Thanks to all of the positive feedback and encouragement in the April 2009 GDS Critiques Thread, I decided to post a new version of the game here.
Ballo dei Pagliacci (Dance of the Clowns), as entered, is unplayable. There are not enough stacks and too many restrictions to give the cooperative players a decent chance to defeat the Evil Joker. Here are my ideas on improving the game, based on the feedback and further development: