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Train Bridge - Hi Resolution Day, Night, Mountain, Winter, Desert & Destroyed Variants!

Added 2021-02-21 12:32:10 +0000 UTC

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Background

The single train line is the quickest way to reach the frontier and allows passengers to avoid much of the dangerous wilderness along the way, but due to infrequent use the relatively new track has already fallen into some disrepair and the guards that patrolled the key intersections have been recalled to the city.

A few miles out from the new town the tracks cross a wide canyon, a few 100 ft deep. The bridge itself is a feat of gnomish engineering, and the view from the middle is one of the highlights of the trip. Despite relatively low numbers of passengers, trains run every week to bring supplies and mail, and return laden with valuable metals and gems mined from the surrounding mountains.

This location is of high interest to the bandits who hide out in the cavern systems below the mountains. If they can stop the train while it is on the bridge, it would be simple to rob it and escape without reinforcements being able to arrive to help. In anticipation of this, the sheriff is looking for adventuring parties to watch the area and protect the train from potential thieves. Unbeknownst to the sheriff and the adventurers, the bandits real target is not the train, but the bridge itself. Cutting off supply and communications to the new town would weaken it and make it easier to attack head on.

Grid Information

GRID SIZE – 88x34 (300DPI)
VTT SIZE – 12,320x4760 (140DPI)
RECOMMENDED PRINT SIZE – A0/ANSI E x2

Collaborators

Tabletop RPG Music has created an original track to go with this map, themed on 'Tension'. This is the second of 3 themed tracks they will be creating for the Frontier series. You can listen to the track on youtube HERE or download it using the link at the top of this post

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Design Notes

Bandit Hideout 01 - Tracks

01 – Platform
02 – Waiting Room – As well as a small ticketing desk, there is a mail desk and shop offering basic supplies to those passing through.
03 – Mail Room – Post waiting for delivery to the city is stored here until the train arrives. Hidden behind the shelves are 2 locked safes and a trapdoor leading down to 13
04 – Guard Post
05 – Storage Shed – Basic tools and supplies for track repairs
06 – The Bridge
07 – Ladder down the access walkway below (09)
08 – Canyon – Over 300ft wide and almost as deep

Bandit Hideout 02 - Walkway

09 – Ladder up to the tracks (06)
10 – Access Walkway – Used by the constructors initially during building, and for repairs to the bridge
11 – Storage Room – Now empty and abandoned
12 – Cavern Entrance – Natural caves used by the bridge builders for storing tools and supplies.
13 – Cavern – Used as a general living space while the bridge was under construction. Now abandoned and mostly empty. It seems the few bored employees who work at the station above use this space to kill time between trains. Ladder leads up to 03
14 – Storage Room – More tools and supplies, mostly empty crates and barrels.
15 – Ladder leading up.