

Thus, with MIT safely returned to its home in Cambridge, the reunited crew of the Brass Rat blasted off into space for another intoxicating adventure. The COIN was activated by the team Beginner's Luck at 3:03 on Monday morning, causing everything outside of Zyzzlvaria to be drawn into it, and everything in Zyzzlvaria to be drawn out. To escape, the teams sought the Covertly Operational Inversion Node, or COIN, somewhere in Zyzzlvaria. Escape from Zyzzlvaria! (The script to the opening is here.) And now, the challenge before the teams was to do the impossible.

This quickly turned to abject horror as MIT was teleported thousands of light years through space to the heart of Zyzzlvaria. These heroes, previously known only as pawns in the board game, appeared in the flesh to thunderous applause. For this auspicious debut, United Planetary Galactic Allied Federation Society President Flash and Vice President Gordon welcomed the guests of honor: Captain Blastoid and the crew of the Brass Rat. At the ZyzzlCon 3009 convention, each team received their very own copy of the board game. Teams received a Coming Soon! page for the launch of the Escape from Zyzzlvaria board game-in the year 3009. In 2002's Monopoly Hunt, teams assayed D2: The Mighty Duck Konundrum, which featured a fictional board game called Escape from Zyzzlvaria.

The 2009 Hunt hearkened back to the glorious past.
