Ad maiorem

Devlog

• Why you cannot save the Society: counterfactuals and a fixed end
  September 30, 2026 by Pantaleon Fassbender#Game-design

  Every game of Ad maiorem ends the same way. On 21 July 1773 Clement XIV signs the brief Dominus ac Redemptor , and the Society of Jesus is dissolved. You cannot prevent it. What you decide is how hard... Continue reading

  
• Ad maiorem: a game you cannot win
  September 29, 2026 by Pantaleon Fassbender#solitaire-game, #historical, #introduction, #jesuit-history

  The old Society of Jesus lasted 233 years, from Paul III's bull of 1540 to Clement XIV's brief of 1773. Ad maiorem is a solitaire game about those years, and it has one rule I refused to bend: the bri... Continue reading