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Daily Illuminator Archive for April 2025
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April 1, 2025:
We at Steve Jackson Games are always looking to bring more fun into the world, with innovative products that expand our audience in new and creative ways. To that end we proudly present . . . the Tardigrade d6 Dice Set! . . .
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April 2, 2025:
I've been playing Diplomacy, finally, although I've wanted to play it for a while. I'm France, and to secure my Northern border I've worked with Germany and Austria to betray Italy, but in doing so I've left myself open to a British counterattack, and as we speak la perfide Albion has landed on the shores of Brest and has mounted a desperate assault on Brittany . . .
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April 3, 2025:
On April 5th, a 54% tariff goes into effect on a wide range of goods imported from China. For those of us who create boardgames, this is not just a policy change . . .
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April 4, 2025:
If you liked the look of the Lorescape project for injection-molded hex terrain tiles, it's time to do the backer thing! The campaign has gone amazingly well . . .
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April 5, 2025:
My husband and I love worldbuilding for our TTRPG campaigns. Part of the fun of creating a setting is making it feel lived in – creating cities, towns, roads, and vistas in between . . .
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April 6, 2025:
I had no idea that sharks didn't make noise, but apparently they don't. No, wait; they do . . .
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April 7, 2025:
I'm currently not-quite-halfway through Playing with Reality by Kelly Clancy. Now, one would typically wait until they've finished the book to write a review, so this isn't that, but it is a "hey I am currently reading this book and quite enjoying it" kind of post . Clancy's neuroscience background and historical perspective have been both fun and engaging for me – though with my own background, the opening chapters did leave me wanting a little more neuroscience . . .
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April 8, 2025:
I recently learned that many so-called haunted houses may, in fact, be attributable to carbon monoxide poisoning, as noted by (picked almost at random from online) NPR and the American Lung Association. However, I've done additional research, and I'm still not finding any conclusive evidence as to why ghosts would be so cruel as to release dangerous levels of carbon monoxide in the first place . . . . .
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April 9, 2025:
What do you do when you're a roleplaying fan obsessed with donuts? Other than "play RPGs and eat donuts," of course . . .
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April 11, 2025:
My mind has been on ancient Greece a lot lately. It started with the Emily Wilson translation of the Odyssey and the Iliad (both truly phenomenal and powerful reads), followed by the novels Song of Achilles and Wrath Goddess Sing, along with a valiant attempt to enjoy the Percy Jackson TV Show (before being put off by how it fumbles the last episode's pacing) . . .
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April 12, 2025:
I love the idea of hiding information in a tabletop RPG world in new and interesting ways, and I just stumbled across one I'd never thought of: putting it on an Atari 2600 cartridge. This hacker programmed the Atari 2600 as a digital photo frame and shared details on the project, including how images are limited to 64×84 pixels, black and white. If you don't want to program the actual hardware to make it happen (although it'd be really cool!), the article provides enough information so that you can describe it vividly in a game or create a visual aid . . .
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April 13, 2025:
If you haven't figured it out yet, I watch a lot of nerdy YouTube videos. My latest find is a significant investment in time, clocking in at more than 90 minutes, but it is totally worth it . . .
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April 14, 2025:
Have you heard about Triangle Agency? This fascinating TTRPG riffs on Control, Paranoia, and The SCP Foundation to make an urban fantasy RPG about working for a mysterious organization which captures and destroys anomalies that threaten existence . . .
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April 15, 2025:
I'm not going to say I've wasted far too many hours on the Emoji Mixer, but I don't think I'd be able to deny it in a court of law, either. The premise is simple: Take one of a number of emojis and combine it with another . . .
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April 16, 2025:
Did you know that there is a fantastic little collection of word games on the Merriam-Webster website? I only stumbled onto them recently! . . .
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April 17, 2025:
Readers of the Daily Illuminator may recall we recently welcomed Possum Creek as part of the Steve Jackson Games family. We're happy to announce that many of their games are now available to download instantly from Warehouse 23 . . .
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April 18, 2025:
Meredith Placko has resigned as our CEO. This was not anticipated; when I get a plan, I'll share . . .
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April 19, 2025:
If you are a DVD fan and still have a library of discs that fill two whole walls of your house including floor-to-ceiling shelves like – um – a guy I heard about, you might want to be aware that many Warner Bros. Home Entertainment DVDs made between 2006 and 2008 seem to be deteriorating and unable to play due to a flaw in the manufacturing process . . .
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April 20, 2025:
We're continuing to augment our On Demand catalog with physical versions of some of the more popular PDF releases of the GURPS library. Our most recent offering: GURPS Psi-Tech . . .
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April 21, 2025:
On April 17, 2024, we launched the Munchkin Big Box on BackerKit Crowdfunding – and y'all crushed it. Within hours, backers were flooding in like hordes of Wandering Monsters, and by the end of the first 24 hours we'd passed $500,000 in funding . . .
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April 22, 2025:
In the techno-magic tomorrow of Shadowrun, just about anything is possible if you're daring enough. If you're willing to bend the rules . . .
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April 23, 2025:
I always thought my interest in folk tales was a strange niche until I discovered The Folklore Podcast, a UK-based show in which scholars, musicians, and storytellers discuss the myths, legends, and tales that underlie popular consciousness.
The Folklore Podcast was started in 2016 by Mark Norman, an author and folklore researcher. Ten seasons later, the show has expanded to include book reviews, live events, and an online shop . . .
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April 24, 2025:
No, not the most important thing in the world right now, but very important to me. I had my second eye operation this morning . . .
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April 25, 2025:
Sometimes I wonder if things are kind of quiet on the release schedule. I mean, sure, your humble Daily Illuminator poster knows some of the secrets we're working on behind the scenes, but that handsomely rugged individual dare not speak them . . .
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April 26, 2025:
I just had an idea for GMs of modern-day or near-future roleplaying games. Actually two ideas.
First idea: It's always fun to make players sift through clues . . .
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April 27, 2025:
There are a lot of pieces I'm putting together here for a long anecdote. You have been warned . . .
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April 28, 2025:
We warned you they were coming, and now they're here! The cuddly carnage of Munchkin Warm Fuzzies has arrived – ready to augment your Munchkin games with 56 new cards that put the "cut" in "cute": new gear like Bunchucks, new threats like the Dust Bunnies, and new curses like Badger the Witness! . . .
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April 29, 2025:
If you ever want your own blank card for a beloved card game (say, for making a custom card, "popping the question," etc.), you can usually take an extra card from the set and rub it lightly with nail-polish remover to remove the ink. Make sure not to be too aggressive with the amount of remover; you don't want the liquid getting on the other side of the card and wrecking it . . .
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April 30, 2025:
GURPS Thaumatology: Magical Styles makes the core GURPS magic system even more flexible and flavorful with the addition of thematic collections of spells – including secret spells. Expand those possibilities with GURPS Magical Styles: Traditional Styles . . .
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