Bears vs Babies: A Card Game From the Creators of Exploding Kittens

Product Description

This is a card game where you build monsters Who eat babies. Whoever eats the most babies wins. It was made by the same intelligent, attractive, people who made the best selling, kick starter-record breaking game, exploding kittens. Each game includes 107 cards (2. 5 x 3. 5 inches), A play mat, an FAQ sheet, and a Rule book All inside a furry box!

Top Reviews

How to know if Bears vs Babies is for you (Quiz)
by Jern (5 out of 5 stars)
July 19, 2018

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.
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Pretty Boring
by Aidan (2 out of 5 stars)
January 2, 2018

Every year since 2015 I have gotten a family gift from this company. We had a fairly good time playing exploding kittens, and the expansion pack was decent as well. However, I am very sad to say that I did not find this game entertaining in the slightest. The learning curve is pretty steep for a "20 minute" game. By the time we figured out how to play we had completely lost interest. I don't think we will be playing this game again any time soon, if ever. Maybe it's more entertaining for younger audiences? I do not think it is very good for teens/young adults. The product quality is very nice, the box is pretty and the cards are thick, not to mention the (semi) humorous illustrations. But overall I regret making this purchase. I sincerely hope the next game this company releases is better than this one, because this one is really unfun.
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Very boring. Not for avid gamers
by MattNYC (1 out of 5 stars)
December 22, 2017

This game, unlike the previous games by the same creators, is incredibly boring. Yes you'll laugh at the artwork and sheer absurdity of the game's content but, this is mild subterfuge on the creator's part. They lure you into wasting money purchasing a game, riding on the laurels of previous successes. Do not be fooled! One play through of this game will leave most avid gamers unsatisfied and bored to tears.
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Fun for a minute
by EnPointe (2 out of 5 stars)
November 29, 2017

Meh. Once you see all the cards and laugh at them, it loses appeal. My 10 yr old enjoys it, however.
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game is rigged
by Tjay Belt (5 out of 5 stars)
January 4, 2018

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.
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PROVOKE! Monsters eating gross babies... sweet!
by PapaBear615 (5 out of 5 stars)
January 15, 2018

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!
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If it wasn't the oatmeal it wouldn't have sold
by Joshua Isherwood (3 out of 5 stars)
September 6, 2017

Beware the power of the oatmeal, his greatness sways the voting on this product heavily.

Overall, it's an ok game. Slower paced, less players, weird rule set. While exploding kittens was actually an amazing game and clearly came from hours of fun testing, this feels more like an art idea that they tried to work a game around. It's not terrible as far as card games go, and the art style is classic oatmeal and adds some interest, but its just really a kind of meh and slow.

If you are a die hard oatmeal fan, then nothing anyone says will stop you from buying this. But I would honestly skip this one.
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Super fun game from The Oatmeal team
by C. Dideriksen (5 out of 5 stars)
September 6, 2017

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.)
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Just Ok needs an expansion maybe
by Kat (3 out of 5 stars)
January 13, 2018

We played this on New Years and it is just ok. Not nearly as fun as Exploding Kittens which we played once we got tired of this game. It seemed to take forever to build a good bear and by the time you got one there were way to many babies on the board. I would say there needs to be an expansion with more bear parts especially if like us you are playing with the maximum players. It was much slower and way more complicated then Exploding Kittens which takes some of the fun out of it we thought.
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Cons: boring and lacks replayability. Pros: hairy box.
by Greg (2 out of 5 stars)
January 15, 2019

I don't understand how this game is rated so well in Amazon. I enjoy most casual games, including Coup and Exploding Kittens, but this is a disappointing dud. I wish I had read reviews posted on a particular "geek" centric board game forum prior to wasting a gift card on this.

Bears vs. Babies appears to have a target audience of young children. Most adult humans will find it utterly unplayable with boring card design (which I admit is initially mildly interesting, but only for the first 15 minutes), limited options and terrible game mechanics which allow a person to manipulate the game to garentee a win once an early lead is established.

This will end up collecting dust on a shelf somewhere. However, puppies and doggies may enjoy chewing on the hairy box; so rating it 2 stars.

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