This means you can count down a certain number of cards to set up another player, or perhaps put it at the bottom or top. If you defuse the Exploding Kitten card you can put it back in the deck anywhere you want. The non-exploding cards you draw go into your hand and offer a variety of ways to stack the odds in your favour and help you to dodge explosions.
If you draw the Exploding Kitten card (and don't have a Defuse card) you are out of the game. Play involves taking turns to draw cards from the deck in the middle. The twist is the various comical and cunning ways you can avoid exploding, like defuse cards or peek cards that let you look through the deck before you draw. You take turns drawing cards until you get the Exploding Kitten card and lose. Exploding Kittens (2015) is a push-your-luck card game like Russian Roulette but with adorable kittens rather than bullets.