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We're on our break now. Wishes are allowed. I'd really like world peace, honest taxes, and no mosquito bites. But I'll put my game hat on and hope that you get a good break, and that you get to - • Play a brand new game! • Play an old...

The following seems like an idea that might have been done before (after all, the Daily Illuminator's been around 31 years), but I'm not finding any evidence (although, if I'm wrong, feel free to let me know!). So, I present for your contemplation, some life lessons one can take away...

Being the editor of game material can be tricky. Not only do I need to confirm that sentences are grammatical, but I also need to ensure they make sense in the larger context. That larger context includes checking that terms of art are used correctly. Three of the more challenging...

For tabletop gamers in a mystery-type campaign, here's a simple and probably cheap way to add some tactile and visual pizzazz to your game: common locks. If you've lived as long as I have, you've quite possibly acquired a drawer of various locking-type mechanisms over the years . . ....

We at Steve Jackson Games are honored to have the opportunity to partner with several great organizations who are using gaming for good.   Desert Bus for Hope is an annual livestream event which raises money for Child's Play. This year, Desert Bus streamed around the clock for just under seven...

The Saturday before Thanksgiving was supposed to feature relaxing fun and games at a small party. That did happen; it was fun, great people, great food, and the attendees got to see something very, very unusual: me in a skirt. And thereby hangs this tale: You see, I left the...

In an Illuminator here, I wrote about Holotype, a game which I enjoyed very much. Long story short, it's a worker-placement game about digging fossils and doing dinosaur science. All the game mechanics fit together very nicely and it's a lot of fun. (And here, I offered some optional rules...

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