Independent game & puzzle design

Board games &
Logic puzzles.

A small collection of games and puzzles, made in my spare time. Free to play.

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Games & Puzzles

Critter Clues
Live Daily

Critter Clues

Cats always tell the truth and foxes always lie, but who's who? Use their conflicting statements to deduce the solution. A new puzzle every day.

Logic puzzle ↗
Ribbon & Root
Playtesting 2 playersSimultaneous turns

Ribbon & Root

Grow a garden across four seasons, compete for shared resources, and impress the judges at each horticulture show. The catch: every turn, both players plan in secret and reveal their orders at the same time.

Worker placement ↗
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In the Works

The Dreamer's Codex
In development iOSAndroidNarrative

The Dreamer's Codex

A recovered journal, circa 1922. The author documents a series of recurring geometric dreams with constantly evolving rules. The journal was left unsolved with troubling messages addressed to future readers.

Puzzle
Abracadabble
Concept Family2-4 players

Abracadabble

A card game about rival sorcerers putting on the most spectacular magical display. Each turn you split a hand of elemental performers into two piles and offer them to your opponent — they pick one, you get the other. Designed to play with small kids.

Card game
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About

I make board games and logic puzzles in my spare time, and I like sharing what I make.

My background is in physics, math, and software engineering, which probably shows. I like systems with clean rules that open up in ways you didn't expect. I want my puzzles to make you work a little — to actually have to think. That's the part I find most satisfying to design.

Influences

Dominion Card game
St. Petersburg Board game
Factorio Video game
Zach Barth Game designer
Abstract algebra Mathematics
My family Tastemakers

Get in touch

rpd@rpdgames.com

Feedback, ideas, or just to say you enjoyed a puzzle