Matt Leacock
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Matt Leacock

56 games 222 3D models Designed 56 games Art for 2 games

Matt Leacock is a game designer who is best known for cooperative games, including Pandemic, Forbidden Island, Pandemic Legacy: Season 1, and Daybreak. He has been designing games full time since 2014. Prior to that he was a user experience designer at Sococo, Yahoo!, AOL, Netscape, and Apple. His name is pronounced "Matt LEE-cock" "I design the games that I want to play and teach. I have a hard time imagining…

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doing game design for a paycheck." -- Matt Leacock Microbadge: - Matt Leacock fan Notable Awards and Achievements 2008 Pandemic - awarded Family Game of the Year by Games Magazine, nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2009 Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age - awarded Family Game of the Year by Games Magazine, nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2010 Forbidden Island - awarded Mensa Select + Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game, nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2013 Forbidden Desert - awarded Mensa Select + Golden Geek Best Children's Board game 2016 Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 - nominated for the Kennerspiel des Jahres 2018 Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 - awarded the SdJ Special Prize 2022 Pandemic - inducted to The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Hall of Fame 2024 Daybreak - awarded the Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024 Pandemic - entered the BGG Hall of Fame 2024 Matt Leacock - inducted to The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Hall of Fame

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Designed and illustrated 2 games

Pandemic: Rising Tide box cover Pandemic: Rising Tide · 2017
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Power Kitty 2009 0

Designed 54 games

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 box cover Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 · 2015
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Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West box cover Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West · 2023
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The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship box cover The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship · 2025
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Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 box cover Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 · 2020
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Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 box cover Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 · 2017
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Iberia box cover Iberia · 2016
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Pandemic box cover Pandemic · 2008
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Daybreak box cover Daybreak · 2023
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Fall of Rome box cover Fall of Rome · 2018
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Reign of Cthulhu box cover Reign of Cthulhu · 2016
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Forbidden Desert box cover Forbidden Desert · 2013
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Pandemic: The Cure box cover Pandemic: The Cure · 2014
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Forbidden Island box cover Forbidden Island · 2010
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Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age box cover Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age · 2008
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Era: Medieval Age box cover Era: Medieval Age · 2019
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Thunderbirds box cover Thunderbirds · 2015
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Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America box cover Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America · 2020
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Forbidden Jungle box cover Forbidden Jungle · 2023
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Forbidden Sky box cover Forbidden Sky · 2018
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Pandemic: Hot Zone – Europe box cover Pandemic: Hot Zone – Europe · 2021
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Space Escape box cover Space Escape · 2017
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Knit Wit box cover Knit Wit · 2016
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Ziggurat box cover Ziggurat · 2024
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Animal Rescue Team box cover Animal Rescue Team · 2025
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Chariot Race box cover Chariot Race · 2016
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The Four Doors box cover The Four Doors · 2025
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Lunatix Loop box cover Lunatix Loop · 2000
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Era: Medieval Age – Collector Set 5 box cover Era: Medieval Age – Collector Set 5 · 2021
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Era: Medieval Age – Collector Set 2 box cover Era: Medieval Age – Collector Set 2 · 2020
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Era: Medieval Age – Rivers & Roads Expansion box cover Era: Medieval Age – Rivers & Roads Expansion · 2020
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Pandemic: The Cure – Experimental Meds box cover Pandemic: The Cure – Experimental Meds · 2016
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Thunderbirds: Tracy Island box cover Thunderbirds: Tracy Island · 2016
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Thunderbirds: Above & Beyond box cover Thunderbirds: Above & Beyond · 2016
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Pandemic: State of Emergency box cover Pandemic: State of Emergency · 2015
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Thunderbirds: Devious Schemes Promo Card Set box cover Thunderbirds: Devious Schemes Promo Card Set · 2015 Promo
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Forbidden Desert: Storm Tracker Gear Card box cover Forbidden Desert: Storm Tracker Gear Card · 2013 Promo
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Roll Through the Ages: The Late Bronze Age box cover Roll Through the Ages: The Late Bronze Age · 2009
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Pandemic: On the Brink box cover Pandemic: On the Brink · 2009
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Forbidden Legacy 2026 0
Flickering Stars 2026 0
EXPO 1889 2025 0
Pandemic Iberia: Festival 2024 0
Forbidden Jungle: Three Card Promo Pack Promo 2023 0
Era: Medieval Age – Collector Set 4 2021 0
Era: Medieval Age – Collector Set 3 2020 0
Era: Medieval Age – Collector Set 1 2019 0
Blank: Blankdemic 2018 0
Forbidden Sky: Ledge Extender Promo Card Promo 2018 0
Thunderbirds: The Hood 2016 0
Pandemic: Promo Roles Promo 2015 0
La Isla Prohibida: La Expansión Prohibida Promo 2014 0
Pandemic: In the Lab 2013 0
Pandemie: Uitbreiding "De Generalist" 2009 0
Borderlands 1995 0

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