Y'all May Enjoy This Quiz
You may be an English speaker. You may be in (or from) the United States1. Even if both are true, there are lots of other English speakers from the United States who don't sound anything like you. And that's pretty neat – because you can use those regional variances to...
Sit, Uno, Sit . . . Good Dog
I can't control what my brain thinks. So when my cranial clump suddenly came up with the question of "What game names would also make good names for pets?" . . . well, what choice do I have but to share with you? Then I imagined a cat christened Jenga,...
Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19!
Arrr! TLAP Day be comin' up soon. Not that ye scalawags needs ta hold off on yer piratey talk, if ye please an' I hopes ye does. But on the 19th of September it be mandatory. We gots a bit of an early start here. The Talk Like A Pirate...
Tribes Online Play
Are you a fan of Tribes, the game about prehistoric humanity that I co-authored with Dr. David Brin? Rejoice! Kevin Mitcham has been developing an online version for quite some time . . . now he tells me, and I quote: "The game is much nicer than it was: http://kevinmitcham.com/tribes...
More Virtual Art For Your Real Gaming Inspiration
While taking a jog down memory lane with long-time GURPS contributor Matt Riggsby's recollection of the HTML era of Pyramid, I stumbled across another banger of a thread that he posted in response to a different Daily Illuminator entry. (Honestly, you could do worse than following Matt on Bluesky; his posts...
A Recommendation That's Like An Anvil To The Head
I recently saw Coyote vs. Acme in the theaters. For those who aren't aware, it follows Wile E. Coyote (super-genius) in his efforts to sue the Acme corporation for umpteen years of defective products. It's a "toons in the real world" premise that's executed remarkably well. I don't want to...
One-Shot Adventures For GURPS
It's 1shotadventures.com, and I'm impressed. This is an amazing, well-organized site with dozens of original, illustrated one-shot adventures for GURPS and other RPGs. By my count, there are 44, all with GURPS stats but many statted for other games as well, mostly Call of Cthulhu and OSR/D&D. This treasure trove was...
Coming Soon: The Munchkin 5.5e RPG
Grab your Mace of Sharpness, don your Boots of Butt-Kicking, and get ready to dive down into a dungeon with the Munchkin 5.5e RPG, crowdfunding soon from Lynnvander Studios. You won't need a Wishing Ring anymore – your dream has finally come true! Munchkin took the gaming world by storm...