Mys'tic, a funny and clever game to discover the saints
Few games combine a true sense of aesthetics, rules that amuse young and old, and rich content about Christian history. It's a great challenge for the designers of the new game "Mys'tic, the Saints of the Golden Legend".
St. Anthony's Quay, St. George Street, the city of St. Stephen, the Bay of San Francisco, the paths of St. James of Compostela... The great saints who have contributed to the flourishing of Christianity are everywhere! And yet their hectic, often heroic life remains largely unknown to us. That's why Véronique Muzio, a dynamic mother of five from Lyon, designed the fourth game in her range, dedicated to the Saints of the Golden Legend. "We need to know the saints to understand the world we live in. In creating Mys'tic, I wanted to bring a beginning of meaning to all these elements that surround us and that are kneaded with Christianity," she explains to Aleteia. An idea that came to him while looking at the ceiling of the Baroque church of Saint-Gervais (Haute-Savoie), adorned with four medallions symbolizing the evangelists. "In the past, not everyone could read, and attributes helped to recognize saints. Today, we can read, but we don't know the saints anymore! She notes.
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To achieve her goal, she immersed herself in reading the Golden Legend of James of Voragine, a Dominican of the Middle Ages who had transcribed no less than 150 hagiographies, and selected twenty emblematic figures of Christian history: the four evangelists, St. Paul, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Jerome, St. George, St. Augustine and so many others. Passionate about history and classical painting, she then faithfully drew sketches combining the saint and his attribute, in the form of diptychs. The principle of the game, kind of mistigri, is simple: gather as many pairs as possible, avoiding drawing the "Devil" card. Thus, it will be necessary to gather St. Martin and his cloak, St. Christopher and his flowery stick, St. Nicholas and the children in the saloir...
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In addition to Raphael Gauthey's beautiful illustrations, which combine the saint with a significant element of his life, the "who am I?" cards written by the poet and writer Erick Audouard offer a remarkable summary of the saint's life. A great Christmas gift idea for ages 6 and up!
St. Anthony's Quay, St. George Street, the city of St. Stephen, the Bay of San Francisco, the paths of St. James of Compostela... The great saints who have contributed to the flourishing of Christianity are everywhere! And yet their hectic, often heroic life remains largely unknown to us. That's why Véronique Muzio, a dynamic mother of five from Lyon, designed the fourth game in her range, dedicated to the Saints of the Golden Legend. "We need to know the saints to understand the world we live in. In creating Mys'tic, I wanted to bring a beginning of meaning to all these elements that surround us and that are kneaded with Christianity," she explains to Aleteia. An idea that came to him while looking at the ceiling of the Baroque church of Saint-Gervais (Haute-Savoie), adorned with four medallions symbolizing the evangelists. "In the past, not everyone could read, and attributes helped to recognize saints. Today, we can read, but we don't know the saints anymore! She notes.
@Mys'tic
To achieve her goal, she immersed herself in reading the Golden Legend of James of Voragine, a Dominican of the Middle Ages who had transcribed no less than 150 hagiographies, and selected twenty emblematic figures of Christian history: the four evangelists, St. Paul, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Jerome, St. George, St. Augustine and so many others. Passionate about history and classical painting, she then faithfully drew sketches combining the saint and his attribute, in the form of diptychs. The principle of the game, kind of mistigri, is simple: gather as many pairs as possible, avoiding drawing the "Devil" card. Thus, it will be necessary to gather St. Martin and his cloak, St. Christopher and his flowery stick, St. Nicholas and the children in the saloir...
@Muzio
In addition to Raphael Gauthey's beautiful illustrations, which combine the saint with a significant element of his life, the "who am I?" cards written by the poet and writer Erick Audouard offer a remarkable summary of the saint's life. A great Christmas gift idea for ages 6 and up!
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