People, Plots and Places of the Wild West: The Railroad by Nathanael Christen is a role playing game supplement published by Pinnacle Entertainment via the Savage Worlds Adventurer’s Guild for use with Savage Worlds.
The supplement is available as a six-page PDF from DriveThruRPG for $0.50.
The opening paragraph discusses the effect of the trans-continental railroad.
The Train describes these with carriage maps.
Building the Railroad looks at the trans-continental route.
The Process looks at how the railroad was constructed and what this achieved.
Tent Town briefly covers one of the temporary construction settlements with tent maps.
The Telegraph looks at this.
Handcars looks at these human-powered machines.
Train and Handcar Stats has SWADE stats for these.
Train Platform describes this with a map.
Water Towers covers this feature with another map.
The Evolution of the Railway has a look at the railroad system and references Riverboat.
When the Railroad Comes to Town looks at Shady Glen, covered in A Quiet Little Frontier Town, and the Cattle Drive supplement.
Plot Hooks has adventure hooks.
The final page has stats for various generic NPCs as well as some equipment stats.
People, Plots and Places of the Wild West: The Railroad in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is short enough that these aren’t essential. Navigation is okay. The text various between one and two column format and appeared to be free of errors. There are some stock, primarily black and white, illustrations and maps. Presentation is okay.
This supplement, though it has adventure hooks, is more a utility supplement covering railroads, including trains and facilities. As such, it will be suitable for many campaigns set in the era, including Weird West and others, making it a broadly useful supplement. People, Plots and Places of the Wild West: The Railroad can be found by clicking here.
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