Testing out new mechanics for distributing research missions in LEONID. We survived, and ended with a score of 1 out of 100, phew! Playtesting this game with my son is an absolute joy, so that's a good sign.
Mark Goadrich
@mgoadrich.bsky.social
Professor of Computer Science, Designer of Games, Baker of Sourdough, Maker with Wood.
Samarra has a new PCIO file with updated card graphics! Thanks for the encouragement @seandavidross.bsky.social This is my first time making a template for Playingcards.io, I welcome any and all advice for improvement. drive.google.com/file/d/17YgI...
Just entered Samarra in the 54 Card Game Design Contest at BGG! I finalized the card designs, and added in a few extra cards for fun of historical landmarks at the 4 in-game locations. Here is a PNP PDF for the game, let me know if you play! drive.google.com/file/d/1O8nw...
Samarra-pnp-V0.4.pdf
drive.google.com
I thought I would be satisfied with Samarra using a standard deck of cards, but I couldn't get them out of my head. So I drew cards.
Introducing Samarra, a two-player asymmetrical rummyesque card game! Will the Merchant survive their appointment with Death? Playable with two traditional decks with identical backs. Looking for feedback, please let me know if you play. Hoping to have a BGG page soon! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Knee deep in prototype development. Was getting lost in graphic design, so went back to business cards and sharpies to make progress.
I spent last summer and fall on sabbatical, putting significant time into CardStock github.com/mgoadric/car... my research project on general game playing for card games. One outcome of this work is Valet: a diverse and comprehensive testbed of 21 traditional card games. mgoadric.github.io/valet/
Valet | Traditional Card Game Testbed
Valet is a diverse and comprehensive testbed of 21 traditional imperfect-information card games. These games span multiple genres, cultures, player counts, deck structures, mechanics, winning condi...
mgoadric.github.io
Had a wonderful #sigcse2026 giving a tutorial on unplugged manipulatives for CS2 Data Structures! mgoadric.github.io/cs2mulch/ They are freely available as PNP files, and we made a Crowd Sale at @thegamecrafter.bsky.social for affordable physical copies. www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cs...
CROWD SALE
A collection of physical manipulatives to support teaching advanced data structure concepts in computer science.
mgoadric.github.io