Boardgames for broke and bored

I love games and I love getting together with friends to play all sorts of games. Usually we play RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons, but occasionally we need the fun and ease boardgames can provide. Oh sure, you can always bust out the Star Wars Monopoly set or Clue, but sometimes you're in the mood for something different. Enter Cheapass Games:

http://www.cheapass.com/

Cheapass Games makes unusual boardgames that are easy to learn, challenging and fun. Take for example Kill Doctor Lucky: this game plays like a reverse Clue, where all of the players try to kill off the good doctor as he moves through an old mansion. All of the games are extraordinarily cheap; most are less than $10, though even a good number of those are under $5. And as a bonus, most of the games can be completed in an hour or less.

However, if you're on an even tighter budget, you can simply download and print boardgames from Game-it Yourself:

http://www.runestoneit.com/~dseagraves/board_games.html

The downloads give you the rules and a board if appropriate and you use whatever coins, tokens, toys, dice or Lego brick you might have lying around. Most of the games are free, though a few now charge a nominal fee for download.