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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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