DevLAM '20 was to have taken place at Snapcase Hall over last weekend. Obviously, during the latest Covid-19 restrictions, The Gentlemen of Much-Piddling have been unable to gather in the ancient and dusty environs of the Snapcase's ancestral pile. The annual bean-feast has had to be postponed and The Gentlemen have had to sustain a very stiff upper-lip with nary a tremble. There has been a weeping, a wailing and a gnashing of teeth in the servant's quarters as that band of toilers were traditionally given a day off (the only one of the year) from their duties.
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A typical scene from previous years at the Hall.
Doug was to have presented us with a splendid VBCW game set in Borsetshire, Vagabond was going to run another of his beautiful games and I was to have presented my pirate game (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=122142.0).
In the meantime, we have been playing some virtual games. I resurrected my unfinished Old West gold mine and have finished building it now. It just needs painting. Unfortunately no photos are to be posted here to ensure that the players do not have a map of the mine. We are hoping to be able to play this game over a live-feed on WhatsApp, with all three Gentlemen on-line for a days gaming and frivolity!
Here is the back-story:
Skulduggery and Mayhem in the El Oro Paso Mina
The Tequila Bandidos, led by that notorious outlaw Excavado de Vaca, have somehow come across a treasure map showing an abandoned gold mine, named the El Oro Paso Mina. The owner of the mine is said to have died in the mine with a secret stash of gold nuggets worth over a million dollars.
The mine is located just outside Hog Thief Bend in Arizona and the Bandidos have travelled up from Tijuana to investigate. Spending the night in Hog Thief Bend, they naturally frequent the Pink Pelican Saloon.
Unbeknownst to the Bandidos, the calico queens of the saloon are members of a secret society, Las Putas de Vagabunda. These girls are led by none other than the legendary La Marinera Vagabunda. Las Putas aims are to secure enough wealth to open their own saloon and to elect their leader as Mayoress of Hog Thief Bend.
Full of burritos and tequila, the Bandidos wax loquacious and very soon the girls are aware of the plan and the map. La Marinera Vagabunda manages to make a copy of the map whilst Excavado de Vaca snores through the night in an alcoholic dream.
Seeing that there are two entrances to the mine marked on the map, the girls plan to use the further entrance (marked on the map as El Espalda Paso) and beat the Bandidos to the gold.
Las Putas arm themselves and head off to the mine in the early hours of the morning. Hours later, the hung-over Bandidos breakfast on Huevos Rancheros and refried beans and then manage to clamber onto their horses and head for the nearer entrance to the mine (marked on the map as La Frente Paso).
They look set for a windy ride!
The scene is set for an epic showdown in the mine…
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To be continued...(probably very slowly!)
Thanks awfully your Lordshipness.
:)