Cheapass Games:

An unorthodox alternative to Parker Brothers

By Andrea Larson ©

The makers of Cheapass
Games have come to two
conclusions: “[games] cost
too much, and they are at
some level all the same”.
These two ideas led to. the
formation of Cheapass
Games, a small gaming com-
pany devoted to making new
games that don’t cost too
much.

Each Cheapass Game
comes with the essentials,
which include the board,
cards and a rulebook. All the

dice, counters and the like
can be bought separately.
The idea is that almost every-
one has the basic pieces
needed for a board game, so
instead of buying a new set
with every game you can
invest your money and buy
one set. Packaging the
pieces with each game is
something akin to “bundling a
can opener with a can of
beans”.

A classic Cheapass Game
is Devil Bunny Needs a Ham.
In this game you try to avoid
being knocked off a building
by a psychotic bunny who

thinks he may get a ham if he
can knock you off the build-
ing. Devil Bunny Needs a
Ham is, “quirky little strategy
game that plays surprisingly
well’.

Another fun game put out
by Cheapass is Unexploded
Cow, a card game that com-
bines mad cows from
England with unexploded
bombs in France. It is your
mission to make money
exploding cows in your fields
while liberating French towns
along the way. The impor-
tance of your mission is
great, “so round up your herd,

march them through France,
and set them loose behind
the Cordon Rouge”.
Cheapass also has free
games on their website.
These games are essentially
just a list of equipment in
combination with a new set of
rules. These games include
Ceiling Fan Baseball, Lunch
Rush and Roll Out the Gun
Barrels. Most of the free
games found on the site have
been contributed by fan of

‘Cheapass Games.

For more information you
can find Cheapass Games at
www.cheapass.com.

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