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Freeloader PDF

$5.00

You’re a grifter of the utmost skill, mooching off the most generous and gullible marks in all the neighborhood. Collect all the best free stuff, but don’t forget the basics: Food, Clothing, and Shelter. Freeloader is a board game for 3 to 6 useless layabouts.

This is the mostly-original version of Freeloader from Cheapass Games, with PDF files for game board, cards, envelope, and rules.

As with all our print-and-play files, the price for this product is strictly optional. You may also download it for free using the first link below.

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You’re a grifter of the utmost skill, mooching off the most generous and gullible marks in all the neighborhood. Collect all the best free stuff, but don’t forget the basics: Food, Clothing, and Shelter. Freeloader is a board game for 3 to 6 useless layabouts.

This is the mostly-original version of Freeloader from Cheapass Games, with PDF files for game board, cards, envelope, and rules.

As with all our print-and-play files, the price for this product is strictly optional. You may also download it for free using the first link below.

You’re a grifter of the utmost skill, mooching off the most generous and gullible marks in all the neighborhood. Collect all the best free stuff, but don’t forget the basics: Food, Clothing, and Shelter. Freeloader is a board game for 3 to 6 useless layabouts.

This is the mostly-original version of Freeloader from Cheapass Games, with PDF files for game board, cards, envelope, and rules.

As with all our print-and-play files, the price for this product is strictly optional. You may also download it for free using the first link below.

Freeloader was one of the original Cheapass Games, #036.

  • Release Year: 2002

  • Game Type: Board Game

  • Designer: James Ernest

  • Artist: Cheyenne Wright

  • Players: 3 to 6

  • Playing Time: 1 Hour

  • Components to Print: Board, Cards, Rules

  • You Also Need: A Pawn and about 30 counters for each player, and four 6-sided dice

The best things in life are other people’s things.

Freeloader is a game about mooching off others. You will wander the streets trying to “borrow” food, clothing, and shelter, and maybe score a few points with the finer things.

The game board is a loop of six houses (the Doctor, the Lawyer, the Gambler, etc.) plus a deck of things they will absentmindedly lend you. The finer things are worth more points, but without Food, Clothing, and Shelter, you haven’t got a chance!

Freeloader is a hard-to-find Cheapass Game that was printed only once and never really took off. Did it get a fair chance? We have no idea. You should take a look and find out for yourself. And hey, it’s free!

Links:

  • Print-and-Play PDF package (Zip)

  • How to Make Cards Video

  • How to Make Boards Video

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