A first-person night of alien tabletop games

Bogos Binted? drops you into a first-person, four-player online multiplayer session on the Moon's surface, where aliens sit around a table and play games that are deliberately unfair. There are four game modes available in Early Access, and each one runs on cards, bluffing, and the threat of your head inflating until it pops. The tone is dark and silly at once: the aliens cheat, lie, and shoot each other, and nobody at the table is expected to play fair. You can play online co-op against the table or go at each other in PvP, with up to 4 players total.

How the four modes play out

The first mode gives every player a deck of number cards plus special cards. On your turn you add to a shared total, trying not to go over the target. Special cards exist to trick whoever else is at the table. Go over the target and your head inflates; survive the round and you stay in, and if you don't, you're out.

The second mode works on bluffing. A card is chosen for the table and players take turns placing matching cards face-down, with lying allowed. Call "beeble meep" on a suspected bluff and, if you were right, the liar's head inflates and could explode. Guess wrong and the punishment lands on you instead. A new round starts after any inflation or explosion, and the Deadeye card can let the accused shoot another player, which may hit or may backfire.

The third mode is a hand-management game. You start with 3 cards and must play one equal to or higher than the card on the table, drawing a replacement for each card you play so you always hold 3. Same-number cards can be stacked together. If you can't play, your head inflates. Special cards can swing the round either way.

The fourth mode is social deduction. One player becomes the VORP each round. A topic and secret word are picked, everyone sees the word except the VORP, and players write clues. The VORP fakes a clue and tries to guess the word. Then the table discusses and votes on who the VORP is. Caught for real, the VORP must guess the word; fail and a life is gone. Lose all lives and you're out.

What to know before you sit down

Expect gore and dark humor alongside the comedy — heads inflate, explode, and get shot, and the game leans into that. The modes reward reading other players as much as reading the cards, so talking, lying, and accusing are part of the fun rather than a side activity. Everything runs online with up to 4 players, so you'll want a group ready to bluff each other. The game is in Early Access with four modes available, and the store text is clear that no one here plays fair.

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