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Illuminati New World Order
''Illuminati: New World Order'' (''INWO'') is an out-of-print collectible card game (CCG) that was released in 1994 by Steve Jackson Games, based on their original boxed game Illuminati (game), Illuminati, which in turn was inspired by the 1975 book ''The Illuminatus! Trilogy'' by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea. An OMNI sealed-deck league patterned after the Atlas Games model was also developed. The 409-card set was sold in packages containing two 55-card starter decks and in 15-card booster packs.The booster packs contained cards of the types 'Group' and 'Plot', but not 'Illuminati'. The INWO Factory Set was a collector's set released in April 1995, containing one of each of the 403 cards in the base set plus blank cards and three of each Illuminati card. Steve Jackson Games published a 144-page player's guide titled ''The INWO Book'' in April 1995 that contained rules, strategies, color prints of all cards, and also included a rare card from the Unlimited Edition. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Jackson (US Game Designer)
Steve Jackson (born c. 1953) is an American game designer whose creations include the role-playing game ''GURPS'' and the card game ''Munchkin''. Education Steve Jackson is a 1974 graduate of Rice University, where he was a resident of Baker College before moving to Sid Richardson College when it opened in 1971. Jackson briefly attended the UT Law School, but left to pursue a career in game design. Career 1970s: Metagaming Concepts While working at Metagaming Concepts, Jackson developed ''Monsters! Monsters!'' (''ca.'' 1976) based on a design by Ken St. Andre related to his ''Tunnels & Trolls'' role-playing game, and ''Godsfire'' (1976), a 3D space conquest game designed by Lynn Willis. Jackson's first design for the company was ''Ogre'' (1977), followed by '' G.E.V.'' (1978), which were set in the same futuristic universe that Jackson created. Jackson became interested in ''Dungeons & Dragons'', but found the various-sized dice irritating and the combat rules confusing an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |