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Helping The Network in Boomtown’s Chapter Five
A radical redesign it was indeed, at the only festival to have a fully fledged site-wide LARP running alongside the music.
Chapter 5 was slated to be the year that it became impossible to complete the quest. It was also slated as a year of great change, with some venues leaving to be replaced by others and the return of the beloved stage, Lion’s Den.
If you haven’t read any of my other posts about Boomtown and don’t have previous knowledge of the ongoing story, I’d highly recommend starting there. Check out my information round up ahead of Chapter 5 here, or the round up on Chapter 4 here and Chapter 3 here if you fancy some extended reading.
As it transpired, the storyline was a tale of two halves. One had us following and helping The Network, aiming to address dissent and various problems across the Districts of Boomtown. The other had players helping BBXL ventures such as cloning Aurora Venturestone or sending the BBXL rocket into space. Those were the main quests. There were also two completely separate side quests. Yikes. Let’s focus on the main two and leave the super-secret quests super secret.
The two main quests weren’t of equal side and scale. The majority of the BBXL quest took place within Area 404 and Metropolis, with The Network Quest reaching the length of Boomtown.
