Reflecting reality (I have to do that sometimes), Media groups get a bonus either to control or to destroy other Media groups.Īnd we changed the physical format a bit. Reason: the "red menace" is no longer at the forefront of conspiracy-theory discourse, and government bodies, at least in the US, are more at odds than they have been in my lifetime.īut we also created a new alignment, ironing out a rules wrinkle in the process. To keep up with today's reality, I dropped a pair of alignments: Communist and Government. The thing that really makes it a new edition, though, is the rule changes. Likewise, the card layout style has been changed slightly credit Gabby Ruenes with that. He knows when to go over the top, and when to stay just under the top (is that even a thing?). Lar is fun to work with, and his art encapsulates "insane" very nicely. Sometimes we have to run as hard as we can just to keep up with the present.īut yes, all the art, except for the iconic symbols on the Illuminati cards themselves, is new. The Yuppies and Moonies aren't as relevant as they used to be, but now we have Antifa and Vloggers. This meant dropping some of the old cards, of course 15 came out, to be replaced by brand new ones.
Of the 110 cards in the set, 57 are new, retitled, or changed in some nontrivial way. The 2018 version is an actual new edition, not just a reprint with new art. But it's still fun to have the Congressional Wives controlling the Boy Sprouts, and it's always good to destroy the IRS. When you have national politicians repeating the crazy ideas, it gets harder to laugh.
In some ways, conspiracy theory isn't as funny as it used to be. Now 35 years have passed, the world has changed, and it's time for a new edition. (I read your books and made the rest up, numbskulls!) We still hear from these people once in a while the best ones go to the bulletin board. It was also well received, and actually drew some attention from real conspiracy theorists, who wanted to know how I could possibly have found out all that stuff. At the height of the original collectible card game mania, we did a CCG version, INWO (for Illuminati New World Order). (You know it better as the Origins Award.) Roberts award for Best SF Boardgame of the Year. It was well received, winning the Charles S. It was first released in 1982 in Pocket Box format. Illuminati was around my fifth or sixth game, and it's still my most original in play mechanics. Illuminati Second Edition Designer's Notes
0 kommentar(er)
