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Daily Illuminator Archive for April 2026
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April 1, 2026:
GURPS fans are excited by the forthcoming GURPS Basic Set, Fourth Edition Revised hardcover and PDF . . . and for good reason! We've revealed a lot of awesome details here on the Daily Illuminator and in the meaty FAQ . . .
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April 2, 2026:
Yo ho ho! Get ready to pillage and plunder some treasure – pre-orders are now open for Brigand's Bluff!
In this fast-playing, family-friendly social deduction party game, players each take turns at being the captain . . .
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April 3, 2026:
Just over a year ago, NASA raised the tantalizing possibility that a giant asteroid could strike Earth. Last month, that was updated to say that Earth wasn't going to get hit, but maybe the moon might get ka-boomed by the big rock . . .
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April 4, 2026:
In a January Illuminator, I pointed out that there is currently no official pen and paper RPG for the extremely popular anime One Piece. There are, however, a handful of boardgames including, to no one's surprise, a One Piece version of Monopoly.
And now, thanks to crowdfunding, it looks like there will be one more. One Piece: Dawn of Liberation is on Kickstarter now . . .
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April 5, 2026:
I got some science fiction for Christmas, and gave myself some more. And they have all been at least pretty good, and some were excellent.
Terra Ignota – This is a four-book saga by Ada Palmer . . .
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April 6, 2026:
The reach of 3D printing is expanding, and not just in our own community. For example, take Project Hail Mary . . .
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April 7, 2026:
On April 1, 2025, German astronaut Rabea Rogge traveled above the earth on the Crew Dragon Resilience. She isn't only an astronaut – she's also a TTRPG enthusiast and self-proclaimed pen-and-paper nerd . . .
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April 8, 2026:
Character count reigns supreme, and it was probably just about time we took the extra step and completed the verification. With this now completed, you may reach us on Bluesky via @sjgames.com rather than our former, far toothier handle, @stevejacksongames.bsky.social . . .
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April 9, 2026:
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME, OR ANYWHERE ELSE – words so important I'm whipping out the bold tag, all-caps, and making it the literal first words. Having said that . . . . .
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April 10, 2026:
It appears that my local Panda Express is affiliated with the Illuminati! I spotted this sign on their door when I was there for some delicious mushroom chicken.
The sign is actually from a local security service – perhaps they are the actual Illuminati? . . .
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April 11, 2026:
If you are a board game enthusiast, this day is for you! How are you going to celebrate?
Host a game night - Do you have a decently-sized collection of board games? . . .
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April 12, 2026:
Life is hard. If you're looking for a new career path, might we humbly suggest something with a little magic . . . battle magic . . .
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April 13, 2026:
Ancillary Justice – The trilogy that began with Ancillary Justice was an unprecedented award-grabber. The first book won the Hugo, Arthur C . . .
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April 14, 2026:
For tabletop RPG gamers, here's an easy recommendation: dCode.fr. This website has a heaping helping of tools to decode (and encode) just about any variety of cypher . . . including being able to identify them (or at least run through various permutations) . . .
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April 15, 2026:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart recently featured a segment on the Electronic Frontier Foundation, interviewing their Executive Director, Cindy Cohn. She's also the author of Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance . . .
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April 16, 2026:
Ahoy, Me Hearties! If you pre-ordered Brigand's Bluff, you should be receiving it any day . . .
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April 17, 2026:
The Red Dragon Inn has once again welcomed Spyke and Flower to the pub in an already-fully-funded(!) campaign that just launched on Kickstarter. Fans of starting a round of gambling, buying your opponents a drink, and messing with their fortitude can choose between the original 2018 art and the new art, updated to match the regular cards from The Red Dragon Inn . . . or grab both at a discounted price! . . .
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April 18, 2026:
During my trip to Japan I was interviewed by Mr. Seki, aka "Mr . . .
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April 19, 2026:
If you've been on a bit of a space-nostalgia kick for the past while, may I humbly suggest this video from the Gary Friedman archives of a tour of NASA's computers from the 1980s . . .
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April 20, 2026:
This post is about a link I've had open in my "too many tabs" horde for a while that has merits . . . and a caveat. I'm sharing it as a half-baked " this is interesting" idea . . .
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April 21, 2026:
The location is Grantville, West Virginia. The year is 2000 . . . or is it? . . .
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April 22, 2026:
Try as I might, I cannot see this as anything but fair political comment.
-- Steve Jackson
. . .
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April 23, 2026:
Did you know that today is National Shakespeare Day? No? . . .
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April 24, 2026:
I'm a huge fan of flavor details in my tabletop RPGs: If possible, I love it when I don't have to say, "The surveillance drone is cutting edge," but can add something colorful like, "The drone seems to be the cutting-edge Skyskreamer 7000 . . . Here's a picture."
To that end, I humbly offer a YouTube video from the channel Works By Design: "Making the most pickproof lock yet." The video does what it says, coming up with an interesting, innovative lock design that detaches part of the key, rotating it inside the lock to engage with the pins . . .
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April 25, 2026:
If you're like me, you've been a bit more into lunar travel in recent weeks, thanks to some lucky, lucky astronauts who got to go farther away from Earth than anyone's ever managed before. Well, everything new is old again, with Moonjs: An Online Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) Simulator . . .
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April 26, 2026:
Car Wars players who print in 3D have things fairly good: CARnage and CARnage 2 have STLs of all the cars (including unarmed versions), tons of weapons and accessories for conversions (there's even an Armored Beer Fridge!), arena items, and so on. But we don't have . . . roads!
Dani Amengual, a Kickstarter creator from Spain, has solved this problem . . .
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April 27, 2026:
I had the privilege and joy of spending a weekend playing Seven-Part Pact with Jay, SJ, and four other friends. This was my fourth time in Isha, but for most of the table, it was a completely new experience . . .
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April 28, 2026:
I don't tend to link to Randall Munroe's amazing webcomic xkcd very often. That's not because I don't love it, but rather it feels like cheating to fill up a few slots a week of the Daily Illuminator to say, "Hey! . . .
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April 29, 2026:
There's a quirk of the game world that I'm not even sure I'm allowed to talk about here. (I guess we'll see if this post gets deleted!) . . .
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April 30, 2026:
Munchkin Vox Machina – A Critical Role Game is now shipping! This all-new core set, created in collaboration with Critical Role and based on their famous first livestream campaign, takes players to the fabled realm of Tal'Dorei, where they'll become some of their favorite Vox Machina characters . . .
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