I think inventor is much closer to themed than a governor (which I assume is what is meant by mayor). I'm split on gunsmith vs. hider since the former requires the concept of "has a gun" while the latter does seem like a multi-part role.
Anyway I propose thirty-two forums plus Road to Rome.
I agree with your post, though I note that the current situation is that instead of being disappointed by themes that are too normal, you can be disappointed by normals that are too themed.Yosarian wrote:Frankly, I wouldn't want to see something like "futuristic mafia", with basic roles, standard mafia rules, with no source material to look up and with flavor that in no way affects the day discussion in the "theme games" forum; if I sign up for a game in a themed forum, I would be kind of disapointed to see a regular mafia game like that with just a tiny amount of flavor that has no effect on game play in any way to be considered a "theme" game.
Mafia 43 (Married...) is an example of a game that arguably has mafia flavor but in my opinion can't usefully be called "normal" when you look at the claims the scum had to come up with. There are probably better examples...