Smash Up: What Were We Thinking?
- Players
- 2-4
- Best withThe player count this game plays best at.
- 3 players
- Play timeHow long a full game runs once everyone knows the rules.
- 45 min
- AgeThe minimum age printed by the publisher.
- 14+
- ComplexityHow demanding the rules are, from 1 (very light) to 5 (very heavy).
- 2.3 / 5
- Year
- 2017
About the game
Smash Up: What Were We Thinking? is an expansion for the deck-building mashup game Smash Up, adding four new wild factions: Teddy Bears, Rock Stars, Grannies, and Explorers. As with all Smash Up sets, you combine two factions into a single deck and play cards to fight over bases, aiming to be the first to rack up enough victory points. This expansion leans into the series' silliest, most randomly-combined premises, letting you field forces like Zombie Rock Stars or Time-Traveling Grannies. It integrates directly with any existing Smash Up collection, expanding the pool of factions available for drafting. It's built purely to add more chaotic, humorous combinations to an already goofy game.
Hobbli's Notes
What Were We Thinking? leans fully into Smash Up's absurdist charm, and honestly, factions like Teddy Bear Vampires are exactly the kind of nonsense that makes this series so beloved. It's a strict expansion, so it needs a base Smash Up set to be playable, but for existing fans it's an easy way to freshen up faction combinations. The humor-first factions may feel slightly less mechanically distinct than some of the series' more tactical sets.
What we like
- Adds four wildly themed new factions to mix and match.
- Fully compatible with any existing Smash Up collection.
- Keeps the series' fast, silly, combinatorial fun alive.
- Easy to teach to anyone already familiar with Smash Up.
Keep in mind
- Requires owning a base Smash Up set to play.
- New factions lean more on humor than mechanical novelty.
- Can increase faction-combo overload for players already owning many sets.
Who it's for
Great for existing Smash Up fans ages 14+ who want more faction variety, in groups of 2-4.
