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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...

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...

There are a lot of pieces I'm putting together here for a long anecdote. You have been warned. I recently had reason to sort through a number of comics I've purchased in the past several months. Some of those comics included the Crisis on Infinite Earths "Facsimile Editions," reprinting the...

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. But making up clues is often boring. Who's got time to create a fake newspaper — or even a convincing newspaper article? If...

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. Besides, those are nifty future plans. I realize, though,...

No, not the most important thing in the world right now, but very important to me. I had my second eye operation this morning. I am still very tired and post-oppy. But I am typing this without glasses. I can see the type on the monitor! One step at a...

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...

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. If you're willing to kick down the right doors. All that is music to the ears of Munchkin players . . . Upgrade your Munchkin Shadowrun game with...