{"id":25674,"date":"2014-08-15T19:57:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T23:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=25674"},"modified":"2014-08-15T19:57:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T23:57:26","slug":"settlers-of-canaan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/08\/settlers-of-canaan.html","title":{"rendered":"Settlers of Canaan"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2014\/08\/wpid-Photo-20140815200033.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"clear: right;float: right;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-left: 1em\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2014\/08\/wpid-Photo-20140815200033.jpg\" id=\"blogsy-1408147236227.0334\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"232\" height=\"225\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>OK, so somehow I had missed, until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/08\/from-sbl-to-gencon.html#comment-1544768033\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" class=\" decorated-link\">Jeff Carter and Jonathan Bernier drew it to my attention<\/a>, that there is a game which is an authorized variation on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catan.com\/game\/settlers-canaan\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Settlers of Catan<\/a>, called\u2026<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000065CRT\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000065CRT&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkId=34X4ARBM3TAQN45V\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Settlers Of Canaan<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000065CRT\" id=\"blogsy-1408147236240.6113\" class=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\">! I will keep an eye out for it at GenCon tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Of related interest, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0071NN6PK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0071NN6PK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkId=A7L4WZBNXSX4DGVH\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Minion Games has one called Kingdom of Solomon<\/a> which also looks interesting. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0071NN6PK\" id=\"blogsy-1408147236186.6958\" class=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">Much less useful looking is the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000065CRV\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000065CRV&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkId=NDQEP3UEJZT7D4AH\" style=\"line-height: 1.3em\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Solomon's Temple Board Game<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000065CRV\" id=\"blogsy-1408147236226.5513\" class=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">. It seems to envisage Solomon's temple being built under constant threat from invading Babylonians. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005HK0VWA\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B005HK0VWA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkId=THTBLCN26BPWS4I5\" style=\"line-height: 1.3em\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">There is also a Journeys of Paul board game.<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B005HK0VWA\" id=\"blogsy-1408147236260.9292\" class=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>There are also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cactusgamedesign.com\/board_games.php\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">very bizarre Christian versions of common board games<\/a>. Presumably you do not need to buy a different set in order to play \u201cBible scrabble.\u201d Not the sort of thing I am interested in \u2013 I am on the lookout for games that might have some serious educational value, whether or not they could actually be incorporated in some way into a university-level class.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000065CRT\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000065CRT&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkId=UGUC5CMKD7FGFYEH\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B000065CRT&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" id=\"blogsy-1408147236206.2827\" class=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"250\" alt=\"\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000065CRT\" id=\"blogsy-1408147236249.9336\" class=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so somehow I had missed, until Jeff Carter and Jonathan Bernier drew it to my attention, that there is a game which is an authorized variation on Settlers of Catan, called\u2026Settlers Of Canaan! 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