Rules and questions are shown in Polish — the printed game is Polish-first.
2–4 players · ages 3+ · about 20 min
Most points at the end wins:
a Trial lifted by your call1 
20 saint cards, 4 Trial cards, the Mary card (first print run only), 5 rule cards and 4 punch-out player cards: 32 markers (8 in each of 4 colours) and 12 deed tokens.
PERŁA and ZIARNO are two decks of 20 saints each. One deck is for two players; with three or four players combine both — 40 saints.
1 2 3 4 Epoch, Virtue and Host are the keys: you lay a card next to a neighbour it shares at least one of them with.
One saint lies in the middle of the table. Silent.
With three or four players, combine PERŁA and ZIARNO. The Mary card is not played — set it aside.
Everyone answers at their own level
A saint does not speak on their own. You have to call them.
Lay a card from your hand side by side with a card in the Circle. It must share an Epoch, Virtue or Host with that neighbour.
You decidewhich card, and next to whom.
Pick a silent saint — the one you just laid or another without a marker — and answer their Challenge. Right? Put your marker on them: your Intercessor. Wrong? You lose nothing; the saint stays silent.
You decidewhom to call.
Draw from the deck back to a full hand. The next player goes.
Evil fits anywhere and slips in out of turn.
Drew a Trial? It does not go to your hand. You lay it in the Circle at once — side by side with any card, no match needed — and draw another card in its place. At most 3 Trials lie in the Circle; if that many are there, put the drawn one under the deck.
Every Trial hinders the cards it touches — what it does is printed on it. Wrath: saints next to it cannot be called unless they have Patience.
You decidenext to whom to lay the Trial, so it hinders the others and not you.
You decidewhere to lay a saint with the right Virtue to reach the Trial.
A lifted Trial lies in front of whoever lifted it — that is their point. Its place stays empty: cards never shift, and later you may lay a card into the gap when it matches a saint beside it.
Each deed once a game, on your turn, on top of it. Turn a used token over.
First game? Play without the deeds — add them once the three moves of a turn come easily.
It is not the best cards that win — it is knowing the saints.
When the deck runs out, play one more full round. When someone places their last marker, finish the current round. Then count the points.
A tie? Whoever lifted more Trials wins. Still a tie — you win together.
That is all. Deal the cards.
Details and exceptions, step by step — pick one:
Step 1
Seven Virtues
Eleven Hosts (in brackets: how many saints across both decks)
Step 2
Everyone answers at their own level — and every point counts the same.
A Testimony is a question about this saint's life, checked against sources. The Witness picks, in the Saints tab, the saint on the card being called and draws a question. The questions open from the link in the order e-mail or with the code on the cover of the rule cards in the box.
The Saints tab also has the pools "Basic" and "Harder". That is a quiz for learning outside the game, not a level at the table.
Wybierz poziom, na którym naprawdę umiesz odpowiedzieć. Jeśli czytasz, nie graj jako Poszukujący; jeśli znasz świętych, graj jako Świadek. Możesz zagrać niżej — wtedy grasz w parze z młodszym graczem i nie masz własnych punktów: podpowiadasz mu, podajesz karty, a wygrana jest jego. W trakcie partii możesz przejść wyżej.
Step 3
One deck plays best with two. With three or four, combine PERŁA and ZIARNO.
Step 4
Lay a card from your hand next to one on the table — side by side, not corner to corner — so that it shares its Epoch, Virtue or Host.
Call one silent saint — the one that has just joined the Circle, or any other — and answer their Challenge.
Draw from the deck back to a full hand. Next player.
Nowhere to lay a card? Only when truly no card in your hand fits anywhere: put one at the bottom of the deck, draw a new one and call a silent saint anyway. You do not lay the newly drawn card on that same turn.
Example. You hold St Clare and St Benedict, and neither shares an Epoch, a Virtue or a Host with a saint beside an empty square. Put Clare at the bottom of the deck, draw a new card and call a silent saint. You do not lay that new card now.
In the dictionary:
Step 5
Prób nie trzyma się na ręce. Kiedy dobierzesz Próbę, od razu dokładasz ją do Kręgu — obok dowolnej karty, bo zło pasuje wszędzie — i dobierasz w jej miejsce następną kartę. W Kręgu leżą najwyżej TRZY Próby naraz: jeśli trzy już leżą, dobraną odkładasz na spód talii i dobierasz następną.
Próba utrudnia życie kartom, których dotyka bokiem — na niej jest napisane, co robi. Zdejmiesz ją, wzywając obok świętego z jej Cnotą. Zdjęta idzie przed Ciebie: jeden punkt, jak Orędownik. Pole zostaje puste, karty się nie przesuwają. Gdy dziura przetnie Krąg na dwie części, dokładasz do obu części — i w samą dziurę, gdy karta pasuje do świętego obok.
