A bee is putting all of their effort into a beautiful dance. The bee that observes her doesn't seem to care.

🐝 Bee communication is really weird! 🐝
They use dances to tell each other about their favorite flower patches - but other bees mostly ignore them. 😥 Why?

https://youtu.be/MBs04y-vFgU?si=PKAmZpGj2dl4bpHw

We have just posted a new preview of Dark Conspiracy on Planet Mongoose!

This time, we are looking at the longer-term future of the game, and how you can combine it all into a grand multi-decade campaign to defend the Earth...

www.mongoosepublishing.com/blogs/mongoo...

#ttrpg #DarkConspiracy

Caromble! is now available on GOG!

👉 gog.com/game/caromble

Embark on a 3D physics-based adventure that blends brick breaking with pinball, platforming, and trick-shot puzzles.

Grab it now and keep it yours forever 💿

Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland: Explore Slumberland as Little Nemo armed with toys & stuffed animals in this colorful platforming metroidvania adventure

diesoftgames.itch.io/little-nemo

Comic: Types of Board Game. [Each panel has a person, a person with a ponytail, a person with shoulder-length hair, and a person with a white hat seated around a table with different board game and pieces on top. (1) Boring: PERSON 3: Each turn, roll a die and move your token. Turns proceed clockwise around the table until we all get tired and go home. (2) Abstract: PERSON 1: Each turn, you can place any number of red triangles or blue squares on a hexagon, or move any hexagon to a... (3) Hyperspecific Theme: PERSON 2: It’s October 2, 1814. The Congress of Vienna convenes. You are each in charge of distributing and lighting candles for the opening ball, which was held at these three locations... (4) Overcomplicated: PERSON 4: It’s a cross between *Twilight Imperium* and *Cones of Dunshhire*, but implemented entirely in category theory. Every cone is a monad, and... (5) Cooperative: PERSON 3: We’re working together to sort these decks of cards using only hand gestures. After that, we’ll silently organize my junk drawer. (6) Branded: PERSON 1: You can play as Phoebe, Chandler, Monica, Rachel, Ross, Joey, or, due to an ill-advised tie-in, Goku. (7) Party: PERSON 2: Each of the cards in your hand has a bad word on it. On the count of three, yell the... (8) Social Deduction: PERSON 3: Remember, per our *find the secret murderer* house rules from last week, discovering that a player has committed a real-life murder does *not* count.

Types of Board Game

xkcd.com/3235/

Diagram on a white shirt illustrating the honeybee waggle dance steps to locate flowers, with arrows and bee icons.

Blue promotional graphic for MinuteEarth Tee Club featuring Earth illustration and text about new science shirts every 3 months.

This season's Tee club shirt is the Waggle dance!🐝

You will receive this shirt if you subscribe to the T-shirt club now - with a new science-themed shirt every 3 months!

store.dftba.com/products/minuteearth-dtg...

Picture it: Grantsville, West Virginia, 2000. Suddenly, residents of this small town are transported back to 1632 Germany. What comes next can be found within the pages of Eric Flint’s 1632 book series, also known as Ring of Fire.

bit.ly/gurpsringoffirebk

An Abyss of Dreams OUT NOW, and a GIVEAWAY to celebrate!

New release:
gog.com/game/an_abyss_of_dreams

Giveaway:
gog.com/game/the_whispering_valley

Invasion Part II is now in stock for 2300AD.

Pre-orders are being shipped right now, so now everyone can take part in the defence of human space against the alien Kaefers!

Start as a colonist and become a war hero...

www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/inv...

#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #2300AD

Distributrains: Train simulation game with roguelike and automation game elements

oddwarg.itch.io/distributrains by @Oddwarg

3-panel comic. (1) (A person with a picture of a spacecraft behind head.] PERSON 1: There are now three spacecraft headed to Europe: NASA’s *Europa Clipper*, which will investigate Europa’s subsurface ocean, (2) [Person is gesturing at a picture of a different spacecraft while talking to a person with a ponytail and a person with short hair.] PERSON 1: ESA’s *Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer*, which will study the topography and chemistry of Europa and the other moons, (3) [Person with a picture behind head of a Zamboni with a rocket launcher underneath] and the NHL’s *Zamboni Voyager*, which plans to resurface Europa. PERSON FROM OFF-PANEL: Oh no. PERSON 1: We tried to stop them, but the league is set on an expansion.

