Features:

  • A Monster-Building Card Game From the Creators of Exploding Kittens.
  • Family-friendly, highly-strategic party game for 2-5 players and only 20 minutes to play!
  • Includes 107 Cards (2.5 x 3.5 inches), Playmat, FAQ sheet, Rule Book all inside a FURRY BOX!
  • Grooming kit sold separately.
  • Ages 10+
How to know if Bears vs Babies is for you (Quiz)

If you answer True to > 4 you are considered “highly likely” to enjoy this game and need not review any further information before making your purchase. 1. I believe nihilism is the only true philosophy of life. 2. I’ve said “I drank way too much wine last night” at least one time this week. 3. I am reading this at work. 4. I would be intimate with Neil DeGrasse Tyson. 5. Sometimes I think about how it would be nice to play tennis. 6. I have an incomplete liberal arts degree. 7. I frequently feel like my life is spiraling out of control. 8. I have more cat memes, screenshots and nudes than pictures of my friends or family on my phone. 9. It is a fact that all possible futures are necessarily dystopian. 10. I believe anime is an under-appreciated genre. 11. Tacos are a superfood. 12. I would sooner scrape my skin off with a spoon than become a politician. Feel free to collaborate on further criteria in the comments.

game is rigged

I do believe that this game is rigged. My 14 year old son has won every game. This is ridiculous. He has even attempted entirely different strategies for each game he has won. I am truly believing that this game is broken and only works for one person at all. No satisfaction of winning has come to myself or my wife. Seriously considering returning it. But before that, maybe I should play just me and the wife, and see if even in that scenario my son ends up winning. That would be the last straw. Other than never winning, its fun.

PROVOKE! Monsters eating gross babies... sweet!

Exploding Kittens (and Imploding Kittens) were back-to-back Christmas gifts to my now 7-year-old daughter--and I somewhat lucked into that. I've read a lot of reviews about how much better that is than Bears vs Babies, but when "Santa" delivered this game and we started spending some time with it, I have to say that for me this is the better overall game due to the ease of play, the ease of learning for all ages, and just the fun factor. We could play this game non-stop (and have) and enjoy it just as much every time. The art on the games is excellent, the game play is easy, but loads of fun, and it has a furry box... what else could you want?! Two player games are a blast, but so are group adventures!

Super fun game from The Oatmeal team

This is an excellent game and I am proud to have been a backer—though I wish the furry box was just for us backers! :) ~Ages: I have an 'expanded version' an extra 10 or 15 cards that are NSFW (lots of penis, breast, and poop cartoons. The regular pack, imo, is completely suitable for all ages, though younger kids might have difficulty learning the game. If you or your child is sensitive to odd cartoons, I would recommend going through the pack to double check. The game will not be hurt by pulling a couple of cards out of play. We have also played by teaming up a young player with an adult. ~Number of players: the game says 2-5. With my expansion pack, I have also pushed the boundaries and played with 6. I think the game has been the most fun with 2 or 3 players. Over 3 and players don't have the opportunity to take as many 'actions' and there is less ability to strategize per 'turn'. ~Game play: The game is more complicated than Exploding Kittens. It takes a bit longer to explain and to learn. I recommend watching the how-to video. Once you understand, it is easy to teach others. Also once you get the instructions down, there is more strategy involved than kittens, which honestly has barely any strategy at all to have a good time. The game is played by creating Bears/monsters that fight other player's bears/monsters and fight Babies. Sometimes the babies beat the players. The game is won by the person who has defeated the most number of babies at the end. Strategy comes in as each player 'turn' is comprised of a certain number of 'actions' that let you build your monster/Bears or fight babies. With more players, each player has fewer actions. I plan to buy a second deck for game play of 5+ players. With an extra deck, I believe we could let players have extra actions. (Four or five player games, each player only gets 2 actions, which is very difficult to advance.)

Hilarious!

This expansion pack is awesome. We played this on New Year's Eve and it was a blast. Don't continue reading if you get offended easily, but here's some examples of the cards: 1-Dildo hands 2-A penis that plays the banjo 3-A "penicorn" (A unicorn with a penis for a horn.) 4-Three hairy boobs The drawings are hilarious. I actually laughed so hard at the penis playing a banjo that my eyes watered! This is a must buy!

Good Expansion to a Great Game

As the title states, this is an NSFW expansion pack so if you play this game with your kids or are otherwise easily offended, I can tell you right off the bat that this expansion is not for you. That said, if you like Bears vs. Babies and want to add some more shocking/adult oriented options to your monster creations and baby armies, there's no reason why you shouldn't pick it up! The cards are every bit as high quality as the ones that come with the base game, and they are clearly marked NSFW so that you can remove them if you are playing with a group that doesn't want them included. I also appreciated the fact that the expansion deck fits perfectly into the box for the base game without spilling over the edge, which was a nice attention to detail. Obviously some of the shock value will wear off after the first couple times you see the new cards, but I'm all for anything that adds variety to one of our favorite new games!

WARNING: CONTAINS A CONDOM

Mom says: Just in case you missed this, like I did, this pack contains an actual condom. Oh, wait. The Kid informs me that it's a "lubricated condom". So that was fun. The Kid says: This pack contains quite a few extra fun cards that make the game dirty and hilarious. As for the condom, I can not vouch for the quality of it, but the packaging was priceless. It doesn't add any new rules, but it does make the game last longer. Sort of like a condom.

Fun! Takes effort to learn but well worth it

Super fun! It took some effort to learn but was so worth it. There's strategy involved so it's not all just the luck of the draw. It's also playable for two or three players. Sometimes with games it'll stay it's possible to play with two or three people but then turns out lame to play with that little of people. This one is just as fun no matter how many people.

we had a fantastic time. But he better watch his back next ...

The game was a bit confusing initially, and I basically had to bribe my kid to continue playing until we got the gist. As soon as the first person (him) decapitated the other person's bear (mine), we were both hooked (and my need for retaliation kicked in). You come up with strategies that turn the tables, so it can be anyone's game in the end. Even though my kid ultimately beat me, we had a fantastic time. But he better watch his back next time...

YES PLEASE!

Mom says: I got this for The Kid for Christmas. She more than loved it. Dad says: My money is on the bears. The Kid Says: I'm not sure I've ever played a game like this before. You literally have to design monsters in order to defeat armies of babies, and it's awesome! You'd be surprised at all the crazy nonsense you can come up with.

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