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March 28, 2024: A Portable Dose Of Car Wars?

There are certain things we sell that I'm honestly kind of in awe of. Like Mini Car Wars. What is Mini Car Wars, you might ask? Well, it's a complete pamphlet-sized version of the classic Car Wars game. The print version of this game was given to me by a shop <mumble mumble> years ago, and it was my first introduction to the world of Car Wars. And it's amazing how much play value is in that one game.

Now, decades later, it's still available as a downloadable print-and-play version, for only one dollar! Adjusted for inflation, that's, like, a dollar in today's dollars! You get all the rules, counters, and road sections you need to drive offensively; all you need is dice.

Car Wars Sixth Edition is an amazing game, and I love it as a fast-paced game of thrills and mayhem. But I still have a soft spot for Mini Car Wars, a version of the game I can print out and toss in a ziplock bag with . . . [more]

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March 27, 2024: True Tales Of The Illuminati

True Tales of the Illuminati is a full-cast audio drama podcast about conspiracies gone wrong, currently in the final week of a crowdfunding campaign to produce a third season. The show follows a team of hapless Illuminati goons, bouncing through history, snatching defeat from the jaws of other, weirder defeat. 
 
Discerning readers of the Daily Illuminator may well pick up on a hidden influence . . . one that the team was all too happy to confirm when reached for comment by the Secret Masters.
"I grew up playing Illuminati: New World Order with my gaming group. We found it in middle school and played it all the way through college. Something about playing INWO as a weird teenager with my friends and laughing about the intricate, nonsensical power structures that emerged where the Girl Scouts controlled the Trilateral Commission, which controlled breakfast cereals, which controlled . . .

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March 26, 2024: Go Hard Or Go Home!

That's the title of the new Car Warriors anthology from Three Ravens Press. It drops April 19, but you can pre-order it now. I have already read it (gloat) – and this is something that all Car Wars fans will enjoy. (And non-Car Wars fans too, if they find it. And they might. Game lit is a growing genre!) These stories are well-written . . . and exciting . . . and stuff goes fast and blows up.

Here is the Amazon link. Uncle Albert says to click it. Nothing can go wrong!

-- Steve Jackson

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March 25, 2024: On Demand – Internationally!

We recently announced the expansion of our On Demand offerings with two new additions. Well, three . . . err, nine. It's complicated; go check out the past Daily Illuminator posts about the GURPS Basic Set and GURPS Tactical Shooting.

This program – which uses Amazon's print-on-demand technology to keep our library available as physical books – has been remarkably popular. However, it came to my attention that a couple of would-be fans looking to expand their print libraries were having problems because Amazon was telling them that the books were "out of stock."

This turned out to be an easy-to-solve issue: Simply make sure you're ordering from your country's Amazon store! Our links default to the United States, and that's where we link (say) GURPS Tactical Shooting. But if you want to buy it from, for example, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, or Japan, simply make sure . . . [more]

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March 24, 2024: Maker In Glass

A hobby almost completely unconnected to gaming: I love studio glass, and have a small collection. Because it's beautiful.

My most engaging piece is named BRUTUS, which stands for "By Recognizing Universal Truths Unconsciousness Subsides." It's also a reference to the "brutalist" style of architecture. BRUTUS is a marble run . . . made of glass! This is art that does things!

BRUTUS was created by Bandhu Durham, who literally wrote the book on the "lampworking" style of glass art. He's putting Contemporary Lampworking into a two-volume fourth edition, supported by an Indiegogo. If you are a Maker in glass, or want to be . . . have a look.

Here are links to three different BRUTUS videos:

Start with this 20-second clip, shot after it was installed at my house.

If you like it, here's a longer one.

If you really like it, here's the 25-minute documentary about the making and testing . . . [more]

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