Good game !
I have some notes about this original game. First off I think the alliances should be out of the question. I think that it hurts the discussion in thread which is already not very fruitfull. Another thing is the periods should be shorter. The items should be hidden and also should vary and be more than 3. Since this game focuses on only Dark and Ghost types I see no reason why the Pokemon list should be open for everyone to see. It would be much more challenging to get the segment and to try and identify the Pokemon based on hints on each player instead of outright telling which Pokemon belong to each trainer.
Example: Player chose Sneasel
Instead of showing : scattered mind- Sneasel on the player list, it would show an updated hint about the identity of the player.
scattered mind- Dominant black color
Or give a general information about the players:
3 Pokemon have hands
5 Pokemon are able to float
1 Pokemon can use Dark Pulse
etc..
Also the game design is not the only thing that needs to change but with it the player's strategy: Instead of just trying to guess the Pokemon based on the segment, players should also look into what other players have guessed to see if they are focusiong intentionally on specific pieces of information. For example, when Lord Goomy said the main clue was the hard body, people could ask him what other clues he can find. He actually was the killer (Rotom) and focused on the one detail that can mislead people from guessing it was Rotom. On the other hand. the player who kills each turn needs to do just that. Throw off people by focusing on the misleading details.