O.A.S.I.S. Collectible Card Game
O.A.S.I.S. C.C.G. is a collectible card game in development where your students become time travelers who
seek to accumulate enough lore points to solve the problems of their own timeline. They accomplish this by reading books and collecting cards to improve their decks by attaining learning
goals/completing coursework. It ends up being a motivational tool, as well as meeting Common Core content standards involving reading informational text (RI 8.1), argumentation based on textual evidence (SL 8.1), and analyzing characters and elements of plot (RL8.3). This game has been extensively (and successfully) prototyped in an actual classroom setting over the course of two years. We run single
elimination tournament brackets several times a year, and it makes for a good low-stress activity once everyone has completed their weekly Friday assessments.
OASIS CCG Game Rules
Several rules are deliberately vague to encourage students to have arguments that they have to solve using logic, evidence, and, hopefully, good will. Example: Who wins if 2 or more players have an identical score when all cards have been played or time runs out? Is "prevents the loss of one lore" the same as "prevents one loss of lore?" The kids have to figure it out and agree upon the rule. Don't do it for them. If all else fails, they have to appoint a neutral student to be the judge/interpreter of the rules.
OASIS CCG Game Rules.pdf
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Several rules are deliberately vague to encourage students to have arguments that they have to solve using logic, evidence, and, hopefully, good will. Example: Who wins if 2 or more players have an identical score when all cards have been played or time runs out? Is "prevents the loss of one lore" the same as "prevents one loss of lore?" The kids have to figure it out and agree upon the rule. Don't do it for them. If all else fails, they have to appoint a neutral student to be the judge/interpreter of the rules.
OASIS CCG Game Rules.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [463.1 KB]
OASIS CCG Starter Deck
This contains the 15 cards that make up the basic deck. Each student gets two copies of each card. Note that they will need a total of five sheets of cards. Have the kids cut out their own cards. Print on 67lb white cardstock. They will fit into standard size card sleeves and deck boxes for poker-sized cards (same size as Magic the Gathering cards).
CCG Starter Deck v2.pdf
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This contains the 15 cards that make up the basic deck. Each student gets two copies of each card. Note that they will need a total of five sheets of cards. Have the kids cut out their own cards. Print on 67lb white cardstock. They will fit into standard size card sleeves and deck boxes for poker-sized cards (same size as Magic the Gathering cards).
CCG Starter Deck v2.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [425.5 KB]
CCG Boosters Tom Sawyer
Sample boosters from a unit on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. We studied the overt/casual racism of minstrel shows and blackface, so there is a card on that topic. Use with caution if you haven't covered that topic.
CCG Boosters Tom Sawyer.pdf
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Sample boosters from a unit on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. We studied the overt/casual racism of minstrel shows and blackface, so there is a card on that topic. Use with caution if you haven't covered that topic.
CCG Boosters Tom Sawyer.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [1.0 MB]
Public Release Blank Template CCG Booster
Blank PDF for printing. You fill out the card rules and flavor text. Students draw their own art. Or you can have an artist draw a master that you copy.
Public Release Blank Template CCG Booste[...]
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Blank PDF for printing. You fill out the card rules and flavor text. Students draw their own art. Or you can have an artist draw a master that you copy.
Public Release Blank Template CCG Booste[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [84.4 KB]
Public Release Blank Template CCG Booster
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