Pyramid Review
Evil Unlimited (for Brave New World)
Published by Alderac Entertainment Group
Written by Matt Forbeck
128 pages; $20.00
Bond movies and superhero games have something in common: they live or die on the coolness of their bad guys. That shared trait highlights the biggest problem with Evil Unlimited: it's an interesting supplement, but Evil Unlimited itself is more like the forgettable Max Zorin of A View to a Kill than the immortal Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
The premise certainly sounds exciting. In the universe of Brave New World, Evil Unlimited is the world's most powerful criminal organization. Its headquarters are in the United States, but they have their fingers in operations all over the world. They'll do almost anything if the price is right . . . theft, blackmail, character assassination . . . but they steer away from murder as "bad for business."
Evil Unlimited provides all the details on this organization, along with six new power packages, gamemaster notes and an adventure. The book is well-organized, and the line's typical "informative website" approach works particularly well in this supplement.
The first third of the book describes itself as Evil Unlimited's "annual report," but it's really a glossy recruiting document. Executive Vice President Nicollette Marks presents a detailed introduction that covers the usual topics for this kind of setting material. We learn about what the company does, where its main offices are, and who the important managers are. Marks . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: February 9, 2001
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