Camp of Instruction July 2017

7/14/2017 Camp of Instruction - Night Program. Fort Scott NHS

Another Camp of Instruction for the Fort with myself turning the cards. Since this event was to give students an idea of what life was like as a 1840's soldier living at the fort we played Faro and I used modified 1840's rules. This rule set included dealing from the hand, no calling the turn, but no hockelty. Since I was portraying a soldier, the faro layout was my campaign roll. I had coppers as an option but made it clear it was a side bet and had to be requested rather than provided as a regular component of play. To make the game easier, I used a primitive case counter to keep the game interesting and engaging rather than using cue cards or guesswork. They are students after all, I wanted them to learn and have a good time. I only had 20 minutes with each squad of students so I had to explain the rules and start turning as quickly as possible. One fun anecdote was after this was over, they whole assembly was to play a rousing game of Rounders, but not all the students wished to play so I offered to throw down my cloth and turn cards. Moments later I found myself at table capacity at nine punters! Indeed they left disappointed when Rounders was over and we had to move along with the program.