Nothing says crazy like overhauling a game that was already working. So, after our massively productive discussion, here's the new game we've come up with:
At the beginning of the game, you're given a card that has the following information on it: a person you're looking for, a location, and a picture you're trying to recreate. They also get a costume and a bag to conceal it in. The card would look something like this:
For demonstration's sake, our player is the pirate. So, the pirate goes running around and finds the ninja (following the same mechanic we've established with the indirect communication), and the two of them toddle off to the White House, put on their costumes, and have their picture taken. When they have successfully recreated their picture, they're given another card that looks like this:
At the beginning of the game, you're given a card that has the following information on it: a person you're looking for, a location, and a picture you're trying to recreate. They also get a costume and a bag to conceal it in. The card would look something like this:
For demonstration's sake, our player is the pirate. So, the pirate goes running around and finds the ninja (following the same mechanic we've established with the indirect communication), and the two of them toddle off to the White House, put on their costumes, and have their picture taken. When they have successfully recreated their picture, they're given another card that looks like this:
Now, the pirate and ninja (in blue) must find the pink team. Once they find this team, they must recreate the picture shown here, with the blue team's "puzzle piece" set next to the pink team's "puzzle piece" in front of the library. Once they have successfully recreated THIS picture, they are given another card: 
Now our pink/ blue team has to track down the red/yellow team. And so on. The basic combination structure would work a lot like a basketball bracket:
The idea here is that teams are finding one another and getting larger and larger and creating more and more elaborate pictures. This creates a situation where people have to cooperate to progress, costumes and picture taking are still fun, and we take that damn scorekeeping element out of it.
So we'll still have moderators with cameras at our locations. The moderator will be responsible for taking a picture, verifying that a team has assembled their picture correctly, and hand over the next level of the bracket. We keep our three locations, and the three of us moderate.
SO. Things we need to work out:
Pairings/bracket structure
Build the pairing cards and larger team puzzle cards
Containers for players to transport their costumes in
New rule sheet
BIG ASS PLAYTESTER LIST
Honestly, we should try to schedule people as soon as possible so that we can work out our bracket and card sets to accomodate the right number of people.
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