Europa Missions

xkcd.com/3234/

The Red Dragon Inn x Munchkin: Spyke and Flower from Slugfest Games is fully funded! Visit Kickstarter today and choose between the original 2018 art, the new art, or both. You'll even get an all-new prize: the Six-Fingered Glove.

bit.ly/rdispkyeflower

#slugfestgames #munchkin #playsjgames

Travcon UK 2026 - Booking by Bookwhen

TravCon UK is in Milton Keynes on June 12-14 - and Mongoose will be there!

Play Traveller with a Mongoose writer, and jump into a couple of presentations and Q&A sessions to uncover the Far Future...

Grab your ticket right here:

bookwhen.com/travconuk202...

#ttrpg #TravellerRPG

LINOVICTUS: A blood-pumping twin stick shoot 'em up with roguelite elements

transmutrix.itch.io/linovictus by @transmutrix.bsky.social

Purple.

What color game piece do you ALWAYS have to play?

#playsjgames

Steve Jackson has quite a full convention schedule! If you'd like to meet him in person, click below to see everywhere he'll be in the next few months.

bit.ly/seestevej

#playsjgames #stevejacksongames

Possibly the prettiest Traveller book we have done so far.

Learn the tactics, equipment, personnel and doctrines of the Imperial Navy across the Imperium - and take a deep dive into the mighty Tigress-class Dreadnought!

www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/the...

#ttrpg #TravellerRPG

The BackerKit pledge manager for Munchkin Second Edition is now open. If you made a pledge, visit your BackerKit account today to select add-ons and complete the form!

Our team received a report of intermittent app outages at about 11:40pm PDT on April 15, 2026. They worked through the night to mitigate a sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, which intensified throughout the day.

Comic. [Person and person with white hat facing two boxes stacked with $80 price tag and sale tag on each box.] PERSON 1: They want $80 for this? I could make one myself for $10 in parts, an hour of work, a trip to the hardware store, another $30 in parts, another few hours of work, two more trips to the store for $20 more in parts, another hour of work to redo the first hour of work because I messed up, and $80 to buy this when the one I made breaks.

Make It Myself

xkcd.com/3233/

New payment options, GOG GALAXY updates, what's coming for the Patrons Hub, some changes on the community management front, and a few things we're building that we're genuinely excited about.

Learn more here:
www.gog.com/news/gog_patrons_patch_n...

Draftula: A spooky tetris roguelike

joespacio.itch.io/draftula by @joespacio

We're hiring and currently looking for:

💿 Engineering Manager - Platform
💿 Legal Manager
💿 Direct Marketing Specialist

Learn more and apply today: gog.com/work#openings

Order Automatica is a dark roguelike auto-battler played on a 3×3 ritual grid, and you can play a demo of this beauty right now!

gog.com/game/order_automatica_demo

Check it out and add the game to your wishlist 💿

Comic. One... two... THREE! [text in red] X Deprecated [line break] One... two... three... GO! [text in red] Deprecated [red curly bracket around top two lines] Too easy to mix up [line break] Three... two... one... GO! [text in green] [check mark] ISO Standard [caption] If I were in charge of ISO, the first thing I’d do would be to standardize the way people count out loud before doing something in sync.

Countdown Standard

xkcd.com/3232/

Three cartoon bees performing dance moves under a spotlight with text highlighting the amazement of bee dances.

🐝 Bee communication is really weird! 🐝
They use dances to tell each other about their favorite flower patches - but other bees mostly ignore them. 😥 Why?

link in bio!

Ever wanted to harness the power of your mind to change your surroundings and influence people?

We are continuing our dive into the forthcoming Dark Conspiracy RPG, this time having a look at the supernatural Empathic powers...

www.mongoosepublishing.com/blogs/mongoo...

#ttrpg #DarkConspiracy

Three Against the Odds: Defeat the odds...or perish

flippworks.itch.io/three-agains...

Why is the sky blue? YouTube video by xkcd's What If?

Why is the sky blue?

Watch the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!

youtube.com/shorts/oLoxd...