Beginner Decks

I created a bunch of beginner decks so that I could lend them to whoever i could teach vtes to. With  myself as probably the sole vtes player here in Stanford, I really need at least 2-3 other players to get things started. The idea is that with a small group of players we can hold demonstration games at visible locations like the aforementioned study area near the Axe & Palm.

Thing is, VTES isn't an easy game to teach, unlike say Settlers of Catan (awesome game btw) where the mechanics and the objectives are more concrete and achievable. And the fact that VTES has multiple sub-systems in it (stealth-intercept, combat, politics, blood management) makes it less appealing to non-hardcore gamers. Plus the backstory is rather intense for non VtM players.

The biggest thing though, is that each deck plays differently. So you can't just sit down with 3 other people and teach them all together. You've gotta explain that the Toreador gun deck AUS-es its way and CEL guns while the Gangrel rushes and Fames vampires to death, that the Malks stealthily conduct massive bleeds and the Ventrue has to multi-action bleed and vote to exhaust his prey.

Managed to teach Huiwei over the course of an afternoon (she played the Toreador). Probably would talk to Ngiam about it, he seemed a somewhat interested when I had that abortive attempt late that Sat night.

Will post my decklists up in a bit.