The Mission: Early Christianity from the Crucifixion to the Crusades is a solitaire game by Ben Madison about the early days of the Christian church and the propagation of Christianity in Europe, the Near East, and North Africa. It has just been released by White Dog Games, and is available in boxed, folio and PnP format. You can either order it directly from the publisher or from the stores that carry WDG titles (check list on the WDG website) if you live outside the US. Eac

After the demise of Victory Point Games, the rights to the games owned by the company returned to their original designers. One of those designs was The First Jihad. A solitaire game about the rise of the Umayyad Caliphate between 632 and 750 AD. Now in the hands of White Dog Games, it is scheduled to go to the printer this February. The First Jihad is a twist on the States of Siege system: instead of the player being situated at the center of the map and fighting off invader

Nubia: Egypt's Black Heirs had been released by White Dog Games in June but it largely went unnoticed, at least in the 1PG parts that I frequent. The unusual theme and the credentials of the designer made me think that it's worth posting about, even if we are a little late. This is a solitaire game in which you rule the three Christian kingdoms of medieval Nubia. The year is 1172, and the region is under siege. You have to defend it from the onslaught of the Funj people and t