BattleRun II: The Quest for the Thing
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| BattleRun II: The Quest for the Thing | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Scenario Pack (RPG Adventure) (April Fools) (PDF) |
| Author | Jason Hardy |
| Pages | 14 |
| Cover Artwork | Kat Hardy |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Catalyst Game Labs |
| Product code | E-CAT28F001 |
| First published | 1 April 2020 |
| MSRP | Free |
| Content | |
| Era | Eighth World timeline Jihad |
| Series | April Fools releases |
| Preceded by | BattleRun: Best Ever |
BattleRun II: The Quest for the Thing was Catalyst Game Labs' free 2020 April Fools product. It was released as a free PDF download through Catalyst Game Labs' website. It is a sequel to their 2009 April Fools product, BattleRun: Best Ever. As such, it forgoes the "Eighth World" worldbuilding section from the previous book and is significantly shorter.
The adventure is not dated, but takes place after the Best Ever tournament that was set in 3076 in the Eighth World timeline.
Plot synopsis[edit]
Having won the Best Ever tournament and generally achieved everything there is to achieve, Jonas Hadry feels bored. To find new purpose, he and his team (the players) accept a mission from a mysterious "Mr. Johnson" to retrieve an object called the Infinity Grail. This involves meeting Katherine Steiner-Davion in disguise, the dragon Lofwyr, a floating battleship (a reference to CGL's Leviathans game), a trip to Obeedah, and a battle against a squad from LBI ("League of the Batshit Insane", the Eighth World Word of Blake analogue).
Content[edit]
(The book does not contain a table of contents.)
- The Rains of Solaris (intro fiction)
- Introduction
- Adventure summary
- The Call
- The Meet
- Legwork
- Johnson
- A Long Journey
- Trial of Blood, Right?
- The Battle for the Grail
- Aftermath
- Cast of Shadows
Canonicity[edit]
As an April Fools product, BattleRun II: The Quest for the Thing is explicitly considered noncanonical.