Only two days left until the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for the second issue of TraXX Mainline Magazine! Get ready for March 28th, when you’ll be able to purchase:
- The Digital Edition ($25) – will include all of the pages featured in the Standard Edition.
- Standard Edition (printed) ($40-$50);
- Collectors Edition (printed) ($100);
- Hell on Wheels Edition – USA ONLY ($260);
The Standard Edition of MAINLINE includes:
- 28 pages of content, professionally printed in full color with a satin finish on a 110# cover stock and 70# page stock.
- Additional game components needed will be provided on 100# 11″x17″ pages with a satin finish.
- “1864: Forty-Niner”, an 18XX “magazine game” set in the western United States that utilizes the rules and components of “1861: Railways of the Russian Empire and 1867: Railways of Canada”.
- “Union Pacific Express”, an Age of Steam map designed by Kevin McCurdy, co-host of the Age of Steam Con and designer of many AoS maps.
- “Do Not Hump”, a roll-n-write game about the famous Bailey Yard.
- Historical articles about The Forty-Niner Route, the Moffat Tunnel, the Sun Valley Ski Resort, the Bailey Yard, and the Lucin Cutoff.
The Collector’s Edition is always a special version of MAINLINE. It contains additional historical content and additional games. Most importantly, it is also a vehicle for super supporters of TraXX to contribute to what we do.
The Collector’s Edition of MAINLINE contains all of the materials of the Standard Edition, plus the following:
- 32 pages of content, professionally printed in full color with a satin finish on a 110# cover stock and 70# page stock.
- Additional game components needed will be provided on 100# 11″x17″ pages with a satin finish. “Omaha Spur”, an 18XX “Sharpie Rails” train game.
- “Promontory Point”, a fan map, and MacGuffins for Northern Pacific.
- A historical article about the Credit Mobilier company.
The Hell on Wheels Edition will be a BIG HIT and will include a boxed copy of the professionally printed, full and original 18XX game “1868: Wyoming” by John Harres! Please note that this edition is limited to the United States only, and there will be only 35 copies available.
The Hell on Wheels Edition edition will have a few pages more and there will be:
- 36 pages of content, professionally printed in full color with a satin finish on a 110# cover stock and 70# page stock.
- Additional game components needed will be provided on 100# 11″x17″ pages with a satin finish.
- An article entitled “Grenville Dodge and The Gangplank” for some Wyoming and Union Pacific history.
- An article entitled “The 1868: Wyoming Story”, sharing the inspiration of the design of “1868: Wyoming”.
The 1868: Wyoming by John Harres will be published in early 2024 by a well-known board game publisher. So don’t worry if you are from Europe or even Canada.
You can read more about the games:
- 1864: Forty-Niner
- Union Pacific Express
- Do Not Hump
directly on the Kickstarter draft page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/traxx-mainline/mainline-magazine-spring-2023-issue
Don’t forget this date March 28th, it will be the next Tuesday!