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Hi. I'm Franz.

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Its hard to believe its been almost two decades since I worked on
 Railroad Tycoon 2 and later on Railroad Tycoon 3.

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And as proud as I am of that work, I always felt it was unfinished.

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LIke, there was more we could do and I really wanted to try.

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Since that time I got involved with a great group of professional developers,
many of whom I've been with for almost ten years.

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And its this group of people that have decided to get back to core gaming 
by making Rails & Riches, a railroad builder game for the PC.

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We are using the lessons learned not only from my time on 
the Railroad Tycoon series as a designer,

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but the decades of experience that the team has had 
working on a lot of different games.

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There are so many new aspects that have been developed. From AI to UI 
that we can apply and make a game more modern and fun.

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While we've described Rails and Riches as a spiritual successor to 
the Railroad Tycoon series, its really much more than that.

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Its a super cool geek toy. A platform to support an awesome game community.

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As a founder, I have the ability to make the railroad game 
that I've always wanted to make.

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A game that doesn't end when it ships, a game where 
the players get to not only impact the design of the game,

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but contribute their own content and share with others for years.

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I think you'll really enjoy what we have in store for you with Rails and Riches,

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and I hope you'll support our efforts.