Games That Are No Longer Free

An alphabetical list of print-and-play games that are no longer freely available


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One of the most unfortunate things about the free games that are available online is that they don't always remain free or available. Ideas are sold to commercial companies, playtesting ends, websites go down... However, just because a game is no longer free doesn't mean it should disappear from the face of the 'net -- or from Game-it-Yourself, for that matter. Here you'll find entries for games that either are no longer free or are no longer available. I've decided to keep these entries so that there will be a record of their existence, especially for those of you that knew these games were available but just can't find them anymore.

Games that are no longer freely available, listed alphabetically
(Click on the game's entry for more info)

[0-9]

  • [12 Disciples] - A religious themed card game for 2 players
  • [18FL] - 18FL is an '18xx' game set in Florida. 18FL is a small 18xx game, in the style of Mark Derrick’s 'one-state' games 18GA and 18AL, and is intended as a change from the more robust 18xx games often played.
  • [18Scan] - 18Scan is an 18xx game set in the Scandinavian peninsula of Northern Europe. It includes most of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.
  • [18US] - A complex 18xx game set in the lower 48 states with a substantial number of alterations to the 'customary' 18xx rules.
  • [18VA] - An 18xx game set in Virginia as well as pertinent neighboring areas of Maryland and the District of Columbia.

[A]

  • [Axis of Evil - 2007] - So it begins...World War III. Who will ultimately become the great superpowers of the world? Will Europe and America prevail again or will they be consumed by the new Axis of Evil?

[B]

  • [The Balkans - 1999] - NATO and US forces feel that the only way to stop the 'ethnic cleansing' in Kosovo is to launch a ground campaign against Serbian forces. Meanwhile, Russia refuses to sit idlly while an old ally is attacked and begins to bring 'volunteer forces' into the area. Who will win this showdown in the Balkans?
  • [Barbarossa Solitaire] - A solitaire game simulating the Nazi-Soviet conflict of 1941 to 1945. Player moves the Nazi forces against a simulated Russian enemy.
  • [Battle for Armageddon] - a strategic boardgame representing the conflict between invading Orks and the Imperial world of Armageddon's defence forces. (no longer freely available)
  • [Behind Every Good Man] - It's your job to try and make something out of your man, or at least change him enough that you won't be embarassed taking him out once in a while.
  • [Building Babel] - Players try to build the legendary 'TOWER OF BABEL' while God is out to stop them!

[C]

  • [Catnap!] - It's a lazy, crazy race around the house to end up right back where you started ... doing nothing! Oh yeah, did I mention the evil twins who are out to humiliate and torture you?
  • [Chasing Cogs] - Your machines are broken and you need to chase down some new cogs to fix them. Trouble is, some one else might beat you to it ...
  • [Coffee Table Caverns] - Simple fantasy combat miniatures rules, suitable for coffe tables everywhere...
  • [Cuban Missile Crisis - 1962] - 'Contact Atlanta Command. Execute Operation Scabbards in 24 hours. If we have to fight, then we will choose the time and the place.' The United States was going to war!

[D]

  • [Diabolical Doomsday Designers] - Don't just complain about how sorry the world is -- Do something about it! Why not TAKE OVER THE WORLD and have things your way for a change?
  • [Dish Pan Hands] - It's a frantically fast paced, and cut-throat battle to say or do ANYTHING, if only it keeps you from having to scrub those pots and pans!
  • [Domino Derby] - A quirky little racing game similar to games like 'Sorry' or 'Pachisi' using dominoes.

[E]

  • [Epidemic] - Epidemics are striking the world! How many will you be able to complete before the outbreaks are contained?

[F]

  • [Fort Knox] - A game for 3 to 5 players, who will have to prove their ability to find clues the hard way...stepping in the shoes of the 'unknown robbers.'

[G]

  • [Galaxy Grid] - Four remote controlled gS3 Tanks manuever the grid attempting to disable opponent tanks. Command your tank to victory!

[J]

  • [Joker's Gambit] - A game for those who don't play with a full deck! Using a limited number of cards (some with special abilities) each player tried to back the other into a position where they cannot move.

