Troublesome Times In Tumbleson County

Think you've heard every misadventure the Minions have ever survived? Think again! When the gang returned from Arborea with the Glass of Truth and a magic wagon in tow... and literally crashed an Eladrin wedding in the process... the Minions took a few days off while Salle the Sorceress took the newly-christened Stabbin' Wagon in for some upgrades. Not content to remain idle, nor stay partially stainless steel, Bullock Borneoake did some research and now thinks he's found a doorway to a city run by Warforged that might be able to help him out of his platinum-plated predicament. Now all he has to do is convince the others. Simple? Riiiiight. This game was played and broadcast live on Twitch in September 2017 with our friends from Freelance Heroism for our Roll for Relief campaign to help out the victims of Hurricane Harvey. We proudly present it again, in its entirety, for you to roll out the new year with! Tumbleson retuns on its regular schedule on January 2, 2018!

The twisted tale of The Long Way Back concludes! The time-traveling duo of Sam Wesson and the Passenger, along with a younger (albeit still just as shotgun-ny) Zenobia Albreicht and a mysterious assassin/relic hunter name Warren, had infiltrated the domain of Geiser Yarl, a man who wanted Zenobia dead and who might also somehow have angle on Sam's surprise baby-to-be. When Yarl turned out to be someone much more entwined in Zenobia's past than she expected, he's quickly gunned down while the Passenger manipulated Sam to cleanse everything else in her own unique way. Now, with a fire burning, water breaking, and weird and sinister plotlines converging, the quartet is off to St. Dismas to bring a new... child... into the world. Pay close attention because, when this one is over, the past will be shattered, the future will be guaranteed, a deal will be struck, and a shocking revelation will be made!

Tumbleson returns with an all new episode this Monday. In the meantime... Rollercoasters are on fire. Park employees are creating mayhem. Whiny Midwestern housewives are annoying the staff because THEIR little princess isn't the star of the 3pm "Dooneyland on Parade". Yep, it's just another day in the Most Magical Place Anywhere alright. Don't fret though, because the park's newest frozen treat, Slush (a fully licensed and trademarked product of Nance Confectionaries), is here to refresh you and take all your cares away... maybe quite literally. Join Emmeline, Grayson, Chippy, Miss Augusta Cline, new trainee Madison, and maintenance men Billy Joe Bob, Jr. and Shawn as they work together... sorta... to save Dooneyland from the latest calamity to grace the park.

A very pregnant Sam Wesson and very schizophrenic Bobby-Jack McGee have been transported back in time to 1915 thanks to the Passenger and his knife. Heading into Jubilation, Louisiana to try and make heads or tails of their predicament, they seriously confused a priest and ran into a very recognizable shotgun-wielding woman who, despite Sam's best efforts, grew quickly suspicious of the pair thanks to Bobby's gregarious nature. To keep her from trying to dig too deep into the situation, Sam and Bobby-Jack agreed to help track down someone Zenobia claimed was a threat to her. However, before they could take care of business, a duo of apparent assassins got the jump on Sam, Bobby and Zenobia, inadvertently releasing the Passenger, and causing bedlam in the Devil's Backyard. Unfortunately, things are only going to get worse. What does Zenobia want with the man known as Guizer Yarl? How does the mysterious would-be assassin Warren and his apprentice factor into the mix? Will Sam survive a shoout in the str

As Wee Humphrey dispatched with the Granny Harmon and Zenobia saved Baby Charley Conerlie from the clutches of a monster, Sam Wesson and the Passenger narrowly avoided death by ducking into a hole in space and time as the old Bloodland Church tower collapsed upon them. Taking refuge in the infinitely-thin membrane between realities, however, doesn't come without its fair share of consequences - the Passenger has had to reluctantly release Bobby-Jack from his mental cage and Sam.... well, Sam is about to find herself with a passenger of her own. Life is about to get very complicated and one thing will become painfully clear when they finally emerge from the guts of the universe - it's a long way back to Tumbleson County.

