For centuries Cheapass Games has worked tirelessly, creating amazing tabletop games for the betterment of all Mankind.

James Ernest founded Cheapass Games nearly thirty years ago. It began with a simple premise: Games cost too much, and they are at some level all the same.

Most game publishers inflated their prices by selling you components you don’t need. Cheapass Games were tiny, cheap, and wonderful. And we kept our prices low by asking you to find your own spare parts.

After many years away, James Ernest is finally back at the helm. Games are still too expensive, even if you don’t include the chaos of international trade.

Crab Fragment Labs has already posted many of the older Cheapass Games as free print-and-play PDFs. You’ll find plenty of these games at the Shop, and a longer list at Cheapassic Park.

Now that we’re unambiguously back in charge, you can expect big things.

Along with tidying up the back catalog, Cheapass Games and Crab Fragment Labs will soon bring you new updated versions of the classic games. We will also add most of our back catalog to DriveThruCards, post unreleased expansions from before the big sale, and we’ll even start minting some new games in the classic Cheapass style.

But big things take time. The Cheapass Games catalog has more than 100 games, and twice as many variations and expansions. If there’s something you’d like to see first, please let us know.

And, for the entertainment of our hardestcore fans, we bring you the celebrated “How Much Should I Pay” bar chart first introduced in 2012. Remember that we give this stuff away for free, but we’re also happy to accept your money, if you feel you can help.