(before Act 3) We’ve been through the mill, you and me. I’m tired but we’re almost there. If you listen you can hear the Neuse — it can’t be far now. You, my best possum and fast friend, have well
Gone To Ground
And here we are, a trio of top-rail possums. Between us and New Bern lie a scant thirty miles as the crow flies, but this is a rough place, Down East. This is the pocosin and off the plank roads
Abandoned
(read before Act One) So that’s it, then. We’re on our own hook now. There’s no help for us — not from Company L, not from our people variously, sure as h–l not from Nethercutt’s Southern Rangers, no not by
The Raid
(Read this before the Prologue) It is war, boys, and we are in it now. It is said with some accuracy that we, known variously as the First North Carolina Cavalry, Company L of the First NC Volunteers, and them
Contrabands
“Wherever the expedition passed the contrabands joined them. Some of them on “Massa’s mules,” some on “Massa’s horses,” others in “Massa’s wagons and carts,” others still on foot. Everywhere the Federal troops passed they were hailed by these persecuted people
Greenville
“Having done everything to cripple the enemy that the usages of war allowed and refrained as much as possible from disturbing private property or alarming peaceably disposed inhabitants, General Potter about five o’clock in the afternoon issued orders to start
Burn, Kill or Disgrace the Uniform
You play guys from Company L of the Second North Carolina Cavalry, a pro-Union local force made up of southern thugs, deserters, and ne’er-do-wells. You join General Potter’s raid on the Tar river valley in July, 1863. After burning Rocky
Using Cards; Burning Down Rocky Mount
Inspired by Montsegur, which does this very well, and the new Days of Wonder game Small World: So your character consists of two cards. The first card has half your name, one of your two unique things, and a question
The Exit Interview
Some co-conspirators and I are trying to put together a series of short scenes that each focus on a Jeepform technique we think is broadly applicable to structured freeform gaming, whatever that means to you. One of my favorite Jeep
Camp Nerdly III
Hey y’all, registration is now open. This year it is fifty bucks, which is quite the bargain for food, lodging, and a full weekend of gaming. Camp Nerdly is May 29-31 this year in the Prince William Forest Park in