James Ernest is an American game designer and juggler, best known as
the owner and lead designer of Cheapass Games.Prior to founding
Cheapass Games, Ernest worked as a juggler at various venues,
including Camlann Medieval Village, and as a freelancer with Wizards
of the Coast. He also worked for Carbonated Games. He has also created
games for other publishers including Rio Grande Games and WizKids. In
2005, Paizo Publishing created Titanic Games with Ernest and Mike
Selinker.Ernest's games include Unexploded Cow, Kill Doctor Lucky, The
Big Idea and the game originally known as Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond
(that game was eventually renamed after complaints from the owners of
the Bond franchise). He has had success with Kickstarter, successfully
crowdfunding games like a new version of Unexploded Cow and Get Lucky
(which takes the concept and core mechanics of Kill Doctor Lucky and
adapts it as a card game), among others.Ernest wrote, produced,
directed, edited, and created music for the short film The Man Between
(2003) and wrote the book Dealer's Choice: The Complete Handbook of
Saturday Night Poker. His first publication was the book Contact
Juggling in 1990.
the owner and lead designer of Cheapass Games.Prior to founding
Cheapass Games, Ernest worked as a juggler at various venues,
including Camlann Medieval Village, and as a freelancer with Wizards
of the Coast. He also worked for Carbonated Games. He has also created
games for other publishers including Rio Grande Games and WizKids. In
2005, Paizo Publishing created Titanic Games with Ernest and Mike
Selinker.Ernest's games include Unexploded Cow, Kill Doctor Lucky, The
Big Idea and the game originally known as Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond
(that game was eventually renamed after complaints from the owners of
the Bond franchise). He has had success with Kickstarter, successfully
crowdfunding games like a new version of Unexploded Cow and Get Lucky
(which takes the concept and core mechanics of Kill Doctor Lucky and
adapts it as a card game), among others.Ernest wrote, produced,
directed, edited, and created music for the short film The Man Between
(2003) and wrote the book Dealer's Choice: The Complete Handbook of
Saturday Night Poker. His first publication was the book Contact
Juggling in 1990.
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