Zenobia, Sam, and Humphrey joined forces with the one known as the Passenger when it learned that little Charley Conerlie, the "Crimson Prince", had suddenly gone missing. Now, racing against time to save the young... boy... the quartet is heading out to Bloodland - the site of some Tumbleson history that most people would just rather forget. Who, or what perhaps, has taken Charley? Is he the only thing at stake? And will that awful history repeat itself? Tune into the conclusion of the play session for all the answers!

It's been a week since the Coryell Farms burned, the triumvirate of witches went up in the flames, and Bobby-Jack became... well... a little different. Now, as the town comes to terms with yet another series of calamitous events, the one called the Passenger has come seeking aid from the Tumblesonians. Little Charley Conerlie has gone missing and "The Crimson Prince" must be found. Will Zenobia and Sam help him? Will the Passenger beseech the one he calls king, Wee Humphrey, for his assistance? And exactly where has Bobby-Jack gone in all of this body-swapping?

Halloween is upon us - what better time for an open house at a nice, little Victorian-era home out in the countryside? Did we mention it has been completely restored and renovated? How about that it comes fully furnished? Did we forget to say it was in Salem, Massachusetts? Or that it's haunted? You know what... on second thought... forget that last thing. Samhain in Salem was the first of four adventures played live on Twitch in September 2017 with our friends from Freelance Heroism for our Roll for Relief campaign to help out the victims of Hurricane Harvey. We proudly present it again, in its entirety, for you to enjoy this Halloween season!

Bobby-Jack isn't exactly Bobby-Jack anymore, much to the consternation of Horace, Zenobia and Sam. To make matters worse, his new... alter-ego... isn't exactly going out of its way to REDUCE the crazy in the county. The murders of Eura and Wisteria Coryell are apparently tied to a much bigger prophecy - a prophecy that's still in the making unfortunately. And, if that wasn't enough, Wee Humphrey has found himself undergoing a life-changing scenario of his own; one that will put him a position far greater than that of short-order cook. Will the group heed the warnings of the mysterious soul inside the simpleton? Will Humphrey give into his greater purpose? And what will happen to Bobby-Jack McGee? These questions MIGHT be answered in the finale of this session!

Hell hath no fury like a simpleton scorned. When Bobby-Jack, Zenobia, Sam, and Humphrey found Bobby's mother, May McGee, on the verge of dying, they acted quick and managed to stave off an attempted poisoning. Once the dust had settled, however, Bobby Jack went from Tumbleson's sweetest boy to the county's biggest nightmare. Seeking revenge and retribution, he made a beeline for the Coryell Farmstead to take out Wisteria Coryell, the suspected poisoner, and anyone that got in his way. Now, with the deed done - two Coryell sisters and a baby slashed to pieces and a farm burning to the ground - our Tumblesonians are left to deal with two important questions: What has happened to Bobby-Jack McGee and is the ordeal over... or just beginning?

Bobby-Jack had turned up safe after the wedding fiasco, but it didn't take long for him, Zenobia, Sam, and Wee Humphrey to find more trouble to get into and, this time, it's serious business. May McGee has been found poisoned within an inch of her life and all signs point to the Coryell Sisters as the prime suspects. However, before anyone even thinks of investigating, Bobby-Jack has decided to turn judge, jury... and executioner. What hell will the simple McGee boy bring upon Tumbleson County? Can his friends stop him before it's too late to turn back? And is this all just a prelude to something more sinister lurking in the shadows?

Though nerves around Tumbleson County are still a bit frayed, there has been some closure for some and good news for others as most of those missing in the aftermath of the Ferguson-Doolittle wedding have been found - dead or alive. Unfortunately, there are still three Tumblesonians unaccounted for: Bobby-Jack McGee, his mule, Sweetie, and, surprisingly, Jimmy Ferguson, the groom-now-declared-missing. Missing persons, however, are about to be the least of Youngtown's problems.

