Letters from the Empty Train

Player materials · 1.0.0

An empty train arrives with letters addressed to people who have left town. Tonight its last carriage will be sent to the scrap yard.

Content notice: Private letters and regret; do not read invented intimate messages aloud without table agreement.

These cards contain discoveries. Your GM will hand them out as you find them. Keep unrevealed cards face down.

Letters from the Empty Train: Player route mapPublic route map: Station platform connects to Parcel office and Signal cabin; either reaches Sorting carriage, then Turntable. Routes work in both directions. Retrace the route to return. No hidden information is marked.Player route mapStation platform1Parcel office2Signal cabin3Sorting carriage4Turntable5NPUBLIC ROUTES · CONNECTIONS ARE BIDIRECTIONAL · NOT TO SCALE · 1.0.0

Public route map: Station platform connects to Parcel office and Signal cabin; either reaches Sorting carriage, then Turntable. Routes work in both directions. Retrace the route to return. No hidden information is marked.

Timeline record

All postmarks are from the final week of Ada’s route.

h-order · 1 copy

Fallback instruction

Remove the drum to a staffed post office and the route bell falls silent.

h-fallback · 1 copy

Method diagram

The forwarding register matches old house numbers to new street names.

h-method · 1 copy

Destination note

Maintenance slip: Ada is checking the fourth carriage.

h-note · 1 copy

Physical trail

A trail of folded sorting tags leads to carriage four.

h-trail · 1 copy

Witness statement

Ren saw Ada climb into the fourth carriage with the register.

h-witness · 1 copy

Safety marks

POST reaches the station ramp; YARD reaches scrap. Hold the turntable lock while moving the selector.

h-safe · 1 copy