The American Dad Event

Right, so first of all, way to go from one very complex and game play intensive Special Event to another! Yay Team! (Ah, yeah, that was sarcasm).... But that appears to be exactly what we have done - having segued from the Halloween 2014 Event to the American Dad slash Clam Festival Event.

Now on the one hand if you are feeling shell-shocked, well, you should be. This is turning out to be a brutal couple of months. On the other hand, if you Welcome the challenge than I say - Good on ya! Excellent! We will show this game thingy here how we roll!

Now, with that out of the way, let's discuss this new Special Event, shall we?

Depending on how long you have played QfS and the experience you have had with the game you may - or you may not - be aware that the wizards behind the creation of the game have a habit of inserting special events that are incredibly game-play-intensive.

You might think to yourself, well, in the case of the Limited Time and Weekend Special Events that makes a certain sort of sense considering that those particular types of Event really are little more than thinly disguised ways for the wizards to induce us to spend real-world-money in order to obtain the items and/or Characters who are part of those events.

Basically unless the player is playing constantly and around the clock -- in which case they have just barely sufficient time to get all that must be done done before the time runs out -- they will be spending money if they want to get the objects, Buildings, and/or Characters. It is that simple...

An excellent example of that tactic is the special Limited Time Event involving Stewie's Clone Machine and all that goes along with it that happened to run during the American Dad Special Event over the weekend of 11/14 - 11/17... Due to the requirement that the player unlock and add the character of ***** Stewie to their game for several of the missions / quests.

Adding ***** Stewie literally required the player to stay in the game around the clock in order to collect the 200 DNA samples from the slow-spawning *******. It was not pretty. And while that can be excused by saying - hey, it is a special Limited Time Event, they didn't pretend it was anything else - they use the SAME tactics and mechanism in THIS Mission and Quest series, and this is not a limited time event it is actually a rather long one.

Therefore we warn you now, it may look like you have plenty of time to get all that needs to be doing done, and all that needs collecting collected, but invariably please do not be surprised if, as the event approaches the widely published ending date, you suddenly find yourself frantically trying to obtain all the items and resources that you somehow never quite managed to obtain during the weeks - WEEKS - that the event ran for!

You have been warned!

SE Introduction

So as Brian would say, "Yeah! Welcome to the American Dad Event! And Clam Festival! And hopefully it is also a Bourbon Festival because this dog could use a drink..." OK enough channeling Brian.

Wait, no, one more comment from Brian: "You guys know this AD Event is going to segue directly into the Thanksgiving / Christmas Event, right?" Yeah, it had to be said...

Here is the official word, as shared by Tiny Co., as it pertains to this Special Event:

What's New - November 6, 2014

It's that time of year where Quahog goes cray cray for Clams. That's right, this month is the Quahog Clam Festival! You know what else is cray cray? Quahogians have reported an alien walking around. Could it be Roger from American Dad? Yes!! Don't be surprised if Stan, Steve and the rest of the Smith dfamily make an appearance.

In honor of the Quahog Clam Festival and American Dad, we are giving away free Clams! Simply watch featured American Dad videos and start collecting! Then you can brag to your friends about how many clams you have, maybe get into a big fight, and eventually become frenemies.

Tired of your frenemies? Sorry, we can't help you. If you're tired of your town, though, nuke it and start over with all of your Buildings and decorations placed in your inventory. Rebuild from the ground up, mixing in a little feng shui here or there. Happy building and thanks for playing!

If from that you gathered that there is a Nuke Button now in the game, well hey you pay attention don't you?!

The reason you may actually want to USE that Nuke Button is down to the overabundance of event Buildings, a need to clear away some open space for the NEW buildings and such, and a lack of desire to hunt and pack or even choose what goes even if temporarily.

Hey, don't worry, you will get there eventually - and with any luck they will add some new expansion slots so that we all can obtain that much needed open spaces. Just saying!

