Awesome: Cheapass Games

Who loves board games and/or card games?

Everybody. That's who.

Who loves a value?

Me. That's who. And you. You do, too.

Read those sentences with the correct meter and intonation and you've got yourself the next Oscar Mayer hotdog jingle. Instant classic.

Based on the information I just gave you (not the jingle part), each and every one of you will love Cheapass Games. You can't argue with facts, and you shouldn't argue with me.

But I'll let them convince you in their own words:

We here at Cheapass Games are aware of two basic facts about games: they cost too much, and they are at some level all the same.

If you ignore the clever shapes they come in, the cheap little plastic pawns are an interchangeable part of most of the board games in your house. So are the dice, the money, the counters, the pencils, and just about every other random spare part. These generic bits and pieces can account for as much as 75% of a game's production cost, and that cost gets handed to you.

If you had your choice, you'd probably invest a little bit of money in one good set of gaming paraphernalia instead of twenty crappy ones, and then just buy the new part of every "new" game. Yet most companies insist on selling you the whole package every time; it's like bundling a can opener with a can of beans.

Cheapass Games come with the bare essentials: boards, cards, and rulebooks. If you need anything else, we'll tell you. And it's probably something you can scrounge from a game you already own, or buy at a hobby store for less than "they" are charging you for it. Heck, if you need to, you can even buy the parts from us.

And once you've assembled your collection of generic small parts, you can use them for every new Cheapass Game.

Genius! It's almost like open-source for board games. Take that Parker Brothers.

You can buy any selection from their impressive library of games for practically nothing. Although they recommend that you support your local game shop, you can also get your Cheapass games from Paizo.com.

$3.00, $4.00, $7.50, $1.00...the prices are exorbitant. Seriously.

And although I've yet to play a single game from these guys, I most certainly will in the near future. I mean, how can you resist titles like these:

Captain Treasure Boots
Enemy Chocolatier
Secret Tijuana Deathmatch
Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition
Landyland

Landyland? Ha ha! I can't stop being impressed at a name like that.

So, if you enjoy board games or card games or being cool - and you do - then visit the website for Cheapass Games.

Have fun and save money. It's better than not having fun and losing your life savings on a condominium purchase that's turned out to just be a huge financial disaster.

It's true!