Cheapass Games

Ernest originally developed the idea for selling basic games without all the common components while freelancing at Wizards of the Coast during the 1990s.

In October 2007, Cheapass Games stopped updating their web site; a message on the homepage explained: "Cheapass Games is in the process of hibernating, which means we can be a bit sluggish and hard to reach.

Most of us have moved on to better careers, and James Ernest is slumbering peacefully in a warm hole in the ground."

This way, you can read the rules, make a copy, and even play the thing, before you decide what it's worth.

[7] They have since opened a website with many free PDF offerings of older Cheapass Games titles.

Cheapass Games provides a chart of suggested donations based on the recipient's profession/income level at their website.