Kickstarting a gigantic retrospective on the wonderful, lo-fi Cheapass Games

Cory Doctorow 10:12 am Mon Apr 15, 2019

Carol Monahan writes, "In the summer of 1996, James Ernest began his quest to bring happiness and joy to all the people of the world, by creating clever tabletop games and selling them really cheap. He named his company Cheapass Games, and now he's writing a book about it."

"Cheapass Games in Black and White: A Retrospective" includes the rules and histories of all of our black and white games, from the well-known Kill Doctor Lucky, Lord of the Fries, and Button Men, to many more obscure games, such as Escape from Elba, Pennywise, Dogfight, and The Lost Pueblo of Doctor Green, plus a few prototypes and unreleased games you've never heard of.

Get the complete history of Cheapass Games, all collected into one big heavy book!
On Kickstarter until April 30th.

Cheapass Games in Black and White [Cheapass Games/Kickstarter]

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