How to Play Pets Against Humanity: Rules, Setup & Tips

Pets Against Humanity is the party card game for pet lovers with a dark sense of humor. If you have ever played a fill-in-the-blank party game, you already know the basics. If not, this guide gets you playing in two minutes.

What's in the box

  • 55 question cards: pet-themed prompts with a blank to fill.
  • 198 answer cards: the outrageous answers you play.
  • A quick-start guide and a premium square box.

The game is for 2–20 players aged 18+ and a full game runs 15–60 minutes.

Setup

  1. Shuffle the question cards and the answer cards into two separate piles.
  2. Deal 10 answer cards to every player. Keep your hand secret.
  3. Choose the first judge. A good tradition: whoever's pet most recently destroyed something.

How a round works

  1. The judge reads a question card out loud, for example "My cat ruined date night with ____".
  2. Everyone else plays their funniest answer card face-down. If the card says "Pick 2", play two answers in order.
  3. The judge shuffles the answers and reads each one with the prompt. Dramatic voice strongly encouraged.
  4. The judge picks the winner, who keeps the question card as one point.
  5. Everyone draws back up to 10 cards, and the judge role passes to the left.

How to win

Play until you run out of time or cards; the player with the most question cards wins. For a quicker game, the first player to 5 points wins.

House rules pet owners love

  • The Pet Vote: if a real pet walks into the room, the judge must award the next point to the answer that pet is "looking at".
  • Rando the Rescue: play one random card from the deck each round as an extra player. If Rando wins, everyone has to live with it.
  • Vet Visit: trade in one point to discard and redraw your whole hand.

Tips for a great game

  • Play to the judge. The funniest answer is the one that fits their pet, not yours.
  • Keep rounds fast: anyone who takes too long forfeits the round.
  • Mix decks for bigger groups. Pets Against Humanity works with every Cards Game Night edition, such as Drunkards Against Sobriety or Cards Against Vikings.

Printable rules?

Many people search for a Pets Against Humanity rules PDF. Everything you need is on this page and on our general how to play our party games page, which works for every deck.

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