Enough for today. Ready for the Sabbath.
A new morning dawns in the wilderness. Your household needs provisions, the day is growing warmer, and a decision awaits: keep what you have gathered or roll again?
Created by Marcus Draper, Gather the Manna is a free, single-player dice game inspired by Exodus 16. Guide your household through three weeks of gathering, sharing, and preparing for Sabbath rest.
Five dice. Thoughtful decisions. A fresh journey with every game.
Roll. Gather. Prepare.
Each gathering day begins with five dice and up to three rolls. Keep useful dice, reroll the others, and decide when you have enough.
But watch the heat! Rolling a 1 locks that die for the day. Three heat dice end your rolling, leaving you with the portions still showing.
Your goal is to provide for your household through 21 days, keeping resilience above zero. Shortages reduce resilience, while extra provisions can earn sharing points.
Sometimes another roll helps. Sometimes knowing when to stop is the better choice!
A Double Portion—and a Day of Rest
Days one through five focus on today’s needs. Ordinary leftovers do not carry into the next morning.
Day six is different: gathered portions count double. Feed your household, set aside provisions for the Sabbath, and share any remaining surplus.
On day seven, the dice rest. Your household uses the provisions saved the day before.
That rhythm of gathering, preparation, and rest runs through all three weeks of your journey.
What’s Included?
- Keep-and-reroll dice: Choose which results to hold and which to risk.
- Three difficulty levels: Peaceful, Standard, and Challenging.
- Daily previews: See your expected meal, reserve, sharing points, and resilience before ending the day.
- A journey journal: Review recent days and their outcomes.
- Built-in help: Complete rules and a step-by-step walkthrough.
- Easy replay: Start another journey and try a different approach.
Earn points for fully provided days and shared surplus, with a maximum possible score of 75.
No physical dice, cards, or printing are required.
Download for Windows—Free
Gather the Manna is offered free of charge, with no subscription or purchase required.
Download for Windows — v1.0.0 Alpha
Getting Started
- Download the Windows ZIP.
- Right-click it and select Extract All.
- Open the extracted folder.
- Double-click Gather the Manna.exe.
- Select Walk me through the game to learn the basics.
For your first journey, choose New journey → Peaceful.
Requirements: 64-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11 with Microsoft Edge.
The game is bundled inside the executable and runs locally in an Edge app-style window. Gameplay works offline.
Progress is not currently saved. Closing or refreshing the game begins a new journey.
Play Gather the Manna Online—Free!
Your wilderness journey is just a click away! Play Gather the Manna directly in your browser—no download or installation required.
Roll the dice, gather daily provisions, and prepare a double portion for the Sabbath. Choose from three difficulty levels, with built-in instructions and a walkthrough to help you get started.
Progress is not saved, so closing or refreshing the page starts a new journey.
Inspired by Scripture
Exodus 16 describes daily gathering, the double portion before the Sabbath, and the call to rest.
Gather the Manna draws on those themes while using fictional dice mechanics to create a replayable challenge. Heat dice, resilience, numerical portions, and scoring are game rules—not measures of faith or statements that God’s provision depends on chance.
Help Me Make It Better
This is an alpha release, and your feedback can help shape future updates.
Were the instructions easy to follow? Did the difficulty feel right? Was preparing for the Sabbath clear? Did anything look wrong or stop working?
When sharing feedback, include your difficulty level, what happened, and a screenshot if possible.
Thank you for playing—and for helping us create more free games for others to enjoy.
Roll the dice. Gather for today. Prepare for tomorrow.
Created by Marcus Draper · Available free at Deskatur.com