SE Requirements

Before you get too excited there are some facts you need to be aware of, because if you do not happen to be a relative veteran of QfS you may not actually end up getting to celebrate this event... Sigh, I know, that is sad, and it sucks, but what can you do? You either get to have a Clam-tastic Time or not. And whether you do or not is so your fault.

So here are the basic requirements - and how this whole thing will begin:

1. Have Quahog District 3 (Shopping District) Unlocked

2. Have Peter Griffin Available

3. Have Peter Griffin kick off the Shellebration Mission / Quest

4. Clear Away some Open Space for the building stuff...

5. Build the Clam Festival Stage

New Objects & Items

• Area 51 Sign:-- $2000

• Campsite ($1,500) Like sleeping in a hotel designed for smelly hippies...

• Clam Festival Sign ($750) For those of you who can't read, the sign says "Welcome to Quahog Clam Day"

• Crop Circle: -- $400

• Lunar Landing (50C) Shot on the same sound stage as "Beethoven's 2nd."

• Undercover American Flag: -- 10C

New Buildings & Structures

• Clam Festival Stage:-- $500 -- $30 & 20 XP every 4h

• Colonial Barn -- $1500 -- $30 & 20 XP every 4h (Stan Smith)

• Groff Community College (75C) Drops Resource

• Historical Clam Exhibition Hall -- $1000 -- $40 & 25XP every 6h

• Moon Bounce (100C) Drops Resource

• Smith House -- 100 Clams -- $40 & 25XP every 6h (Classified Documents Resource)

Warning: No effort has been made on the part of the wizards who create the game to ensure that there is adequate real estate actually available for the placement of these or any other Buildings.

In point of fact there is NOT adequate real estate. If you purchased and or collected all of the Buildings that you could purchase and/or collect for any two of the previous six events, you are now totally out of real estate, and that pre-supposes you have fully unlocked all of the expansion blocks that are available!

Helpful Hint: You should carefully examine all of the Buildings you have in your town that are any way connected to a previous event, and determine if those buildings are actually beneficial to you NOW, and for THIS EVENT. If the answer is that they are not convenient or applicable to this event, you should place said building or object in storage until such time as you have adequate real estate to place it in the game without the doing of it causing you any trouble for your current set of goals.

This is really good advice and we strongly urge you to take it...

New Characters

The following new Characters are added as part of this event... Note that as you begin to add these guys and you get more than one active at a time who need resources collected, you are going to discover that you have to choose who gets support - in this case who is more important and whose missions and quests are more important...

Stan Smith

To unlock our favorite CIA Agent and add him to the game you will need to collect the following resources:[br /]

• x20 Black Sunglasses -- Bonnie, Mort, Quagmire Tasks

• x10 Photo Evidence -- Jerome Task / Colonial Barn

• x8 Classified Documents -- Bruce, Chris Tasks / Smith House

• x5 Crash Debris -- Lois, Peter, Mort, Jake Tasks

Francine Smith

Stan's wife Francine is obtained in-part from the Special Mission/Quest: Pretty Mad in Pink.... To begin the process of adding her to your game you need to hit the store and purchase their car - for $1K - and then begin the unlocking process!

To unlock the wife of our favorite CIA Agent and add her to the game you will need to collect the following resources:[br /]

• x20 Pink Dresses -- Jerome & Bruce Tasks / Exhibition Hall

• x15 Romance Novels -- Stan, Bonnie & Steve Tasks / Old Timey Book Store.

• x10 Muffins -- Lois & Bonnie Tasks / Muffins by Mrs. Smith

• x3 For Sale Signs -- Mort, George Takei & Haley Tasks / Clear CIA Agents / Dojo.

