Comments on: Get ready to burn through a lot of ink!

Get ready to burn through a lot of ink!

jbickers — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:24:01 -0800

"A Solitaire Civization game that's compact enough to play on a plane ... Using only a pad of paper, a pencil, and a specialized deck of cards, lead your civilization through the ages to become ... civilized." A free "print-and-play" board game.

What's that? You're not familiar with print-and-play board games? Friend, get ready to get chummy with your printer! Start with Board Game Geek's "Free-to-print games that might actually be worth printing." If that's not enough, there's a canonical list, a list of former retail games that are now available at no charge, and for those needing a quick fix, a list of PnP games that can be ready to go in five minutes. (Oh, there's also a print-and-play podcast which does some really thorough reviews each week, with links.)

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:19:15 -0800

Nice. Thanks.

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:40:27 -0800

I love the cross-pollination between BGG and here. The five minute PnP list could have been an entry by itself! I need to print this up and teach it to my son.

By: Durn Bronzefist

Durn Bronzefist — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:41:01 -0800

Aw, this takes me back to the day when I suggested to a friend that we print out Magic cards and just enjoy stocking and playing truly customizable decks... and he freaked out because he'd spent so much on his that anyone who wanted to play with him better be prepared to do same. Jerk. This looks cool. Cheers.

By: sondrialiac

sondrialiac — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:00:03 -0800

Wait, are we talking civilized enough to institutionalize slavery or civilized enough to commit genocide?

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:09:59 -0800

You're my hero.

By: Samuel Farrow

Samuel Farrow — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:02:46 -0800

Best of the web. Great post, thanks.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:31:54 -0800

I was going to link to How To Host A Dungeon, as being a kind of fantasy version of this that in the end produces a cavern layout suitable for adaption for group pen-and-paper RPG play, but I just noticed it's gone the "pro/lite" route, where the full, a.k.a. real, version is 5 bucks. So, no link for them. Google it if it sounds interesting.

By: Kwine

Kwine — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:42:13 -0800

This is excellent. Thanks!

By: JHarris

JHarris — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:10:24 -0800

This is one of the most awesome posts I've seen here in a while.

By: MikeMc

MikeMc — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:03:55 -0800

I'm having a vision of the color laser printer in my work area getting quite a workout...

By: brain cloud

brain cloud — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:01:01 -0800

Whoa. Crazy cool. Thank you!!

By: Lord_Pall

Lord_Pall — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:09:49 -0800

I need to figure out how to print cards without readily available perforated cards. I suspect it involves accuracy with a paper cutter, but it's hard to be THAT accurate. Any alternative suggestions? Or just be less twitch?

By: Lord_Pall

Lord_Pall — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:13:08 -0800

That would be less twitchy, not less twitch. See my problem?

By: Richard Daly

Richard Daly — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:57:28 -0800

x-acto blades and an aluminum ruler have always been my preferred method of cutting paper. Just run the knife down the edge of the ruler like you're drawing a line. Lock your wrist on the hand with the knife and use your elbow and shoulder instead. Stand at a table instead of sitting down. Be careful not to cut off the thumb of the hand holding the ruler.

By: icheyne

icheyne — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:18:09 -0800

@Lord_Pall Two other approaches: 1. print directly onto business cards 2. print onto labels and stick them to cards

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:03:53 -0800

I can tell just by looking at this that my boyfriend is going to totally hate you for posting this as it will probably lead to me, like other game addictions before, ignoring him. So I thank you -- for now at least :)

By: jbickers

jbickers — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:14:19 -0800

If you're willing to spend a few bucks for a game (and literally, I mean a few bucks), this site is also excellent. Solitaire Caesar could easily fetch $30 if it were in a box on a store shelf.

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:54:58 -0800

Other wonderful free and cheap games can be found over at Cheap Ass Games, though, occasionally, their descriptions are more enjoyable than the games themselves.

By: Sam.Burdick

Sam.Burdick — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:51:45 -0800

anyone playing this game right now? I'm trying to find an explanation for the "a" and "b" on the event cards

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:51:49 -0800

anyone playing this game right now? I'm trying to find an explanation for the "a" and "b" on the event cards Go ask over at the game's page on boardgamegeek and they'll help you out in a hurry.