Hatfields & McCoys

Sheeeethowdy! Pull yerself up a chair and sit a spell. I wants to tell yuh ‘bout the game o’ Hatfields ‘n McCoys. This is a game fer two players. If ’n yuh can’t count to two, two’s the number o’ beers that yuh drinks at one time.

Each player runs a fam’ly o’ mountain folk. You’s afeudin’ with the fam’ly from yonder ridge. Feudin’ can last quite a spell. Only killin’ off the other fam’ly or marryin’ into it will end the feud (and the game). Yuh wins by killin’ the other fam’ly or endin’ the game with the most ‘shine.

Each fam’ly piece has a Reg’lar side (black) and a Riled Up side (red). All pieces start Reg’lar side up. Each o’ yuh rolls a six-sided die. The one o’ yuh that rolls higher places his Shack and Still anywhere on the map. The other player then does the same. Shacks gots to be no less’n 12 spaces from each other. Stills gots to be no less’n six spaces from Shacks or other Stills.

Yer Granny’s, Maws, Beaus, Billy Bobs, n’ Ellies starts the game in yer Shack. Yer Gramps, Jeds, n’ Dawgs starts the game on yer Still.

CODE O’ THE HILLS
• See Who Goes First
• Shine Makin’ n’ Swillin’
• Runnin’ n’ Fightin’
• Raisin’ Hell
• Relations Callin’

The Code o’ the Hills is yer Sequence o’ Play. Yuh play out each step in order. Now don’t be skippin’ no steps! Both fam’lies finish a step ‘fore moseyin’ on to
the next one.