boop. (2022) is a two-player abstract strategy game where you try to be the first to line up three cats in a row (or get all eight of your cats onto the bed). But you start the game with only kittens, which then "graduate" into cats only after you have lined THEM up in a row of three. The twist though is that placing a piece bounces any adjacent pieces one space away, so lining up three is trickier than it looks. And yes, the box converts to a bed, and yes, your kittens can be "booped" off them. #boardgames

I see Mandibles mentioned here, and it's great, but another good read by the same author is Mania. It's set in an alternative 2011 where the Mental Parity movement argues that there is no such thing as differences in human intelligence. No one is smarter or dumber than anyone else, so goodbye to tests, qualifications, and the like. Kids get kicked out of school for saying "stupid" and don't even think of using a term like "dumbwaiter" in polite company. It's excellent satire. #bookstr