Example. St Augustine lies side by side with Pride and has Humility. You call him and answer correctly: Pride goes in front of you, that is your point, and its square stays empty. The saints on both sides stay where they are — there is a hole between them, and you keep adding cards to both parts of the Circle.
On a Trial card, the disc marked LECZY ("heals") shows the Virtue that lifts it.
Próba nigdy nie przeszkadza świętemu, który ma jej Cnotę. Obok Lenistwa nie wezwiesz świętego bez Gorliwości, obok Gniewu — bez Cierpliwości. Pycha blokuje tylko dopasowanie Epoką: przez Cnotę i Zastęp karty dalej się łączą.
PERŁA
ZIARNO
Step 6
Każdy z trzech uczynków możesz zrobić raz na partię. Nie zamiast tury — w dodatku do niej. Cała sztuka polega na tym, żeby wiedzieć kiedy.
After a deed, turn its token over.
Step 7
The game ends in one of two ways:
Wyszło po równo? Wygrywa ten, kto zdjął więcej Prób. Jeśli i tu po równo — wygrywacie razem.
An optional module, outside ordinary scoring. For each Host where you have strictly the most Intercessors, you score two extra points. A lifted Trial still scores 1 point.
Three principles of this game
No. Only a call lifts a Trial, and nobody calls an Intercessor a second time. Lay a silent saint with its Virtue next to the Trial and call them — or use Fasting.
They are two separate Trials. Each counts towards the limit of three in the Circle, each is lifted on its own, and each lifted one is its own point.
In the Saints tab, enter the code on the cover of the rule cards in the box. With no phone at the table, this game has no Testimonies: whoever plays the Witness answers the card's Challenge and keeps their own points. Playing a level lower is something else: you choose it, play in a pair with a younger player and have no points of your own.
No. The Intercessor and the point belong to the one who called. Help is a gift — like Almsgiving.
For looking up
A dictionary for mid-game. Something unclear? Type a word or scroll — entries are in alphabetical order.
It goes back to hand, and the player at once lays it or another card correctly. Nobody loses anything.
When a Trial is lifted, its square stays empty. Cards do not slide and nothing moves in by itself. A hole can split the Circle in two — you lay cards on both parts and into the hole itself when the card fits at least one saint beside it.
Example. St Augustine lies side by side with Pride and has Humility. You call him and answer correctly: Pride goes in front of you, that is your point, and its square stays empty. The saints on both sides stay where they are — there is a hole between them, and you keep adding cards to both parts of the Circle.
A Trial dealt into your opening hand is shuffled back into the deck; draw a new card. Not to the bottom: all such Trials would come out together at the end.
Liczysz tylko świętych w Kręgu — nie karty z ręki i nie tę, z której czytasz Wyzwanie. Święty z obiema porównywanymi Cnotami liczy się po obu stronach.
Święty to każda postać — także Noe czy Mojżesz. Próby nie są świętymi: ich nie liczysz i nie wskazujesz.
„Zero”, „nie ma” i „po równo” też są dobrymi odpowiedziami.
Każdy z trzech uczynków możesz zrobić raz na partię. Nie zamiast tury — w dodatku do niej. Cała sztuka polega na tym, żeby wiedzieć kiedy.
Jeśli nie masz kart na ręce (koniec talii albo Próba zabrała Ci dobranie), w swojej turze tylko wzywasz milczącego świętego i dobierasz do pełnej ręki (o ile w talii są jeszcze karty).
Gdy z talii zniknie ostatnia karta, gracie jeszcze jedną pełną kolejkę — i koniec. Kiedy ktoś położy swój ostatni znacznik, dogrywacie kolejkę do końca — i koniec.
Oddaj jedną kartę z ręki na spód talii — i odłóż do pudełka dowolną Próbę z Kręgu. Za Post nie ma punktu.
Karty leżą w równej siatce (rząd i kolumna). Dokładasz kartę z ręki tak, żeby dotykała bokiem leżącej i miała z nią tę samą Epokę, Cnotę albo Zastęp (sam styk rogami się nie liczy). Wystarczy zgodność z jedną świętą sąsiadką. Karta położona niezgodnie z zasadami wraca na rękę gracza, który od razu kładzie tę lub inną kartę poprawnie — nikt nic nie traci.
Wybierz poziom, na którym naprawdę umiesz odpowiedzieć. Jeśli czytasz, nie graj jako Poszukujący; jeśli znasz świętych, graj jako Świadek. Możesz zagrać niżej — wtedy grasz w parze z młodszym graczem i nie masz własnych punktów: podpowiadasz mu, podajesz karty, a wygrana jest jego. W trakcie partii możesz przejść wyżej.
