I recently started some superhero games with a new set of inexperienced players.They have formed small groups and are showing off their powers, saving mere mortals, etc. The problem is that I want these small groups to be merged.I'd like to read any suggestions for making them merge together and adopt teamwork, rather than the individual combatant philosophy they have shown so far.
I could put them up against a supervillain group that uses teamwork and bash the players till they adopt the same tactics.Or I could have the players kidnapped by aliens who force them to work together as gladiators,to settle some matter of galactic importance.
Is there some other way of gathering together the players characters that would provide an excuse to meld them together as an effective team?

I'd go with a single supervillain they can't defeat alone rather than an enemy team. With the large battle that an enemy team causes you can still fairly easily maintain your small group or individual mentality.

Ooo how about a supervillian with a giant robot, that they can't defeat alone.

Nice huge robot death machine rampaging through downtown...

...huh? Or you could just ask them over the table "You'know it would be cool if you guys teamed up to defeat Hugiant the Destroyer, instead of continuing to fight solo."

Quote from: James McMurrayI'd go with a single supervillain they can't defeat alone rather than an enemy team. With the large battle that an enemy team causes you can still fairly easily maintain your small group or individual mentality.

Good point.Cheers for that.

Quote from: mrlostOoo how about a supervillian with a giant robot, that they can't defeat alone.

Nice huge robot death machine rampaging through downtown...

...huh? Or you could just ask them over the table "You'know it would be cool if you guys teamed up to defeat Hugiant the Destroyer, instead of continuing to fight solo."

Large robots abound in my scenarios, so this would be a possibility.Following Mr McMurray's suggestion I'd better keep the giant rampaging robot as the only supervillain that the players deal with that battle.