The original Illuminati was released in the 1980s and there have been several re-releases. There is also the fact that the World Trade Center was destroyed by two airplanes, not a nuke, but this didn't stop Cutting Edge: 'One can only ask: was a micro-nuclear device used at the base of the Twin Towers as well? That kind of small, but nuclear, explosion would account for the sudden manner the reinforced concrete and steel shell simply crumbled into dust as it fell.' An 'ex-Satanist' claims that the broken fuselage and wingtips of an airplane can be seen in the drawing, but the grey chunks could just as easily be bits of the building. (Also, the Terrorist Nuke is from the 1995 Illuminati: New World Order trading card game, and the WTC had been already the subject of a terrorist bombing attack in 1993. Although admittedly striking, Occam's Razor says coincidence. The other is titled Pentagon, and shows the building in flames. One, titled Terrorist Nuke, shows two skyscrapers resembling (in the way any grey blocks would) the World Trade Center, one of which is exploding in roughly the same place that it was hit by the plane in real life. This is based largely around two cards in particular. In a hilarious turn of events actual conspiracy theorists, such as David Icke and Cutting Edge Ministries, failed to see the satire, noticed the similarities between the cards and their own beliefs and concluded that Jackson knows the truth. The game was inspired by the Illuminatus! Trilogy books, written by Robert Shea and Robert Wilson in the mid-1970s. the titular Illuminati) and plays with various cards that take comical looks at conspiracy theory memes beloved by the tinfoil hat brigade: subliminal messages, the Knights Templar and so forth.

Each player takes the role of a secret society vying for world domination (e.g. Illuminati: The Game of Conspiracy is a tabletop card game designed by Steve Jackson in the 1980s. “ ”'SMOKING GUN' PROOF THAT ILLUMINATI PLAN TO ATTACK ON 9/11 AND BEYOND WAS WELL KNOWN AS FAR BACK AS 1995!

Illuminati card list