Welcome back to Tumbleson County! The aftermath of the event now known in Youngtown as "The Wedding of the Damned" is still being sorted through. Nerves in tense in Tumbleson. The citizens are on edge and no stray dog in town is safe. Though some of the victims of the vicious "wild dog" attack have been identified, Sheriff Horace Ferguson has asked the community for their help to find those still missing or unaccounted for nearly a week later. However, there's one name on his list he's particularly worried about and it's going to take a very... special... search party to track her down.

Troublesome Times will return in a few weeks with an all-new episode to kick off the next chapter in the Tumbleson saga. For now, though, enjoy another short compilation of things that were left on the cutting room floor... and probably should have stayed there.

The biggest wedding in the history of Tumbleson County is turning out to be the biggest fiasco in the history of Tumbleson County. The bride's makeup has been stolen by a raccoon. The bride's brother has broken his arm. Horace and Sam have their hands full with the respective wedding parties. Zenobia has temporarily lost her mind while trying to divine the location of Snake Hands Jimmy's former lover (not to mention former living showgirl) Crazy Jane Marmalade. Carp Plunkett has threatened to take the Fergusons out in order to run off with his one true love, the bride, Annabelle Doolittle. And Wee Humphrey has let the dogs out... literally. A trainwreck of epic proportions is about to come off the rails. Who lives? Who dies? Who gets married? Who loses a hand? And who will never be the same? All the answers shall be revealed in the Tumbleson season finale!

Everyone fortunately survived the hell that was James Ferguson's bachelor party... literally. Now, it's finally time for the wedding and Samantha has her hands full with the blushing bridezilla-to-be, Annabelle Doolittle. Horace has his hands equally full with Snake Hands Jimmy and his wedding party, still shaken from the events aboard the Hellion. All they have to do is just get the bride and groom to the altar in one piece. It should be a piece of wedding cake, right? Riiiiiight...

It is a dark time across the land - the foxlord, Renard, casts a long shadow from his castle across all Four Corners. In the wake of his rule, a perpetual autumn shrouds the land in red and gold. Food rots in fields, but never ripens. Each new moon, the furred folk of the Four Cities send their tithe of youth to his court. Drawing stones from his cauldron, some join his army... and others his larder. In the southern city of Clowdertown, resistance grows. Brought together by the raccoon crime boss, Papa Ringtail, they will strike back at the foxlord's regime so that no more young will march into... Borchardbriar.

It's hard to pinpoint exactly where things went from bad to worse during "Snake Hands" Jimmy Ferguson's bachelor party. It might have been when Cam Doolittle became deathly ill after playing in an unfamiliar card game. It might have been when Samantha Wesson figured out that the crew aboard the Hellion wasn't exactly what they appeared to be. It might have been when Bobby-Jack McGee found that the whole mess of Fergusons was becoming afflicted with the same maladies as Cam. It might have been when a recently-deceased Crazy Jane Marmalade showed up very much alive as a Can-Can Dancer and talked Jimmy into one final night of unrequited passion before his wedding day. Or it might have been when Wee Humphrey unknowingly doggie-paddled himself onboard the Hellion and right into the middle of all this mess. Or, alternatively, it's NONE of those things because, as the group is about to find out, the worst is yet to come.

While onboard the Hellion for "Snake Hands" Jimmy Ferguson's bachelor party, Sam, Zenobia, and Bobby-Jack had started out the evening enjoying a little gambling, drinking, and debauchery. Things appeared to turn quickly south, however, when Cam Doolittle sat down at a strange card game, at the urging of Bobby-Jack, and began to lose his money... mostly because of Bobby's bad gambling advice. Now, as the party rolls on, our party is about to find out that money is the least of what Cam has lost and that nothing aboard the Hellion is what it seems.

Nate speaks to Christopher Grey, author and creator of The Happiest Apocalypse on Earth RPG about his current Kickstarter and the merging of Lovecraftian horror and a reasonable facsimilie of a big-eared, cartoon mouse!