A Time for Harvest Gameplay - Chapter One

It is the final term of the academic year 1929-1930. A university field trip has been planned for the summer months under the management of Professor Harrold of the Anthropology Department and the expedition's co-ordinator Robert Blaine, a senior student. Blaine is leading the expedition as Professor Harold has a pressing workload and must stay behind at the University.

Extra credit is available for students of history, anthropology and folklore. At the behest of Professor Learmonth of the Geology department, geography, geology and students of other sciences will also be able to gain extra credit by joining the field trip to conduct geographical surveys of the area.

The expedition leaves Miskatonic University on August 15th well before dawn. Travelling in two automobiles and a large truck. Before starting out, introductions are made

Robert Blaine: good-looking and sardonic expedition
leader

Clarissa Thurber: a beautiful and charming chemistry
major
Jason Trent: a small and shy history major

Roderick Block: a large and friendly football hero and
geography major

Louis Gibbons: a chatty botany major and former
pre-med student

Harold Higgins: a ceaselessly joking geology major,
originally from Ireland

William Noakes: a bookish anthropology major

Terrence Laslow: a snobbish bore with double majors
in history and psychology

Mathis Steele: survivalist working on engineering doctorate

Jonathan Masterson: Archaeology student and self styled tomb raider

Angel Martin: Languages student

Harry Wolfe: Writer and journalist student

Thomas Jones: Music student

Father Simon Brubaker: Catholic Priest and mature student studying revealed religion

The group will be lodging in the formerly deserted Maclearan farmhouse, a rundown building surrounded by uncultivated land, located three miles outside the town of Cobb's Corners.

The expedition will be split into two groups. Group One contains the geologists, archeologists and other "workers of the soil" and Group Two includes the anthropologists, historians, folklorists, psychology students plus any other areas of study.

Please call out your appropriate group.

It is likely you know someone in the team already (with the exception of Trent). Please define who, how and what the relationship is . All of you know Higgins, at least by reputation, well known as the class clown.Also add a 1d100 know roll to your post.

Group One, essentially John Masterton and Harold Higgins are provided with an assortment of tools and surveying gear to conduct soil surveys. While Roderick Block will drive the truck from Arkham to Cobb's Corners, a local man named Joe Harlow has been commissioned to arrive each morning at the farmhouse and drive the students to and from the worksite.

Group Two, everyone else are equipped with notepads, pencils and "incentive" money to encourage locals to share folklore and stories from the area's oral tradition. A camera with a flash powder tray is available if any knows how to use it. In addition a phonograph with recording cylinders has been carefully packed should any students wish to record conversations with willing locals.

Two Chevrolet Model K automobiles are available, allowing students to canvas the area. Terrence Laslow will drive one and the other is placed in the care of William Noakes.