The Paydirt Gazette.
Vol. I.—No. 1.San Francisco, Alta California, 1849.Price, one pinch of dust.
Go Back in Time to 1849™, and stake your claim before your neighbour does.
Astonishing intelligence from Sutter’s Mill.—The whole country in a ferment.
It is our duty to inform the public that a Mr. MARSHALL, while inspecting the tail-race of the saw-mill at Coloma, did observe certain bright particles, which upon trial have proved to be GOLD of great purity. Labourers have quit the fields, sailors their ships, and the towns stand all but empty.
Emigrants may go overland by the Oregon and California trails, by sea around Cape Horn, or across the Isthmus of Panama. Each is perilous, and each is slow.
Able-bodied persons for the diggings. Bring pick, pan and a stout heart. No experience required.
Claims staked upon the river shall be defended by their owners. Jumpers take warning.
One mule, answers to no name whatever. Last seen heading for Sacramento with the flour.
Paydirt brings players Back in Time to 1849™ to experience life in the gold rush era wild west. Each episode is a standalone game or a free expansion to one.
Follow the overland trails, cross the Isthmus of Panama or round Cape Horn in a race to get to the gold fields.
Explore, prospect for gold, claim land and defend it from the ruthless competition.
No one knows what is under the surface, but a vast cache known as The Mother Lode is rumored to exist.
Make a name for yourself. Do something extraordinary. Be famous or infamous. Find your place in history.
Five episodes, each its own issue of this paper.
January 1848
Visit the museum to learn about history, and go back in time to relive it as James W. Marshall discovers gold at Sutter’s Mill.
Mid-1848
Word of the Gold Rush is spreading fast. Become a pioneer and get to California as quickly as you can.
1849
The Gold Rush is on. Stake your claim and defend it from the ruthless competition.
1850
No one knows what exactly is under the surface, but a vast cache known as The Mother Lode is rumored to exist.
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Build your mining empire in the California Gold Rush!
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