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James Ernest
James Ernest is a game designer and professional juggler who has been designing and publishing games since 1993. He began his game design career writing and designing for Wizards of the Coast. In 1996, he founded Cheapass Games which has published over 100 original games. In 2003, he joined with Mike Selinker to create Lone Shark Games. In 2019, after licensing the Cheapass Games line to Greater Than Games, LLC,…
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he launched a new website for Crab Fragment Labs, where he posts articles, videos and new game designs. He is also noted for being a good poker player among the various game designers who play at trade shows. Abridged List of Notable Games 1996 Kill Doctor Lucky 1996 Give Me the Brain! 1996 Before I Kill You, Mister Spy... 1998 Lord of the Fries 2002-2005 Game: Diceland 2003 Light Speed (with Tom Jolly) 2004 Pirates of the Spanish Main (with Mike Selinker) 2006 Gloria Mundi (with Mike Selinker) 2010 Lords of Vegas (with Mike Selinker) 2013 Pairs (with Paul Peterson) 2017 Tak (with author Patrick Rothfuss) Note: This is a different person than James Arnold Albert Ernst (1916-1989), an American pulp artist.
Biography and credits from BoardGameGeek.
Designed and illustrated 23 games
Designed 240 games
Tak
12 Days
Brawl
Nexus
Deadfall
Spree!
Renfield
Panic!
Cowpoker
Get Out
Vegas
Huzzah!
Flip
Fancy
Vines
Regent
Monster
Castle
Change!
