Potato Pirates
Learn programming in 30 minutes through a Potato card game
Potato Pirates launched on April 6, 2018 with 91 votes, #431 of 2,753 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.
What it does
Potato Pirates is a strategic tabletop card game perfect for classrooms, family time, and game night with friends. It teaches anyone ages 6 and up, over 10 hours worth of programming concepts in 30 minutes, all without a computer.
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