Cheapass Games On Being Cheap And Good

Thanks to GameGirlAdvance for pointing to an OgreCave.com interview with James Ernest, the founder of noted low-price, high-fun board/card game makers Cheapass Games. As the interview notes, "With a mantra of 'Games: they cost too much, and they are at some level all the same', Cheapass virtually created the cheap games market, selling the boards and cards for their games packaged in white paper bags. Shortly after taking gamers by storm with Kill Doctor Lucky, Spree, and a number of humorous titles, James and Cheapass were being imitated right and left. What did it take to get where Cheapass is now, and how does the company plan to stay on top of the cheap games heap?" The interview also notes Cheapass' diversification into videogame publishing, putting out Digital Eel's titles, including Dr Blob's Organism.

Comments

Strange Adventures in Infinite Space

[easychord]

I downloaded the demo of this a while ago enjoyed it for a couple of hours and forgot about it.

I'm sure that if I saw it in a shop for about 7 GBP / 10 USD I would have bought it and would have been happy with it.

Gaming needs a company like cheapass games putting out good or indifferent games by small indy development teams. And getting them in shops, these things should be impulse buys.

Devil Bunny

[BigDork1001]

Devil Bunny Needs a Ham is one of the most fun games I've ever played.

There's nothing like having some friends over, having some beer and playing Devil Bunny. And the best part, it costs $2.50.