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(Kid-friendly Exploding Kittens for ages 7+)
When the draw pile begins to dwindle down to say 5 or less cards, are we able to combine those few with the large play/discard pile of cards next to it? In other words, let's say there are only 5 cards left face down, and 2 of the 5 are exploding kittens. I'd like to better my odds by combining those 5 remaining cards with the remaining deck and shuffle all of them. Is this allowed?
No, you cannot shuffle the discard pile back into the deck. The entire point of Exploding Kittens is that the game eventually draws to a dramatic conclusion where almost all the leftover cards are exploding kittens.
This is supposed to be a short game that you can play multiple rounds of, otherwise a player that is out early in the game would be quite bored.