Haley Smith

Hayley in Jeff's Van (Van + Character)

Once you purchase the van for non-premium currency you then need to complete the resource collection to fully unlock this new character by collecting the following:

• x60 Protest Signs (Clear CIA Agents / Jeff's Van / A'Bunch Tools / Stan Task)

• x15 Tofurkey (Peter, Mort, & Patrick Stewart Tasks / Perlman's Pets / Festival Stage)

• x10 Peace Sign Necklace (Peter, Bruce & Brian Tasks / Community College)

• x8 Megaphone (Bonnie & Steve Tasks / Paper & Stuff)

Steve Smith

Steve in Black Escashady (SUV + Character)

Once you purchase the SUV for non-premium currency you then need to complete the resource collection to fully unlock this new character by collecting the following:

• x15 Rump Roast (Peter & Quagmire Tasks / Clearing Roger)

• x15 Paintball Gun (Bruce, Stan & Herbert Tasks / Sir Lanceawart;'s)

• x10 R&B Records (Jerome, Chris& Cleveland Tasks / Dead Format Records)

• x10 Action Figures (Bonnie Task / Exhibition Hall / Moon Bounce)

Roger (the Alien)

Stan's best mate Roger (the Alien) is obtained in-part from the Special Mission / Quest: The Alien Inside Me...

The SE Missions & Quests

This is where we get to the nitty gritty - the missions and quests that make up this Special Event! Before we go too far into that though, there are a few things you should be aware of.

1. These missions and quests are listed in the order that the cropped up during the event, and not in some arbitrary order like, you know, alphabetically. That way you will have no trouble at all following along with the Progress.

Well, no trouble unless Brian's fraternity brother Rob Ford - now the ex-mayor of Toronto - comes to visit, because if that happens, well, let me put it this way: Crack, whiskey, and oh yeah, Crack.

2. While every effort has been made to psychically convince the missions and quests to appear in exactly the same order for us that they do for you, we make no promises.

A Shellabration

The Clam Festival has arrived in Quahog - and its time to have a Clam-Tastic Time!

A Shellabration Pt. 1

The opening move for this Mission and the Festival is to build the Quahog Clam Day Stage!

Build the Clam Day Stage Building

Completing this Mission awards you with $100 and 75 XP.

A Shellabration Pt. 2

Peter and Bruce do Clam Festival activities...

1. Have Peter Overeat at McBurgertown

2. Have Bruce go Kitten Pickin'

Completing this Mission awards you with $100 and 75 XP.

Clam Day Catastrophe

As a general rule annual festivals such as Quahog Clam Days tend to be organized and run by the same people each year - that is good. When people who ordinarily do not contribute to such events decide to help out, that is bad... This is bad...

Clam Day Catastrophe Pt. 1

Quagmire wants to build a barn...

Build the Colonial Barn (this adds the Character of Stan Smith)

Completing this Mission awards you with $100 and 75 XP.

Clam Day Catastrophe Pt. 2

Bonnie consoles Quagmire - and despite being pregnant for a bazillion years and somehow not even wondering where her previous baby is, Bonnie is wise in the ways of Quagmire and thus avoids the Ruffie Cocktail that Glenn had planned to slip her!

1. Have Bonnie Chug a Bottle of Wine

2. Have Quagmire Mix Drinks

Completing this Mission awards you with $100 and 75 XP.

Clam Day Catastrophe Pt. 3

Bonnie and Smith meet - and Bonnie makes a rather obvious realization: Stan Smith looks like Joe and even sounds like him - and he can walk! Heh.

1. Get Stuff for Stan

2. Have Stan do Target Practice

As per the by now very well established pattern, we are presented with the collection of resources that we must gather in order to fully unlock Stan and add him to our game...

• x20 Black Sunglasses -- Bonnie, Mort, Quagmire Tasks

• x10 Photo Evidence -- Jerome Task / Colonial Barn

• x8 Classified Documents -- Bruce, Chris Tasks / Smith House

• x5 Crash Debris -- Lois, Peter, Mort, Jake Tasks

Completing Stan and unlocking him in a timely fashion essentially means putting any and all other missions and quests to focus upon Stan and his resource collection. If you do that you can reasonably expect to complete the resource collecting in under four days.

Completing this Mission awards you with $100 and 75 XP.

Clam Day Catastrophe Pt. 4

Stan gets Roger off the streets of Quahog...