[K]

  • [Kaiju] - Kaiju is a board game in which the player plays the role of a giant monster similar to famous japanese daikaiju eiga like Godzilla or Gamera.
  • [Katt and Mowz: The Cartoon Catastophes] - Katt and Mowz have been in the cartoon business for more years than you can shake a stick at (and they know ... they've shaken a lot of sticks!) Nothing is too Good or too Bad to come between them ... except maybe a chance at FINALLY becoming famous! (Not to mention Clubs, Anvils, and a Steam Roller or two!)

[L]

  • [La Guerre de l'Empereur] - La Guerre de l'Empereur is a game of maneuver and battle between the forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and six other nations that both opposed and supported him at various times in the years between 1805 and 1815.
  • [Leader of the Pack] - Do you have the HEART to CLUB down your opponents? Watch Out! ... they might just give it back in SPADES! A little gem of a game for all you DIAMONDS in the rough.

[M]

  • [Merchants of Empire] - Each player is a rich merchant trying to extend his influence in the religious, political and economic spheres; the stakes are nothing less than the Emperor's favour.
  • [Missions? Impossible!] - 'Missions? Who ... Us? Impossible!' It's time to go out on a limb and invest yourself in a scheme that's just so absurdly crazy it might even work! Or not ...

[O]

  • [Operation: SEALION-1940] - Hitler approves plans for an upcoming invasion of the United Kingdom. A plan called Operation: SEALION. The invasion of the United Kingdom is about to begin!
  • [Over-Draughts] - The ONLY Game of High-Finance, Big Risk Banking and Corporate Take-Overs all played out on a Wee little Board.

[Q]

[S]

  • [The Second Korean War - 2009] - Will the communists drive the Allies into the sea or will the American and South Koreans press on past the Yalu and bring total peace to the region?
  • [Steppin' Stones] - You're Stuck in the Muck and there's only one way out ... lay out a series of stepping stones and run your way across.
  • [Synapse] - Synapse is a two-player game where players race to arrange their cards into scoring positions. Like many real-time games, the play of the cards is fast and furious, then the scoring takes a little while as players figure out who actually won!

[T]

  • [Table Top Troopers] - Go and dig all those Little Green Army Men out of the back of the closet, dust them off, and begin the battles all over again.
  • [Tangled Webs] - The Bugs are taking up arms (and they've got a lot to take up!) against their long time oppressor - the Spider. No more having to watch where you're flying! No more being left hanging! No more being eaten! This time it's personal!
  • [The Ten Thousand - 2000] - The German chancellor has demanded the disarmament and the immediate removal of all US military personnel in Central Europe. However, Lt. General Al Malin, refuses to disarm without a fight and leads a bold, yet desparate plan to invade Germany, recover the nuclear weapons, and march his units to the North Sea to uphold American military honor.
  • [TLC (Toad and Lizard Carnage)] - It seems that the Beer companies have been spying out your marsh as a possible location for their next Super Bowl commercial. There’s only one problem, they say the place is just too crowded.
  • [Towers of Terror] - Who says engineers can't be warriors? Join with them as they hit the training grounds that will one day prove their 'metal' (and wood, and gears, and ...)
  • [Tricky Tiles] - A game of tile laying, similar in may ways to the game Blokus, played with triangular tiles on a hexagonal board.

[V]

  • [Vietnam Conflict - 1969] - What if the American military had decided to launch an invasion of North Vietnam to force them to sue for peace? Could things have turned out differently or would things have been made even worse?

[W]

  • [Wrath of the Ancients] - Use all of your divine powers, the proper timing, and a little luck from the Fates to forever DOOM this civilization... just as you have so many ungrateful civilizations before it!
  • [World War III - 1988] - With approximately 20,000 Soviet-made tanks in Europe and over 1 million men under arms moving into the Fulda gap and other choke poinst along West Germany, NATO may be in for the fight of its very existence as each nation involved is both hunter and prey.
  • [World War III: Arctic Front - 1989] - World War III is over. Or is it? Moscow has surrendered, but Siberia defies the cease-fire and has enlisted the aid of China to hit the American-led UN force in a deadly suprise attack.
  • [World War III: Asian Front - 1989] - American forces seek to maintain a cease-fire between China and the new republic of Sibir (Siberia). The truce collapses, and China and the United States, the post-Cold War's two superpowers, are at war.


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