It looks like we're probably just going to have 24 players. I will, of course, still keep the sign-ups open till Tuesday, just in case, but no sign-ups in the past several days suggests we've hit our critical mass.
I'm starting to do some prep work on the roles. Just going over everything making sure it's good to go. I literally designed this years ago so... Refreshing my memory on it is a thing.
Once we've passed our Tuesday deadline and the sign-ups close, the game thread will go up first and then I will randomly determine who gets what roles (with some notable exceptions who get handpicked roles). After that, I will start slowly passing out the roles. Giving out the roles in a game this large is a time-consuming process. It took me around 2 days of near-constant work to dish out all the roles for A Spider-Man Mafia 2, and this one is larger. I expect it could take me up to 3 days to give out all the roles for this game. Why does it take so long? Because I'm anal and I proof-read every single role PM before I hit send. One last quality check, if you will. If all goes according to plan, Day 1 will start no later than Friday. Maybe Thursday, if I'm speedy and you're lucky.
I hope you're all ready for this monstrously large game. It's a doozy.
I can't believe we're actually about to play it. I pretty much never thought this day would come.