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Cheapass Update: Save Doctor Lucky and More
Added Nov. 29, 1999
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The major overhaul of the Cheapass Games Secret Web Site continues, with a few of the new features being rolled out, including the online shopping cart and a list of Cheapass retailers.

In related news, the Button Men site from Cheapass is up and running at http://www.beatpeopleup.com/. It doesn't have much content as of this report, but company CEO James Ernest promises it will feature "information on upcoming events, as well as full character lists, strategy discussions, rules, multi-player variants, and other items of interest."

But perhaps the biggest item out of Cheapass is a tentative lineup for year 2000 games:


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"Starting in January (and this is pretty certain) look for a 6-character Button Men expansion starring the characters from Brawl. Hey, we bought this art, and we're gonna use it. After that, the spring schedule may or may not contain great titles like Secret Tijuana Deathmatch; Don of Time (by guest writer Paul Peterson); The Great Brain Robbery; Devil Bunny Hates the Earth; Save Doctor Lucky; and US Patent Number One.

"We are also negotiating with Phil Foglio to create a color card game based on his upcoming comic series "Girl Genius," and we're working on a couple of exceptionally cool (but top secret) licenses for expansions to Brawl."

Uh, did you say Save Doctor Lucky? But I've enjoyed trying to kill the old guy so much...



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