Train Tuesday P1: Let’s Begin

All aboard for a new ongoing series at 3DRPG: Train Tuesday has just pulled into the station! Let’s get a steampunk hovertrain into your campaign!

Wouldn’t it be fun to add a whole new transportation layer to your campaign’s world? There are so many new story arcs to explore while giving any DM a cornucopia of fresh, home-brewed content ideas! We’re beyond stoked to introduce this new weekly content series to you all. Let’s get to it!

First off, we had to have the right 3D-printed content maker, and that’s where the immensely talented crew over at Aether Studios comes in. They have created a whole series of different hovertrain engines and cars for 3D RPG to print on our Prusa MK4 printer. And even better, more expansions are planned!

Affordability, playability, and overall coolness await with these mix-and-match sets:

• Fairhaven Line
• Onasan Line
• Pegasus Line
• Vrai Foundry Line
• Yardworks Industrial
• Idasiel Station
• Ridivi Station

We plan on printing and showcasing many of the pieces across all these sets here in 2024.

For encounter-building purposes,  we’ll be utilizing the northern Sword Coast area (via the Acquisitions Incorporated D&D 5e module) and its surroundings, including Waterdeep and Phandalin. However, you’ll be able to drop our DnD homebrewed content into your own game with ease.

A wise content-maker always starts with a solid plan of attack. So let’s highlight some of the RPG Railroad elements we’ll be focusing on in the coming months!

• Colorful Rail Line Routes & Stations
• Greedy Railroad Tycoons
• DnD Railcar Types
• One-shots & Sidequests
• Quirky NPCs
• Vicious Villains
• Helpful Allies
• New Monster Types
• Situational Magic Items
• 3D-Printer-Friendly Prints
• Paint Guides
• And much, much more!

We’ll kinda jump around this railroad smorgasbord and release whatever is “speaking to us” during our content-release meetings.

Let’s begin with a colorful name for our new landmark hovertrain rail line. We trolled the Internet and also mixed in some of our own ideas, including:

• Plane Train Railways
• The Planar Express
• The Realm Rail | Realm Rail Hoverway
• The El Train Hoverway (for Elminster)
• The Forgotten Rails
• The Astral Express
• The Hover Spot Express
• The High Mount Hover Rail
• The Triboar Rail
• The Sword Coast Surfline (or Steamline)
• The Waterdeep Express
• The Icewind Rail
• The Sword Coast Streamline

We have a couple of favorites here, but we’re going to let these names simmer a bit and announce the name next week.

Welp. This DnD content train is officially leaving the station, so let’s all get on board, find our seats, and enjoy this smooth railway ride together! Until next time!