Try copying badge rules with a file glob.

roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml

@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@
   - config
 
 - name: copy over all our badge definitions
-  copy: src=badges/$item dest=/usr/share/badges/rules/$item
-  with_items:
-  - test_badge.yml
+  copy: >
+    src=badges/$item
+    dest=/usr/share/badges/rules/$item
+  with_fileglob:
+  - roles/badge-backend/files/badges/*.yml
   tags:
   - config
   notify: