Crab Fragment LLC

10/10/2024

Thanks everyone for the kind birthday wishes today. I don't post much on Facebook, but I'm alway here, quietly watching.

My birthday was a quiet day, just errands and laundry, because the party is next week. If you're not on that list, send me a note and let's figure out why!

And no, it's not because I once invited you and you failed to reply. That's someone else.

01/02/2024

Introducing another new abstract game from James Ernest and Crab Fragment Labs. This one is about as simple as you can get.

"The Gentlemen's Game" - a new abstract game by James Ernest

22/08/2023

Introducing Linos: A Classic Abstract Game - brand new alpha playtest rules now available from Crab Fragment Labs. https://mailchi.mp/82e5feb0f520/introducing-linos-a-classic-abstract-game

04/08/2023

Play The Harvest Today! - A brand new card game awaits you in open beta, at Crab Fragment Labs. https://mailchi.mp/c0658a06dd60/play-the-harvest-today

03/07/2023

Crab Fragment Labs introduces Tomb of the Ancients, now in open beta! -

James Ernest and Crab Fragment Labs are thrilled to welcome their latest board game: Tomb of the Ancients, a puzzle game about digging for treasure in the sand. This game is now in open beta, where it will live until we sell it to a publisher, or until we decide we're done tinkering with it. Tomb o...

04/05/2023

Happy Holidays, Crabs! New games are posted at DriveThru: Boards for Bitin' Off Hedz, and cards for FALLING, Trolls and Pairs Deluxe. -

It’s May the 4th, Star Wars Day, and even though that means absolutely nothing to Crab Fragment Labs, it means a lot to James Ernest. So drink a cup of blue milk, wear something without buttons, and make your calculations for the jump to light speed. Or something to that effect. Bitin’ Off Hedz ...

13/04/2023

Big News from Crab Fragment - Cheapass Games is coming home!

28/02/2023

Fresh Boards For Your Board Games! Crab Fragment Labs is pleased to announce two print-on-demand game boards: Witch Trial and Young Jacob Marley -

17/02/2023

Pairs: Leaf Deck - PAIRS is the "New Classic Pub Game" introduced by Cheapass Games in 2014. This is the hard-to-find Leaf Deck, featuring

07/02/2023

Hedz Shall Be Bitt Off! Crab Fragment Labs announces the open beta of Bitin' Off Hedz, 25th Anniversary Edition, along with lots of other great new things -

Bitin' Off Hedz is a wildly popular Cheapass Game, and it's finally coming back! You're all dinosaurs who are bored out of their minds, racing to go extinct, and bitin' off some hedz along the way. This year marks the 25th anniversary, and that makes us feel about 65 million years old. The Crab Fra...

10/01/2023

2023: A Season of Pairs - Crab Fragment Labs is bringing out at least a dozen Pairs decks and games this year, from the vast Cheapass Games catalog, plus a shiny new edition of Bitin' Off Hedz.

This will be a big year for Pairs at Crab Fragment Labs. We are bringing many of the out-of-print decks to DriveThruCards, and reformatting more than 40 games for a new unified companion book. Below is some of what we’ve done so far.

02/01/2023

Head on over to DriveThruCards! 🦀

Pairs: Goddesses of Cuisine - PAIRS is the "New Classic Pub Game" introduced by Cheapass Games in 2014. This is the Goddesses of Cuisine Deck, featuri