The downside is that the backgrounds are not necessarily fully consistent and this sometimes has an impact on how readable the special action text may be. The saving grace here is that if colour is a channel of information that is reliable then the background colour of the cards will help considerably in this regard. Consider here our two ‘see the future’ cards and the three favour cards underneath. Each card has unique art to go with it and while this is lovely for those that enjoy the art style of Matthew Inman it’s not ideal for our purposes. Those for whom visual impairment may be less severe are going to be dependant on close inspection of a hand of cards, without any regularity to assist in identification. Those for whom total blindness must be considered will likely not be able to play this game without support and modification. It’s going to be necessary for a player to deal with a hidden hand of cards, and there is no tactile information available for doing that. We strongly recommend Exploding Kittens in this category. There is a degree of palette overlap that might have a slight impact on fluidity of play, but familiarity will dull even the impact of that small potential inaccessibility. Those that have no icon are generic cards that are to be played as pairs based on their title. All the cards have unique art, and prominent text and icons that can be used to disambiguate which action is which.

We’ve got a clean bill of health here – colour is used on all the cards but it is never the sole channel of information. Let’s defuse this tension with a teardown. You’re here to find out if Exploding Kittens can be a game for you. But never mind our griping – we are perpetual malcontents and cannot be made happy by any power on Earth. We gave it two and a half stars in our review – it’s fun enough but really any joy you’ll find in the experience is likely directly related to the fact you’re simply spending time with friends. Exploding Kittens raised a sum of money more appropriate for a hurricane relief fund than a mediocre card game.

Exploding kittens card list