Customer Reviews

Conspiracy X 2.0 Corebook

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I bought the original Conspiracy X book several years ago and greatly enjoyed the backstory, which details a decades-long battle between two super-secret United States shadow organizations, called Aegis and the National Defense Directorate.

This book has it all: three races of aliens, cryptozoology, psychic, and supernatural phenomena, all lovingly detailed against the backdrop of recent US history.

This playing of the new system (Unisystem) is hampered by the layout, however. There are a lot of rules which are in seemingly random places, and this results in a lot of flipping back and forth in the middle of a game session.

The art is hit-or-miss, but the nice binding, cover art, and compact size are a plus. I still can't wait to see what hte next book in the series, the alien sourcebook, brings.

I've been playing Conspiracy X since it first came out (I think) in 1996. If you're a fan of The X-Files, this is the rpg for you. Dark conspiracies, government coverups and an impending alien invasion makes for a great setting. I've found that this is one of the easiest rpg's to play, as it encourages great roleplaying.

The new book is a great improvement over the first edition, and the Unisystem is a good set of rules. The quality of this product is top notch in all aspects.

The 2.0 version don't differ much at all from the first, except that the book is smaller and has some new cover/interior art. The content/setting is basically "X-files gone RPG", which is good I guess. But here you can play the "bad guys" if you want, i.e the infamous men in black etc. Lots of cool gear and equip. , characters and some decent rules. The main flaw is the crippling layout.

While the art that starts each new chapter is great (though the minor art on most of the common pages is simple and cruddy), the textlayout and parting of different topics is much like as if the town drunk with poor eyesight had been hired to do it. You can NOT, and will not, get a grip of the wholeness quick and intuitive (or find specific parts) unless you struggle and sloowly read it cover-to-cover thoroughly.

It aint supposed to feel like your scouting through a damp and misprinted copy of the yellow pages, its supposed to suck the reader in and make you immersed! The story and setting, and...stuff...is great as mentioned - but the layout needs a major overhaul.