I just wanted to point out Zombie Mafia goodness, just in time for Halloween.

http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showthread.php?t=483145

Suh-weet! Just saw the Ultimate Spidey toon is having a Hallowe'en Special. Spidey + Legion of Monsters, er, "Howling Commandos" vs Dracula!

Man-Thing
Werewolf by Night
Frankenstein's Monster
The Living Mummy!!!

That's a pretty neat 400 point team right there!

Been working on adding balancing elements to combat the above average knowledge of the majority issue with the RMG. This is what I have:

There is now no certainty of the number of Mafia and Neutrals, though there is a known rate of deviation.

When the Mafia is less than Neutrals, the Jester is in play, a role that has a higher chance of thinning out the Town than Mafia.

When the Mafia is more than Neutrals, the Magnet is in play, a role that isn't terribly useful other than its vote.

The Neutral Survivors have alternate win conditions where they try to manipulate kills (though they are not partial to any side), but to keep their agendas down, there is a Survivor Killer who can only win once all other Survivors are dead.

To balance him out, the Survivor Killer is a Neutral with a kill power, so if that is discovered, his case will be bleak. Also, his existence gives the SK and Cult Leader a reasonably challengeable claim.

In higher player games, the Mafia potentially has a Power Cop. This mixed with the Janitor could help provide safe claims for them, giving them above average knowledge to combat the general above average knowledge of the Town.

I would like to run some higher player games with these roles to get a general feel for their balance.

I also have the generator allowing for 7-30 player games, doubling up the RB/MD/Tracker for the Town past 25 players. I technically have 33 roles, but every role would be used at that point.

I've been dying to play the Legion of Monsters ever since they came out and I went nuts over-purchasing. Thing is no one with whom to play and now they're all packed up.

(I was going to go try for them in the Clix Fantasy Leagues but then I started seeing about team bases and all that and realized there just wouldn't be much fun... "I place my Legion of Monsters w/Frankencastle on the board." Opponent: "I place the JLTB." Meh.)

Clix is downright depressing sometimes. My old venue that I occasionally frequent has given way to some power games. The last three constructed tournies were 600, 500, and 400. At the 600, the old judge played the Justice League Team Base. At the 500, someone played the Shi'ar Guard base. Yesterday, there was a Worldbreaker with full gauntlet, and a team with Book of the Skull. And all they say when I call them out for being cheapskates is "I wanted to try it out and see if it's as overpowered as people say". As if you didn't already know.

Seriously, I get it if you want to be a cheese gamer and win at all costs, but don't pretend to be a nice guy while you do it. You're being an ####### and I will treat you as such. I went 2-1 yesterday with a small X-Men theme team and totally decimated my friend.(Psylocke MCing Deathstrike to One-shot Gambit helped) He said he'd rather lose to skill and a well-played team instead of a point-click-dead team. It's getting to the point where playing fun figs and good sportsmanship are things of the past.

Sorry to rant, just frustrated. The good part is the guys playing these teams get pulverized in sealed events.

All right, mafiosos:

A lot of televisions shows look like they are wrapping up soon / have ended. I want to know your best spin-off pitches. Cheers begat Fraiser. Happy Days begat Mork and Mindy (among others).

Give me your best television spin-off show pitch. What show is it coming from? Which characters? Basic plot?

*hides his Phoenix Force team from last Saturday*

It's called Sit On My Face and follows Chairy from PeeWee's Playhouse. It's basically a rip off of Leno or Letterman, but the guast sits on Chairy and then they talk in an awkward sort of "eye contact is impossible" thing. Then there's the secret word.

OK guys - in all fairness I need that replacement for FvAOD so that the game can move forward. Anyone? Anyone at all?

I would if I could.

Hey man - I may not have the choice but to throw you back into the water, Macaquaman! OOK OOK EEK EEEEEKK!!!

Do what you gotta do, mod man.

Well, in that case if no volunteers step forward in a short period of time then it's gonna have to be monkey shines all over again....

And with that, thanks Stan but it looks like rorschachparadox has answered.

Whew!