This is a two map release for Age of Steam 2024. Maps are printed on high quality poster stock front and back.
Both expansion maps are designed to be played in a shorter time, about 60 minutes, with fewer rules than typical expansions.
Rust Belt Express is for 3 to 4 players.
The beginning of Age of Steam is the original "Rust Belt" map, a true classic. Rust Belt Express is set in a smaller region of this map, with fewer rules, fewer turns, and all the tense decisions ramped up in a shorter play time. Pittsburgh plays a major role on this map and accepts cubes of all colors and pays $2 for per delivery black cube.
Union Pacific Express is for 3 to 4 players. It was originally released for TRAXX MAINLINE magazine in 2022. The only changes to this version are cosmetic graphics changes.
---From its early roots in Council Bluffs and Omaha, the Union Pacific Railroad grew west and ultimately connected the East Coast to the West Coast. In this expansion map, players focus on building from some of the Union Pacific’s main hubs: Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, and Cheyenne, as well as from Bailey Yard in Nebraska, the largest railyard in the world.
—description from the publisher