Pass It Before It Screams
The Pigeon is in your hands. The timer is running. Your team is staring at you, waiting — and you need them to guess the word before that bird loses its mind and starts screaming. Welcome to Exploding Pigeon, the hot-potato party game where quick thinking, big acting, and a very impatient plastic bird collide into something genuinely chaotic and hilarious.
How It Works
From Exploding Kittens — the team behind some of the most beloved and irreverent party games on the market — Exploding Pigeon is beautifully simple in premise and wonderfully frantic in practice. Shake the Pigeon to reveal your challenge: you might have to speak, mime, or pull off a stunt to get your teammates to shout out the right word. Once they do, you pass the Pigeon to the next team. The catch? That Pigeon is on a timer, and whichever team is holding it when it erupts into a screaming meltdown loses the round. Fast, funny, and relentlessly competitive — exactly the kind of game that turns a quiet evening into a full-volume event.
What sets this apart from other team-guessing games is the physical element. The Pigeon itself is the mechanic — it's the pressure, the prop, and the punchline all at once. You're not just racing against a board timer you can ignore; you're literally holding the problem in your hands, and everyone in the room knows it.
Who It's For
Exploding Pigeon is rated for ages 6 and up, making it a genuine all-ages option that works across generations — this is the kind of game where a seven-year-old and a grandparent can be equally panicked and equally delighted. It plays best with larger groups and is ideal for family gatherings, holiday parties, and game nights where you need something everyone can jump into immediately, no rulebook study required. Rounds move fast, so it fills time well without overstaying its welcome.
What's in the Box
- The Exploding Pigeon unit with built-in timer and screaming mechanism
- Challenge cards covering speaking, acting, and stunt prompts
- Quick-start rules designed for instant play
The Pigeon is the centrepiece, and it does a lot of heavy lifting — the physical comedy of scrambling to pass it before it goes off does half the game's work for you.
Specifications
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Exploding Kittens |
| Players | Varies by group size |
| Ideal Player Count | Large groups |
| Age Range | 6+ |
| Play Time | Short rounds, variable session length |
| Game Weight | Light |
| Language | English |
