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Pass the Blessing

A Bible card game for the whole family, played on phones nearby

Get it for iPhone, iPad and Mac

By Bishwas Bhandari

Runs on
iPhone
iPad and Mac too
Players
2 to 6
Or solo with three bots
Account
None
Nothing to sign up for
Internet
Never
Phones talk directly
Questions
600
Kids, mixed or deep
Price
Free
No ads, no purchases

Preview

  • A paper question card asking how many books are in the New Testament, with four answers and the stakes below: a power if right, three cards and a missed turn if wrong
  • The same question card torn in three places after a wrong answer, with the right answer shown and the wrong one struck through
  • A card reading "You stole it!" after guessing another player’s question right, with what they pay and what you win
  • The reward card offering Prophet’s Sight and Jubilee, each with the verse it comes from
  • A helmet, shield and sword appearing on a player at the table as the Armour of God power is used
  • A Red Sea card played at the table with the word Reverse and its verse from Exodus shown underneath
  • The win screen: four prize ribbons hanging from a gold rod, the winner’s gold ribbon in the middle with three Amens written on it
  • The face picker with a chosen face, rows of hair styles to swap, and a row of Bible heroes to play as
  • The home screen: a fan of cards above the title, and three ribbons to Join, Host or play Solo
  • A host’s table with two players seated and three ribbons to pick how hard the questions are

Every card carries a verse.

Gift, Burden, Jonah, Red Sea, Rainbow and the Scroll each come from Scripture, and the verse appears when the card is played. The questions and verses use the World English Bible, which is public domain.

App privacy

Data Not Collected There are no servers. Phones at a table talk to each other directly.
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What it does

Step 1

Sit at a table

Host a table and friends nearby join in a tap, or play solo against three bots

Pass the blessing, not the burden Friends nearby, or solo with bots.
Kids, mixed or deep Pick the questions for your table.

From the developer

A card game for the dinner table

Everyone knows the shape of it already: match the colour or the number, dump your hand first, watch for the card that sends trouble your way. Pass the Blessing keeps that shape and swaps the trouble for Scripture. Up to six phones around one table, nothing to sign up for, and a verse on every special card.

The cards you know, with a twist

Four colours, numbers nought to nine, and the specials: Gift hands one card to your left, Burden throws two to your right, Jonah stacks a draw of three, Red Sea turns the table round, Rainbow picks any colour. Each one lands with its verse on screen, so the game teaches the table without stopping it.

The Scroll

Play a Scroll and a question appears on a paper card: easy, medium or hard, and harder the closer you are to winning. Get it right and you choose a power. Get it wrong and the card tears, you draw, and you miss a turn. Everyone else can guess quietly while you think; if you miss and they were right, they steal the power.

Four powers from Scripture

Prophet’s Sight shows you one player’s hand while the table waits. Armour of God bounces the next Burden or Jonah thrown at you. Jubilee gathers every hand and deals it back evenly. Wisdom of Solomon chooses the colour the next player must match. Each is named for the passage it comes from.

Amen, and the catch

Down to one card, you have a moment to say Amen. Miss it and anyone at the table can catch you, and you draw two. Go out first and the others send you an Amen: a small light that flies to your ribbon and writes itself there. The verse at the end is picked for how you finished.

Nothing leaves the table

The phones find each other over the local network, the way AirDrop does, and talk directly. There is no server, no account, no analytics and no advertising. Your name and face go only to the phones you are playing with, and only while you play. On your own, three bots fill the seats.

The game you already know how to play, with a verse on every card.

Who it is for

Families after dinner, youth groups, Sunday school, car journeys with a few phones in the back. Kids mode keeps the questions easy, Deep makes them hard, Mixed gives the table a bit of both. Ages four and up; nothing in it needs reading beyond the questions.

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