In 2019, James Ernest collected the entire Cheapass Games oeuvre into a single volume, Cheapass Games in Black and White. This hefty tome includes covers, sample art, complete rules, and entertaining history for every game in the line, more than 100 games in total, starting with Kill Doctor Lucky in 1996.
If you’re a student of game design, or just curious about the history of one small publisher, this book should provide hours of entertainment and edification.
Note that while this book does not include complete playable versions of most of these games, a good number of them are available elsewhere on this site.
In 2019, James Ernest collected the entire Cheapass Games oeuvre into a single volume, Cheapass Games in Black and White. This hefty tome includes covers, sample art, complete rules, and entertaining history for every game in the line, more than 100 games in total, starting with Kill Doctor Lucky in 1996.
If you’re a student of game design, or just curious about the history of one small publisher, this book should provide hours of entertainment and edification.
Note that while this book does not include complete playable versions of most of these games, a good number of them are available elsewhere on this site.
