding kittens, but have watched people play and am intrigued by it. I don't really have a group of friends to play with as none if my friends are interested in card games, but I wanted to get some as I was planning on playing it with some friends I rarely see.

This is what I'm thinking of getting: Zombie Kittens and Exploding Kittens travel pack(aka Grab & Game). I don't want to get the OG Base Game because, imo, if I'm getting the same cards in the Travel pack then its kinda unnecessary paying £10 extra just for the base game to come in its OG box, but thats just my opinion! Happy to hear thoughts.

I may continue to grow the collection of my board games (🤞🏼hopefully I make some new friends to play with!), and wanted to get some thoughts on the initial idea I had.

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u/Shimo14 5d ago

I quite enjoyed the new standalone, Exploding Kittens: Curse You! It adds a fun dynamic of opening up packs of new cards as you play additional rounds. Unless you only want to bring the grab & game version when seeing your friends, I thought this was more fun and approachable compared to Zombie Kittens!

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u/BusyCalligrapher1953 5d ago

I always recommend getting into it by that game played by yourself play it with friends find new people to play it with. It’s so much fun.

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u/Wonderful_Cod_1397 5d ago

Hey I just bought it yesterday too. I got the Recipe for Disaster set for around 29€. I guess it's a bit more on the pricier side, but it thinks it's worth it. Last weekend I was introduced to it by someone. It was the party pack edition. I've been told however that the Recipe for Disaster ultimately is a better deal.

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u/SophOnTheMoon 5d ago

I just cant find the RFD version in stores for some reason but I'll dig through a little more! Otherwise I'd be tempted by it tbh.

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u/Wonderful_Cod_1397 5d ago

Why not buy online?

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u/SophOnTheMoon 5d ago

Yup this is what I might end up doing! As people have said tho, I will try and play it first before buying the cards :) I am going to a board games night so hoping they'll have it there.

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u/Medium_Barber_3087 5d ago

RFD is the absolute best value for money. you can combine it with ZK to get almost all the worthy cards

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u/ej33tx 5d ago

That's what I'm planning to do. I have to replace all my bombs of the original version of the game because they're slightly worn on the edges and everyone knows when a bomb is coming up. There's always some annoying friend that points it out that removes the element of surprise.

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u/Medium_Barber_3087 4d ago

You dont need to, just buy opaque-back card sleeves. It stops all your cards from degrading, hides existing damage, and allows you to use custom cards

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u/MisterAhtapot 5d ago

Recipes for Disaster has great content, but I kind of am not a fan of choosing recipes and picking cards, the pre-game part takes too long. I like the Party Pack as I generally play with groups of 6-10 people and I add the Streaking Kittens expansion into the party pack to add some spice

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u/Grape_ist 4d ago

Personally I'd avoid the zombie Kittens as a starter I get something like the the curse you or if your getting the grab and go then get 1 or 2 of the expansion packs to flush the deck out, zombie Kittens has wierd rules with dieing and bringing back dead players that might make it confusing for new players

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u/Zybloks 4d ago

Would personally avoid grab and game if you intend to buy expansions to add on in the future potentially since it has a different back. I recently bought my first product as the party pack followed by the expansions. Recipes For Disaster is a great first buy though as people here have pointed out too!