From the introduction: You and your fellow frontiersmen have journeyed to the edge of civilization to settle your own homestead. The rewards of living on your own terms were what drew you here. But your way of life is now being threatened by the construction and advancement of The Railroad. The rails have brought unsettling changes to your wild lands. Whether it's your livelihood or reputation, your land or freedom, you must band together to fight the Railroad Barons to defend what's yours.