The Syndicate

M isn't film noir it's German expressionism. Duh!

The only Noir film we could have reasonably tapped for Lorre was the Maltese Falcon, which we already have one role from, and then I would have insisted on Sydney Greenstreet as well, because he is awesome. They would both have to have been baddies, and that would have tipped the scales too far against the civvies. A tough call, but I think the right one.

timmer wrote: My only concern with the game is there is so much chaos and random killing, I'm worried the civs may be underpowered? I haven't hosted many games though, so my opinion may not be very important on that lol...

I don't think that the civs will be underpowered. They have a baddie checker, a role checker, and a truth checker, as well as a role blocker and some BTSC. Cody's kill is random, so it could just as easily be a baddie as a civvie. We actually toned down some of the civ powers to make it more balanced.

Mongoose wrote:he first one in particular has some very funny bits and these characters will forever be endeared to you.

And Myrna Loy is my biggest celebrity crush ever.

Matt F wrote:Looks cool.

I've never seen the Thin Man series, but I believe my dad owns the entire box set. Do they hold up well today?

Anywho, I'd be happy to sign up whenever ya all begin.

The first three or so are great. After that they go downhill pretty dramatically.

I am super excited to be co-hosting this!