MUSTARD SEED
MERCANTILE

How to Play

You are a new settler in a village of Galilee, in the days of Jesus. You have poured everything you own into a little shop carving wooden toys for children. Each week: welcome customers, choose about the Sabbath and the tithe, pay your upkeep, and face one story the village brings to your door.

The Week

• Customers: roll 2d6 + Reputation + age. Each customer rolls 1d6: 1–2 cannot afford it, 3–4 buys a small toy (3D), 5–6 buys a fine toy (6D). A natural 6 earns goodwill — every 3 goodwill is +1 Reputation.
• Seasons shift the purchase dice: Passover (week 4) and Harvest (weeks 7–9) +1; Winter (weeks 10–12) −1.
• Sabbath: CLOSE for worship (−2 income, +1 Faith) or STAY OPEN (+3 income, −1 Faith).
• Tithe: give 10% of the week's income for +1 Faith.
• Upkeep: 7D single, 8D married. Miss it three weeks running and the shop closes.

Faith & Cards

• Faith 7+ draws Blessings. Faith 2 or less draws Trials. Otherwise a Story card.
• On a Story card you may first consult Scripture — read the verse, take its blessing.
• SHADY options pay well but always draw a Trial next week — and once shady, Trial losses double.
• At the start of Week 7 comes The Decision: where does your trust lie?

Winning

Complete the Far Kingdoms arc with Reputation 10, or play through Week 20. Four endings await — only one of them is riches with God.