The name is a derivative reference to the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance and the famous misquote, "A dingo ate my baby!"

[citation needed] The players assume the roles of kobolds, creatures who are often used as weak but numerous "cannon fodder" characters in fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons.

Super Deluxx Edition in Black Gate, Ryan Harvey said "Even if you never actually sit down and play Kobolds Ate My Baby!

during some late night with plenty of Pabst on hand and bags of cheap generic pretzels laying about (this game would be a sumptuous blast in Bavaria!

), I still think most fantasy gamers will get a thrill from reading the Super Deluxx Edition and getting out of the Forbidden Realms for a while to enjoy having cows drop from the sky and crush their characters into tartar sauce.

Reviewer Matthew Pook said that "the game itself is amusingly written, and of course, it includes opportunities aplenty for the Mayor [the Gamemaster] to be rotten to his Kobold players.

"[2] Kobolds Ate My Baby – The Orange Book was nominated for the 2024 ENNIE Awards for Best Game and Best Writing.