It is summer of 1972. Nixon is eyeing reelection in a few short months. American troops are slowly withdrawing from the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. In Uganda, Idi Amin is forcing citizens of Asian descent to leave their homes.
But in sleepy O’Connor County, Mississippi, those are problems for the outside world. Nestled along the Gulf coastline, time doesn’t seem to touch the sandy beaches, the mosquito-infested swamps, the stately old manors. Only decay marks the passage of time.
It may seem unusual for one of the poorest parts of the country, but organized crime has a firm foothold in O’Connor County. A loose organization of men and women have been entrenched for years, prospering on all sorts of vice. Time are good and there is plenty to go around- as long as 10% gets kicked up to Chicago, of course.
But change is roaring down the highway and may soon be coming to O’Connor County. . .
I’m fascinated by organized crime. I’ve had personal experiences with it at various points in my life. However, I’ve noticed there isn’t a lot of organized crime RPs here and what few show up are invariably about the mafia or yakuza. Accordingly, I thought it might be a nice change of pace to examine a largely forgotten group: the Dixie Mob. Mostly white southerners who formed a loose confederation without a major hierarchy, we’ve got a fictional setting at a very real time in history. Think pickups instead of Cadillacs, moonshine instead of fine wines, feeding people to alligators instead of concrete shoes. A very different atmosphere for a mob story, influenced by Southern Gothic writers like Faulkner and Crews.
What I had in mind was a small group of people who are able/ willing to create and pursue their own plotlines and go heavy on solo and collab posts. I will be pretty hands-off as a GM, there will be the occasional optional event that people can choose to respond to but on the whole it will be a self-driven roleplay with a strong focus on character and world-building.
Does this potentially sound appealing to anyone? Any questions I can answer? Suggestions?
But in sleepy O’Connor County, Mississippi, those are problems for the outside world. Nestled along the Gulf coastline, time doesn’t seem to touch the sandy beaches, the mosquito-infested swamps, the stately old manors. Only decay marks the passage of time.
It may seem unusual for one of the poorest parts of the country, but organized crime has a firm foothold in O’Connor County. A loose organization of men and women have been entrenched for years, prospering on all sorts of vice. Time are good and there is plenty to go around- as long as 10% gets kicked up to Chicago, of course.
But change is roaring down the highway and may soon be coming to O’Connor County. . .
I’m fascinated by organized crime. I’ve had personal experiences with it at various points in my life. However, I’ve noticed there isn’t a lot of organized crime RPs here and what few show up are invariably about the mafia or yakuza. Accordingly, I thought it might be a nice change of pace to examine a largely forgotten group: the Dixie Mob. Mostly white southerners who formed a loose confederation without a major hierarchy, we’ve got a fictional setting at a very real time in history. Think pickups instead of Cadillacs, moonshine instead of fine wines, feeding people to alligators instead of concrete shoes. A very different atmosphere for a mob story, influenced by Southern Gothic writers like Faulkner and Crews.
What I had in mind was a small group of people who are able/ willing to create and pursue their own plotlines and go heavy on solo and collab posts. I will be pretty hands-off as a GM, there will be the occasional optional event that people can choose to respond to but on the whole it will be a self-driven roleplay with a strong focus on character and world-building.
Does this potentially sound appealing to anyone? Any questions I can answer? Suggestions?
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