Catholic and Christian Board Games for Families, Classrooms, and Parishes
Higher Calling Games designs Catholic and Christian board games that bring families to the table, support Catholic religious education from grades 3 through 12, and make beautiful gifts for First Communion, Confirmation, and other Christian milestones. Our two games — Apparition and Dispersion — are used in Catholic homes, schools, parishes, and homeschool co-ops across the United States.
Our Games
Apparition — A Family Game Centered on the Apparitions of the Virgin Mary
Ages 8 and up · 2–6 players · 25–30 minutes
Apparition is a Catholic family board game about the apparitions of the Virgin Mary — including Our Lady of Guadalupe, Lourdes, Fatima, Knock, and the Miraculous Medal — together with Marian themes, ancient titles, and the saints whose lives were shaped by Marian devotion. The deck includes all ten Vatican-approved apparitions plus more than a dozen bishop-approved apparitions worldwide. Every card features a QR code that opens a short reading on the apparition or saint pictured, turning the deck into a research library that families and classrooms use beyond the game itself. Beautifully illustrated with 1,200 years of Marian art, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, El Greco, and Francisco de Goya.
Used in Catholic religious education from grades 3 through 12, with eighteen free downloadable lesson plans. A common gift for First Communion, Confirmation, and Marian feast days. Open to all — no Catholic background required to play.
Dispersion — The Great Commission of the 12 Apostles
Ages 14 and up · 2–4 players · 60–90 minutes
Dispersion is a Christian strategy board game inspired by the Great Commission of Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:16-20) and the missionary journeys of the 12 Apostles as they carried the Gospel from Jerusalem to the seven regions of the first-century world.
A resource-management game in the tradition of Settlers of Catan — but built around Blessings, Missions, and Hardships rather than wood and wheat. The board reproduces Strabo's first-century world map overlaid with the Ichthus, the ancient Christian symbol. More than 150 Bible references, Christian symbols, and figures from Acts of the Apostles are woven through the game components. Original artwork of the 12 Apostles standing on the seashore of the Sea of Galilee by oil painter Laura Wiseman.
Used in church youth groups among all Christian faiths, Confirmation classes, Catholic and Christian high-school theology departments, and university / college Christian campus fellowships. A natural gift for Confirmation, high-school and college graduation, Christmas, Easter and birthdays.
Gift Guides
The right Catholic or Christian gift, for the right moment.
First Communion Gifts — A Catholic gift guide for boys and girls receiving Jesus for the first time. Traditional sacramentals plus a Marian board game built around the apparitions of Our Lady. See the First Communion gift guide →
Confirmation Gifts — A Catholic gift guide for teenagers and young adults. Bibles, spiritual classics, sacramentals, and a strategy game about the Great Commission of the 12 Apostles. See the Confirmation gift guide →
Catholic Classroom Games — For DREs, catechists, Catholic-school teachers, and homeschool parents. Catholic board games designed for grades 3 through 12, with eighteen free downloadable lesson plans. See the classroom games guide →
Why Higher Calling Games
Tabletop games are how families disconnect from screens and reconnect around the table — to talk, to laugh, and to spend the kind of time together that screens cannot give back. Games centered on Christian themes do this in a way that goes deeper still: they bring the faith into the same hours families already spend playing, not as a lesson but as part of the play itself.
We design our games to do double work. They are real games — strategic, beautiful, and worth the table time on their own merits. They are also a quiet form of catechesis. Every Apparition card is QR-coded or referenced in our free Learn library, so a moment of curiosity during play becomes an open door into the lives of the saints, the truths of the faith, and the witness of the Apostles. For Dispersion, visit the Learn page to access a wealth of information regarding the 12 Apostles, the first-century societies of the seven regions name in the Strabo map, and the symbolism used Dispersion game symbolism used.
We are a small Catholic publisher based in Winter Park, Florida, founded in 2021.
For Catholic Schools, Parishes, and Homeschool Families
Apparition and Dispersion are both used in Catholic and Christian religious education — Apparition from grades 3 through 12, Dispersion in high-school theology, Confirmation classes, and Christian youth groups.
Our Learn library documents the more than 150 Bible references in Dispersion and the saints, apparitions, and Marian themes in Apparition. The eighteen Apparition lesson plans are free to download.
For parish, school, or homeschool co-op orders of multiple copies, contact us directly for quantity inquiries.
See our guide for Catholic educators → (links to /catholic-classroom-games)
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Apparition and Dispersion are available directly from highercallinggames.com with free U.S. shipping, and through Amazon, Walmart, and our distributor to Catholic and Christian retailers: Daywind.
Please consider us — and share us with friends, family, co-workers, schools, parishes and churches — when you are looking for gifts for sacraments, holy days, graduations, or any occasion when a family or classroom would be blessed by an evening around the table.