Każdy gracz ma 8 znaczników w swoim kolorze, a z dwiema taliami 12. Wezwanego świętego oznaczasz swoim znacznikiem — to Twój Orędownik i zostaje w Kręgu. Kiedy skończą Ci się znaczniki, nikogo więcej nie wzywasz.
Only when truly no card in your hand fits anywhere: put one at the bottom of the deck, draw a new one and call a silent saint anyway. You do not lay the newly drawn card on that same turn.
Example. You hold St Clare and St Benedict, and neither shares an Epoch, a Virtue or a Host with a saint beside an empty square. Put Clare at the bottom of the deck, draw a new card and call a silent saint. You do not lay that new card now.
W swojej turze wzywasz jednego świętego: tego, którego właśnie położyłeś, albo dowolnego milczącego w Kręgu — także takiego, przy którym ktoś przed chwilą się pomylił. Jeśli w Kręgu nie ma kogo wezwać (np. brak milczących albo blokuje ich Próba), pomijasz wezwanie i tylko dobierasz do pełnej ręki.
An optional module, outside ordinary scoring. For each Host where you have strictly the most Intercessors, you score two extra points. A lifted Trial still scores 1 point.
A saint in the Circle with no marker on it yet. You may call them on your turn — the one just laid or any other, including one somebody just answered wrongly.
The Mary card is a collectible — first print run only. It does not take part in the game: put it aside.
Wyszło po równo? Wygrywa ten, kto zdjął więcej Prób. Jeśli i tu po równo — wygrywacie razem.
At most 3 Trials lie in the Circle at once. If that many already lie there, put the drawn Trial at the bottom of the deck and draw another card.
Jeśli położysz kartę obok mnie, nie dobierasz nowej karty.
Lifted by a saint with the Virtue: Hojność.
Świętych obok mnie nie wezwiesz – chyba że mają Cnotę Cierpliwości.
Lifted by a saint with the Virtue: Cierpliwość.
Świętych obok mnie nie wezwiesz – chyba że mają Cnotę Gorliwości.
Lifted by a saint with the Virtue: Gorliwość.
Do świętych obok mnie nie dopasujesz karty Cnotą.
Lifted by a saint with the Virtue: Czystość.
Jeśli położysz kartę obok mnie, nie dobierasz nowej karty.
Lifted by a saint with the Virtue: Umiarkowanie.
Do świętych obok mnie nie dopasujesz karty Epoką.
Lifted by a saint with the Virtue: Pokora.
Do świętych obok mnie nie dopasujesz karty Cnotą.
Lifted by a saint with the Virtue: Miłość.
With three or four players, combine PERŁA and ZIARNO. Everyone then takes 12 markers instead of 8. Hand size: 3 cards for three, 3 for four.
Próba nigdy nie przeszkadza świętemu, który ma jej Cnotę. Obok Lenistwa nie wezwiesz świętego bez Gorliwości, obok Gniewu — bez Cierpliwości. Pycha blokuje tylko dopasowanie Epoką: przez Cnotę i Zastęp karty dalej się łączą.
The card stays silent; you lose neither your turn nor points. Anyone can call that silent saint later — you too.
No such entry. Try another word.
Two further modes are not described in the box. We will add their rules here.
A question about the rules? Write to kontakt@hosanna.pl
We are still refining the rules from real games — they may change.
In this game the seven deadly sins are seven cards. None takes points or attacks a player. A Trial lands in the Circle beside a saint — and makes things harder around it: laying more cards, drawing, calling. The saint stays where it is. As in life: sin does not take a person away, it makes it harder for them to connect with others.
Two separate points, counted at the end: the Intercessor and the lifted Trial.
The card in your hand matches the saint in the Circle — you can lay it beside that saint. What happens when a Trial lands next to it? PYCHA touches the saint in the Circle. Nobody can lay a card beside that saint through what joined the two — the card in your hand has to go somewhere else. The saint itself stays in the Circle and still counts. It is lifted by a saint with the Virtue POKORA. NOE carries that Virtue — and a Trial never hinders a saint with its own Virtue. It lies beside the Trial, so call that saint: answer its Challenge. You put your marker on it — it becomes your Intercessor (+1), and the lifted Trial goes in front of you (+1). Its square stays empty: the cards do not slide. The card in your hand can be laid again.
Two separate points, counted at the end: the Intercessor and the lifted Trial.
