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Welcome to Game-it-Yourself!
Welcome to Game-it-Yourself!
(aka GiY),
the internet's largest resource for information on freely available print-and-play games.
What is a print-and-play game? A print-and-play game is a game that can be printed out on your
computer onto card stock and then played. It also includes games that can easily be made with
common game equipment, such as dice, playing cards, pawns, checkers, etc. Here you'll find
links to websites that offer such games. You can view the listing of free games by going to
the Canonical List of Free Print-and-Play Games or by
choosing one of the categories from the column on your left.
But why make your own games? Why not just buy games like everyone else? Well, for one,
games you make yourself can often (but not always) be cheaper than games you'd buy at the
store or online. Also, many people, including some well-known game designers, have released
some of their games to the public for free. Furthermore, making games from scratch can be
a very rewarding hobby whose fruits can be shared with others. Besides, why not?
This website is updated on a mostly weekly basis, with occasional unscheduled hiatuses,
if you know what I mean. Enjoy the games, and if you have any questions please feel free to
drop me a line.
If you enjoy the content on this website, please consider leaving a tip in the tip jar -- just click the 'Click to Give' link on the left side of the main page. Thanks!
Random Game of the Week (02/03/08)
[Solarii] -
You lead one of the Nation of Solarii. Your goal is at the same time to be the only
master of some planets, and also to share other planets with your opponents.
New Games (as of 01/20/08)
- [Conversion] -
A funky board game that uses dice as game pieces. Roll a die, place it on the board. If it’s higher than your
opponent’s adjacent dice, they’re converted into your dice. Whoever has the highest total results by the
time the board is filled is the winner.
- [Pomota] -
A board game abstraction of tactics-genre video games combining elements of Tactics Arena Online and
Greg Stolze’s NoCoPo -- factions from various aspects of pop culture, from B-movies to comics to anime,
battle each other for no good reason at all.
- [Shannon] -
An elegant abstract game inspired by Sudoku and Triple Triad, a CCG mini-game in Final Fantasy 8 --
you place dice on a chess board, converting your opponent’s dice to your color hoping to score the most points
at the end of the game.
- [Tris] -
It’s a little bit Connect 4 and a little bit Tetris, and a whole lot of abstract strategy board game.
Gadzooks!
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Updated Game Entries
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What's new on this site
January 20th, 2008
January 13th, 2008
- I'm back! Happy New Year! Yes, I took another of my 'unscheduled hiatuses' recently due to the holidays, but I'm back in the saddle again, so expect to see the weekly updates again.
- I've added 8 new games to the list.
November 17th, 2007
- Busy week -- I was only able to add 3 new games to the list. Hopefully I'll be able to add more next week.
November 10th, 2007
November 4th, 2007
October 27th, 2007
- Sorry for the delay in updating the website -- been very busy at work. Okay enough excuses -- here's 10 new games to peruse.....
October 6th, 2007
September 29th, 2007
September 21st, 2007
- I've added a link to the main website for a great podcast on print-and-play games, including reviews, web links, and hints on construction. It's called (appropriately enough) The Print and Play Podcast and its done by FNH. You can listen to the podcast at http://printandplay.mypodcast.com/. Check it out -- it's definitely worth the listen.
- I've also added the Amazon Honor System to the website -- this allows visitors to donate to GiY to show their appreciation. Think of it as a 'tip jar' -- and don't worry, the content on this website will remain free.
- I've added 12 new entries to the list.
September 14th, 2007
September 11th, 2007
- For those of you that fear that I have fallen off the face of the earth...... My best friend of 17 years was in town for over a week, so instead of updating the website (which I know I should do), I played games. Lots and lots of games. Can you blame me? [grin] Never fear -- a new update is coming this Friday. Stay tuned....
August 25th, 2007
- Oh boy! Problems, problems, problems! Not only have I been having hardware issues, but it seems that my dear friend who graciously allows me to use his server forgot to register his domain! Oops. Well, if you are reading this, well, I guess you found my new internet home. Please update your bookmarks/favorites to refect the new URL:
http://dragon.tnweb.com/~dseagraves/index.html.
- I've added 4 new games to the list.
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