My first blog

Alhamdulillah. My first blog.

On April 25th, I received my shipment of Mecca to Medina games from China. Three days later, I started selling them. Five months later, over 700 games have been sold and most of the vendors carrying the game are sold out. Alhamdulillah, the success is ONLY because of Allah (swt).

So how Muslim Games start? Well, in the winter of 2004, some brothers were visiting my Muslim neighbor and one of them knocked on my door and asked me if I had any board games. Since I really didn't play board games, I wasn't sure. After a few minutes of searching through my closet, I found an almost brand-new box of Monopoly, which the brother showed no interest in. He said "Thanks, but I was looking for something 'different'". After I closed the door, I told myself it would be cool if there was a Muslim themed game. Unfortunately, most of the "Muslim Games" out there were not very popular because they weren't much fun. I wanted to make a game that was easy to learn, simple to setup, and very interactive. At the same time, I wanted to be fun enough that even families can get together and enjoy. Thus, I invented a game called Mecca to Medina.

Mecca to Medina is a first Muslim production game, where each player starts off with one of the 6 Islamic cities and tries to collect resources to complete trading route. You collect resources even when its not your turn and you also trade with the person who turn it is. Thus, the game is very interactive and its fun even when its not your turn. To the best of my knowledge, it is the first Muslim themed game that can be played by both Muslims and non-Muslims because no Islamic knowledge is required. The game teaches Islamic principles through a fun and interactive method. You can learn more about it at www.muslimgames.com

On Labor Day weekend, a few brothers and I went to ISNA (Chicago, IL) to promote the game. Alhamdulillah we got some media attention and I was invited to go on a new cable show called The Beat (on Bridges TV). I'm flying out to NY on Thursday InshAllah to film the 1/2 hour show. I'm excited and looking forward to promoting the game :)