

Bill simply warns Mac: "I don't want you riling the cook. Mac is a cocky youth, always challenging the old man and being positively hostile to the crew's cook, Hawkes (Ricky Jay), a card shark. It turns out he bears a striking resemblance to Elliott Gould.

Bell, reputed to be the best ranger in the West, is portrayed by the cowboy everyman Sam Elliott ("The Sacketts"), who appears here cleanshaven instead of with his usual scruffy and imposing mustache. The 17-year-old Mac, played by Jerry O'Connell ("Sliders"), is doing another stint as forest-ranger assistant to the leathery, taciturn Bill Bell. This production on ABC is not in that class, but it meanders along amiably and has enough beautifully photographed scenery to do a nature film proud. It is based on a more-or-less autobiographical story by Norman Maclean, the author of "A River Runs Through It," which Robert Redford made into a fine film starring Brad Pitt. Outbid your competitors at the stock auction.Despite its elaborate title, "The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky" is just a simple old coming-of-age yarn.

Maximize your profits by using natural gas to boost the oil price.Lease land at the town auction and search for oil using a dowser, mole or scanner.Steam Achievements, Badges, Trading Cards and Cloud Saving.Play single game mode to get one of literally millions of procedurally generated levels and earn as much as you can in one year.

Meet the town’s characters in the saloon and make shady business deals.Dozens of upgrades and new tools to improve your oil mining operations.A campaign where you build your rags-to-riches oil baron career and beat your rivals.Acquire more town shares than your competitors in a bid to become the new mayor. Then buy essential upgrades in town to cope with rock, gas and ice. Sell the oil at the best times to maximize profits. Build a rig, create an efficient pipe network and bring up the oil to store it in silos. Lease land at the town auction and search for oil. As you make money digging up and selling oil, the town will grow along with you. Get a taste of the rush and rivalry of the time as you earn your way to become a successful oil entrepreneur. Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
