# California Free State

California Free State is a board game.

- **Complexity:** 2.4 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1996
- **Categories:** Sourcebook (rules/options to enhance play)
- **Mechanics:** Skill Based (buy or gain skills), Point Based (allocate points to get skills, powers, etc), Dice (Primarily d6), Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc), Dice Pool (Roll multiple dice vs target), Exploding Dice (Die may 'explode' into a second roll), Race Based (Player Race/Species affects gameplay)
- **Owned by:** 1 Ludoya players

**Designers:** Michael Blum, Michael Mulvihill, Hilary Ayer, Lori Methany, Robert Cruz, Ed Methany, Diane Piron-Gelman, Anders Swenson, Gordon Monson, Steve Perrin

**Artists:** Buzz Smudgeworthy, Jim Nelson, Joel Biske, Larry MacDougall, Tom Baxa, Karl Waller, Jeff Miracola, Mike Jackson, Jeff Laubenstein, Doug Anderson, Mike Nielsen, Kent Burles, Peter Bergting

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/california-free-state)
- [California Free State in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/california-free-state)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/51549)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-11-11. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._