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RPGMP3 (211 KP) rated Bears vs Babies in Tabletop Games

Apr 20, 2018

Bears vs Babies

2017 | Animals, Card Game, Comic Book / Strip, Humor

6.7

(25 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Cool Idea (1 more)

Monsters Eating Babies

Can Get Frustrating (1 more)

Winner Is Usually Obvious Very Early

You Get To Build Monsters (And Eat Babies)

I Kickstartered this game when it was released despite not really loving Exploding Kittens beyond the art and the concept. The large draw was that I did not have any other game in my collection that I could pet and stroke when I was stressed and who doesn't like building monsters?

To be honest, this is a decent game with some strategy elements. The main issue is that the winner generally becomes evident early on in the game when they take a large number of points and wipe out everyone else's monsters and it become difficult for everyone else to catch up if the leader plays to obstruct.

The art is cute and sometimes rather disturbing, especially in the NSFW expansion (which should certainly not be used with kids at the table unless you want some deep and terrible conversations about schlongs). The monsters you make are funny and you can get a little attached to them. Sadly, that is a bad strategy as they can be wiped out in the Baby War at any point when someone provokes one of the baby armies and they kill everyone.

One of the biggest frustrations with this game is that sometimes you get to a point where you have nothing but legs and nothing else. All you want is a head or a cool body to attach all your legs to. You don't want to waste a turn diving in the discard for a head so you keep drawing more legs until you can hardly hold all your cards. At the end of the game you realize the Dave has all the heads and you hate him. Screw you, Dave!

Overall, its OK, You won't play it all the time, but it can be fun with a beer in the right crowd.