Hide Roger (1h) $20 and 12 XP.

Completing this Mission awards you with $100 and 75 XP.

Clam Day Catastrophe Pt. 5

Jerome and Chris enter the Clam Shucking contest...

1. Jerome: Enter Clam Shucking Contest (4h) $50 and 30 XP

2. Chris: Enter Clam Shucking Contest (4h) $50 and 30 XP

Completing this Mission awards you with $100 and 75 XP.

Clam Day Catastrophe Pt. 6

Stan Asks Lois for Directions...

1. Build Clam Day Exhibit Hall

2. Have Stan Visit the Historic Clam Exhibit.

Completing this Mission awards you with $100 and 75 XP.

Clam Day Catastrophe Pt. 7

Man! Stan can be RUDE! And vain it seems - as he needs to flex... In front of the mirror...

Have Stan Flex in Front of the Mirror

Completing this Mission awards you with $100 and 75 XP.

The Magic Drunken Clam: Challenge

The Quest for the Golden Turd. Seriously....

Clear Roger 10 Times for The Golden Turd. He reappears 4 hours after clearing him. This Mission has a 4-day Timer associated with it...

The Alien Inside Me

Roger has finally come front-and-center in both our attention and Stans...

The Alien Inside Me Pt. 1

Hide Roger one last time...

Completing this task awards you with $100, 75 XP and Roger in the S.S. Bonnie Raitt.

The Alien Inside Me Pt. 2

The C.I.A. starts testing for the Clam Flu...

1. Build Roger's Spaceship

2. Unlock Roger by collecting his resources.

Completing this task awards you with $100, 75 XP and Roger..

Rogers Resources

You need to collect the following resources to add Roger to your game:

x5 Pecan Sandies - Stan & Francine Tasks / CIA HQ / Sand Bar.

x15 Wigs - Quagmire & Steve Tasks / Colonial Barn / Budget Badass.

x10 Box Wine - Bonnie & Bruce Tasks / SS Bonnie Raitt / Roger's Place.

x3 Feather Boas - Peter & Hayley Tasks / CIA Agents / Festival Stage

The Alien Inside Me Pt. 3

Bonnie and Bruce get tested for the Clam Flu...

1. Have Bonnie Get Screened

2. Have Bruce Get Screened.

3. Have Roger Take a Smoke Break

Completing this task awards you with $100, and 75 XP.

The Alien Inside Me Pt. 4

More Testing!

1. Have Stan Get Screened

2. Have Steve Get Screened.

3. Have Roger be Master of Disguise

Completing this task awards you with $100, and 75 XP.

There's a Fish Too

Klaus joins The Smiths in Quahog...

This Mission/task begins a 4-day timer during which you must obtain ALL of the members of the Smith Family in order to unlock and add Klaus to your game.

Completing this Task awards you with Klaus.

Roger Run Amok

Now, you knew that he was unstable - and you knew he was going to make his unstable presence felt, right?

Roger Run Amok Pt. 1

Roger goes to the Magic Clam Exhibit...

Pass the Time (4h) $50 and 30 XP

Completing this task awards you with $100, and 75 XP.

Roger Run Amok Pt. 2

Roger enlists Peter's aid in thievery!

1. Have Roger Steal Drinks from Others.

2. Have Peer Hang Out at the Clam

Completing this task awards you with $100, and 75 XP.

Roger Run Amok Pt. 3

The perdition to which Roger appears to desire cannot be found without the aid of others - even the unwitting aid but the aid that Peter Griffin is providing is anything but unwitting!

1. Have Roger be a Master of Disguise

2. Have Roger Lasso a Man

3. Have Tweaker Peter Break Things Badly

Completing this task awards you with $100, and 75 XP.

Roger Run Amok Pt. 4

The situation with Roger is rapidly approaching resolution - and perhaps not a good one at that...

1. Have Roger Catch the Magic Clam

2. Have Peter Wash Dishes at the Founding Father

Completing this task awards you with $200, and 100 XP.

