Abundant Harvest from sggc Harvest Time is some kind of discussion game aimed at helping Christians make decisions when faced with difficult situations. It comes in both children’s and teenage versions.

They continuously repeat their ad copy, but provide little information on how the game is actually played. There’s a track along the board, reward cards, and discussion cards in five topics.

The press release indicates that the Felician Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Province give it a thumbs up.

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The Star Tribune covers the board game scene in The Twin Cities, aka St Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Sites covered include The Twin Cities Board Game Meetup, MSP Meetup Mingle, MPLS St Paul Area Board Game Players, and Twin Cities Eurogames.

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Porchlight Entertainment and Hidden City Games are partnering to create an animated series and feature length movie based on the fan (i.e. little girl) favorite CCG/MMO (i.e. WebKinz with cards) Bella Sara (i.e. that game that makes more news than we’d care to admit). We don’t know a whole lot at this point other than Porchlight intends to have the first season run for 26 episodes, chronicling the adventures of 12 year-old Emma and her horse, Wings, in the land of North of North.   I tested the idea on my six-year old daughter, and she thinks its a slam dunk – expect a similar reaction from gamer girls through the land…

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