As you'd expect from a game about guiding a steam locomotive filled with Czech soldiers through the Russian Civil War, there will be points in Last Train Home when no amount of coal in your engine will help you escape the wrath of the Bolshevik revolutionaries. In these situations, you'll need to toss aside your shovel and grab the nearest rifle, leading your squad into the game's fierce tactical combat missions.
During your journey, you'll embark on both large-scale story missions and smaller side scenarios ranging from rescuing local farmers from Bolshevik raids, to gruelling street battles in dense urban centres. In both cases, you'll only bring into these missions what you take with you. Every squad member, every weapon, every bullet is accounted for at both a strategic and tactical level. If you run out of pistol ammo in one mission, your medics won't be able to fight back until you pick up some more. If a soldier is injured while repairing your train, they'll carry that wound into battle unless healed.
