 BattleRun, Two great games that taste great together! |
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 Apr 2 2009, 12:42 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 5-February 05 From: Lake Stevens, WA Member No.: 7,055  |
BattleRun: Two great games that taste great together!
A product 45 years in the making! Though most of those years were concurrent! As Battletech celebrates its 25th anniversary and Shadowrun celebrates its 20th, the visionaries at Catalyst Game Labs have, for the first time ever, brought these two worlds together! Join us in a universe that combines the best of two fantastic game universes in a tournament to decide who is the best warrior of all time! Many warriors have fallen, and only four remain in the Best Ever Tournament: Kieren McCool, the wily immortal elf who pilots the most feared 'Mech on the battlefield; Asmodeal el Angel de la Muerte, the Manei Domini blood mage who is so evil that his mere presence destroys all photons in the immediate vicinity; Nadja Daviar, a refugee from the 21st century who has lost none of her wiles or extreme sex appeal; and newcomer Jonas Hadry, a MechWarrior and battlefield commander so charismatic and beloved that it seems that possibly the deck was a little stacked in his favor. The Best Ever is a bold venture that bridges two universes. Exciting, visionary, and often a bit deranged, this is the project that no one was asking for but everyone will love! Contains a summary of the new Eighth World setting, nine new character archetypes, and a roleplaying adventure that involves your characters in the excitement, glamor, and sheer ludicrousness of the Best Ever Tournament. Written by Jason Hardy PDF - Free! Book Only - $14.95 Book & PDF Combo - $17.95 http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=28 |
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Apr 2 2009, 01:11 AM
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Not a Moderator Group: Members Posts: 1,075 Joined: 26-February 02 From: BrizVegas, Australia Member No.: 904 |
If this wasn't a belated April Fool's Day joke, I'd buy one!
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Apr 2 2009, 01:19 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 5-February 05 From: Lake Stevens, WA Member No.: 7,055 |
It's a real product.
Go check out the site (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) And yes, the book is real too. |
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Apr 2 2009, 01:59 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 15-June 04 From: Richmond, BC Member No.: 6,405 |
This is ridiculous enough that I actually want a hardcopy to call my own. What the hell does that say about me? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif)
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Apr 2 2009, 02:10 AM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
I like how the PDF is free, but if you buy the combo you get charged 3$ more than the book only.
I can't believe it's on the store. You guys are nuts! Someone try to buy it, I want to know what happens! |
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Apr 2 2009, 02:12 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,263 Joined: 4-March 08 From: Blighty Member No.: 15,736 |
Umm. I haven't played any Battletech whatsoever. I really shouldn't want this.
Oh, who am I kidding? Downloading at C! Err... 1.1C, I'm actually reading it right now. |
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Apr 2 2009, 02:13 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 15-June 04 From: Richmond, BC Member No.: 6,405 |
Already done - got the PDF. It's 50 pages of BattleTech and Shadowrun mashed together, full of ridiculous stuff, amusing little footnotes, and NPC profiles statted out for /both/ games. Well worth the time to download, even if only for the sheer absurdity.
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Apr 2 2009, 02:15 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,336 Joined: 25-February 08 From: San Mateo CA Member No.: 15,708 |
Sooo tempted. From 1993 to 1995 we ran a campaign using this sort of mashup. VCRs were experimental and some of the characters had them. Ahh good times.
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Apr 2 2009, 02:28 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 664 Joined: 3-February 08 Member No.: 15,626 |
You are all batshit insane....
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Apr 2 2009, 02:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 602 Joined: 2-December 07 From: The corner of Detonation Boulevard and Fascination Street Member No.: 14,464 |
just downloaded the pdf version... at a glance it's worth every penny I spent on it..
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) well done, folks. I tip my Coyote skin cap to your most excellent sense of humor! however, on page 4 in the transcript block, there is a typo. "are" snould be "our". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) |
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Apr 2 2009, 04:24 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 14-February 09 Member No.: 16,872 |
Very fun, looks like they had a good time writing it, bodes well for the future of both games that writers are also fan boys.
I'll leave it there and not get into any Machiavellian corporate scheme to get players from one game to play/buy the other too, and just enjoy the treat. |
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Apr 2 2009, 08:10 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 992 Joined: 2-August 06 Member No.: 9,006 |
You know what is funny? If you stop and think about it: using the SR skill set and IPs system with battletech damage and heat, works out kind of interesting...In fact, it makes the Urbanmechs 11 heat sinks now make sense! If the pilot has 3 IP, they get 9 heat, and the heat from their movements those rounds...making it actually workable!
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Apr 2 2009, 09:33 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
The next logical Step in Developement/Evolution!
http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=28 http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product...roducts_id=2259 Thanks to Medicineman for alerting me to this! ^^ Edit: Okay, i did not see this up in IMPORTANT TOPICS, when i made this thread . . |
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Apr 2 2009, 09:34 AM
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Awakened Asset Group: Members Posts: 4,464 Joined: 9-April 05 From: AGS, North German League Member No.: 7,309 |
A recommended read. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/notworthy.gif)
The book is real? I´ve been trying to figure out the import tariffs for USA->Germany book imports anyway. Can anyone give me a primer on that? |
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Apr 2 2009, 09:40 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
i'll so buy it if i can get my grubby paws on it ^^
i had an idea like this two or three years ago. but i did not get too far. only some pages of introductionary fluff/fiction <.< . . |
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Apr 2 2009, 10:51 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,182 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
Does it mention the brown nipples? Work blocks the pdf (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)
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Apr 2 2009, 11:33 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Good ol' Germany Member No.: 7,015 |
I planted the Info in 4 different German forums
I can hardly do more (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) With an Aprils Dance Medicineman |
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Apr 2 2009, 11:56 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 595 Joined: 12-May 05 Member No.: 7,392 |
QUOTE (ravensmuse @ Apr 2 2009, 05:51 AM)  Does it mention the brown nipples? Work blocks the pdf (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Apr 2 2009, 12:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 992 Joined: 23-December 08 From: the Tampa Sprawl Member No.: 16,707 |
Ah damn, work blocked. I'm so downloading this when I get home. Might even has to buy the book if it's real. I do play Battletech as well.
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Apr 2 2009, 12:52 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
i do play battletech from time to time as well.
my work ain't blocking it, and i am reading it right now. it's so obviously fake, it should not even be funny anymore. but hell yes it is a funny read ^^ |
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Apr 2 2009, 12:57 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,245 Joined: 27-April 07 From: Running the streets of Southeast Virginia Member No.: 11,548 |
*sigh*...
That is simply wrong! |
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Apr 2 2009, 01:05 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
no, it is perfect!
Dwarves in aero-space, elves in mechs, orks in tanks, trolls in battle-armor! rigging these things along the planets. mages . . being more or less worthless ^^ |
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Apr 2 2009, 02:21 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 619 Joined: 24-July 08 From: Resonance Realms, behind the 2nd Star Member No.: 16,162 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Apr 2 2009, 03:05 PM) mages . . being more or less worthless ^^ Hydroponic Gardens. See in the Nexus. |
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Apr 2 2009, 02:37 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
What do you mean? O.o
Hydroponics? SR-Nexus? o.O Lasers get the light elemental effect, so fuck that great form toxic blood spirit inhabiting Sun Zu, just lazor him away from Orbit and be done with it ^^ |
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Apr 2 2009, 03:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 256 Joined: 30-August 08 From: san luis obispo, CA Member No.: 16,295 |
Sweet, "Anti-gravity bosoms, and other things we can't possibly mention here..." that made me lol.
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