Black Tie Villainy

A LitRPG Adventure (Vaudevillain, Book 2)

By: Alex Wolf

Narrated by: Austin Rising

The crime of the century. Admittance by invitation only. Black tie required.

Dr. Zlo has made some nefarious new associates. After his grand scheme was directly blocked by Vert so that the game would "make sense", the deadly and beautiful Dextra Black signed on to help him get his revenge.

Although Dr. Zlo has made enemies with popular players and old friends, his zany streaming has captured the attention of thousands. Thanks to the limelight, gamers new and old are joining in just to hunt him down. He knows exactly what to do to keep them entertained; and his grand event won’t just show the world Vert’s true colors. If all goes as planned, they’ll convince people to start playing just for fun.

What's that in the sky? A bird? A plane? No! It's evil!

©2022 Alex Wolf (P)2022 Mountaindale Press

Great litRPG focused on the value of Role-Playing

First off, this is Book 2. Short review: This is just as good as Book 1! Go and get that one first.

Synopsis of Book 1: Two friends want to play the new game, World of Supers. The MC wants to make an over the top vaudeville style supervillain with lots of role-playing, without a care about levels or power. His friend wants to Min-Max with exploits and doesn't care about role-playing at all. Friction results.

Role-playing versus min-maxing. This theme continues into Book Two, a wonderful continuation. As litRPG options pop up for the Black Tie villain, he's asking what fits his character the best, not what optimizes anything. I can tell right now that I will get every book in this series.

One early bit: MC needs a phone or laptop, and a neighbor is a rich frail old lady. The player role-plays his villain to the hilt as he tries to dominate the dear old lady, but she's a bit oblivious.

Lots of good fights, more schemes, and a virtual game world that makes sense.

Narrator does a tremendous job with distinct voices and mannerisms.

Highly recommended.

really great

ok there is alot to love about our bad boy Dylan
little annoyed with how doesn't see just what a narcissist John is and valiant is trash as a hero perfect foils for the king of crime

some parts drag on

The voice acting and interactions between characters is superb. There were just some times that prepping for stuff just dragged on.

Fun

Fun story
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like this series

I like this series , I will look for more in the future .