You lay a card from your hand into the Circle — and, as always, draw a new one. What happens when a Trial lands next to it? CHCIWOŚĆ lies right beside. You can still lay the card — but whoever lays it next to this Trial draws no new card this turn. It is lifted by a saint with the Virtue HOJNOŚĆ. ESTERA carries that Virtue — and a Trial never hinders a saint with its own Virtue. It lies beside the Trial, so call that saint: answer its Challenge. You put your marker on it — it becomes your Intercessor (+1), and the lifted Trial goes in front of you (+1). Its square stays empty: the cards do not slide. You draw again after laying a card.
Two separate points, counted at the end: the Intercessor and the lifted Trial.
The card in your hand matches the saint in the Circle — you can lay it beside that saint. What happens when a Trial lands next to it? NIECZYSTOŚĆ touches the saint in the Circle. Nobody can lay a card beside that saint through what joined the two — the card in your hand has to go somewhere else. The saint itself stays in the Circle and still counts. It is lifted by a saint with the Virtue CZYSTOŚĆ. ŚW. JÓZEF carries that Virtue — and a Trial never hinders a saint with its own Virtue. It lies beside the Trial, so call that saint: answer its Challenge. You put your marker on it — it becomes your Intercessor (+1), and the lifted Trial goes in front of you (+1). Its square stays empty: the cards do not slide. The card in your hand can be laid again.
Two separate points, counted at the end: the Intercessor and the lifted Trial.
The card in your hand matches the saint in the Circle — you can lay it beside that saint. What happens when a Trial lands next to it? ZAZDROŚĆ touches the saint in the Circle. Nobody can lay a card beside that saint through what joined the two — the card in your hand has to go somewhere else. The saint itself stays in the Circle and still counts. It is lifted by a saint with the Virtue MIŁOŚĆ. DAWID carries that Virtue — and a Trial never hinders a saint with its own Virtue. It lies beside the Trial, so call that saint: answer its Challenge. You put your marker on it — it becomes your Intercessor (+1), and the lifted Trial goes in front of you (+1). Its square stays empty: the cards do not slide. The card in your hand can be laid again.
Two separate points, counted at the end: the Intercessor and the lifted Trial.
You lay a card from your hand into the Circle — and, as always, draw a new one. What happens when a Trial lands next to it? NIEUMIARKOWANIE lies right beside. You can still lay the card — but whoever lays it next to this Trial draws no new card this turn. It is lifted by a saint with the Virtue UMIARKOWANIE. ESTERA carries that Virtue — and a Trial never hinders a saint with its own Virtue. It lies beside the Trial, so call that saint: answer its Challenge. You put your marker on it — it becomes your Intercessor (+1), and the lifted Trial goes in front of you (+1). Its square stays empty: the cards do not slide. You draw again after laying a card.
Two separate points, counted at the end: the Intercessor and the lifted Trial.
The saint lies silent in the Circle — on your turn you can call it. What happens when a Trial lands next to it? GNIEW touches this saint. It stays in its place, but while the Trial is beside it, nobody can call it — unless that saint has Cierpliwość. It is lifted by a saint with the Virtue CIERPLIWOŚĆ. NOE carries that Virtue — and a Trial never hinders a saint with its own Virtue. It lies beside the Trial, so call that saint: answer its Challenge. You put your marker on it — it becomes your Intercessor (+1), and the lifted Trial goes in front of you (+1). Its square stays empty: the cards do not slide. The saint can be called again.
Two separate points, counted at the end: the Intercessor and the lifted Trial.
The saint lies silent in the Circle — on your turn you can call it. What happens when a Trial lands next to it? LENISTWO touches this saint. It stays in its place, but while the Trial is beside it, nobody can call it — unless that saint has Gorliwość. It is lifted by a saint with the Virtue GORLIWOŚĆ. MOJŻESZ carries that Virtue — and a Trial never hinders a saint with its own Virtue. It lies beside the Trial, so call that saint: answer its Challenge. You put your marker on it — it becomes your Intercessor (+1), and the lifted Trial goes in front of you (+1). Its square stays empty: the cards do not slide. The saint can be called again.
Choose a Trial
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Every Trial has one Virtue that answers it — and a saint with that Virtue, lying beside it and called by anyone at the table, lifts it from the Circle. "We are not contending against flesh and blood" (Eph 6:12): a child meets this here as a rule of play, long before meeting it as a sentence.
A question about the rules? Write to kontakt@hosanna.pl
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Enter the code from the cover of the rule cards in the box, or tap “Open the questions” in your order mail. After that the questions work offline too.
No game yet? See the decks
No such saint in the deck.
What level does the child play at?
Questions do not repeat until you have been through all of them.
Read it aloud
Tap the answer given at the table.
Prayer card
Not that one.
Still holding the Prayer card? Ask someone at the table for help and try once more. The card works once a game.
Source
A good question?
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