The Tequila Bandidos

My game at the postponed DevLAM '20 was to have been the pirate game. Regular readers of this blog (possibly even reaching double figures, now!) will have seen many of the figures I had been painting for this game. The game was to take place in Islas de Pasaje de Vuelta, in the Caribbean. Doug was donating a folding 8' table and the game (somewhat ambitiously) was going to be played on a 16' long table. Hopefully, this will all take place next year now.

In the meantime, we have been playing some virtual games. I resurrected my Old West 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.

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, La Putas de Vagabunda. These girls are led by none other than the legendary La Marinera Vagabunda. La 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.

La 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…

There will be eight bandidos and eight Putas in the game. I've managed to paint three of each so far.

Excavado de Vaca in the green.