Pretty Mad in Pink

This is Francine's Quest Line...

Pretty Mad in Pink Pt. 1

Add Francine to your game...

This was covered above in the New Character Section.

Pretty Mad in Pink Pt. 2

Francine is mad at Stan and needs to cope...

Practice Parkour (4h) $50 and 30 XP.

Completing this task awards you with $100, and 75 XP.

Pretty Mad in Pink Pt. 3

Stan confides in Bruce...

1. Have Bruce be a Good Listener

2. Have Francine Show Off her Muffins at the Drunken Clam.

Completing this task awards you with $100, and 75 XP.

Pretty Mad in Pink Pt. 4

Bruce and Francine become good friends and naturally have a good time because Bruce is a great listener - and has impeccable taste in Broadway show tunes....

1. Have Francine Go To Ladies' Night.

2. Have Bruce Make Bathtub Gin.

Completing this task awards you with $200, and 100 XP.

Truth, Justice, and Whatever

This is Hayley's Quest Line...

Truth, Justice, and Whatever Pt. 1

Add Hayley to your game...

This was covered above in the New Character Section.

Truth, Justice, and Whatever Pt. 2

Hayley is furious at Stan... To demonstrate that anger she has decided to join the Occupy Quahog movement - which naturally enough requires her to, well, Occupy Quahog! To do that though, you need to help her out.

To start with, you need to build at least one Campsite in town. Personally I decided that Winter or not, a beach Campsite was the way to go! After all it will not be Winter forever and having a Campsite at the beach in the Summer? Awesome!

Once the Campsite is in place (wherever you decide that place should be) have Hayley complete the following Task:

Occupy Quahog (12h) $100 and 65 XP.

Completing this task awards you with $100, and 75 XP.

Truth, Justice, and Whatever Pt. 3

Hayley and Bonnie get into deep conversation...

1. Have Hayley Get into Deep Conversation at Jeff's Van.

2. Have Bonnie Get into Deep Conversation at Jeff's Van.

Completing this task awards you with $100, and 75 XP.

Truth, Justice, and Whatever Pt. 4

Hayley and Bonnie bond... Which if you stop and think about it makes total sense. After all Bonnie is a middle-aged sexually frustrated ex-stripper married to a paraplegic cop, and Hayley is a sexually frustrated young girl dating a loser and struggling with high school social issues.... Makes total sens that they would get together. Just saying...

1. Have Hayley Drum Up Excitement...

2. Have bonnie "Twerk It".

Completing this task awards you with $200, and 100 XP.

Scout's Honor

A Quest line for Steve...

Scout's Honor Pt. 1

Mr. Herbert Notices Steve....

1. Have Steve try to be Cool at James Woods High

2. Have Herbert be a Peeping Tom

Completing this task awards you with $100, and 75 XP.

Wrapping Things Up

The event has officially ended - unofficially there is no end. A log of gamers have been pretty vocal and angry about the fact that there did not appear to be sufficient time - without spending a LOT of real-world money that is - to complete this. Here is the thing - that was never an issue.

As long as you actually placed the Characters - and you should have been able to do that - even though the event ended the quests go on - so you should have no trouble completing them and their quests! As you can see from the spotty Progress we were faced with the same issues - but we are working our way through the quests and getting them added here - and you can too!

So take heart - the Smiths will BE in your Quahog and no, you will not have to spend lots of money to make that happen....

OK no no no! We really can simply NOT leave you thinking tha tthe image above - a candid snap of Quahog's favorite son, Peter Griffin....

So to correct that we present you with the official Welcome snap for Quahog's newest moral and upstanding entrepreneur - and as far as we know its ONLY extraterrestrial - resident, one Roger Smith!

Oh and one more thing - with the American Dad Cross-Over Event having officially ended that really annoying video ad guy Carl? Yeah, he is gone. See it turns out that he was actually an unpaid intern and when the University of Massachusetts found out that the wizards had him doing forced advertising, well, let's just say that UMASS will not be sending Interns to Family Guy anymore...