Happy Camarilla-Edition Families Ventrue Deck. i bought three boxes of boosters and two of starters, and when i had finished sorting them i was 9 cards short of the full set. i kept one of the boxes of starters intact for casual play, and with all the cards i had left [except for most of the extra rares i had - i'm keeping an extra one each of those in the folder until i have traded up to the full set] i built Happy Family decks for the 6 surviving Camarilla clans. These decks are therefore ALL group 3 vampires, since the group twos are all in the starters and they all went into the collection. Last night we played a 4-way game in the pub and we each chose one of these CE Happy Family decks. i had the Tremere, Matt had the Nosferatu, John had the Ventrue and Mark had the Malkavians. John won with 3 VP and Mark got the other 1. Here is the Ventrue deck which i built and with which John won. CRYPT [13 vampires] Lana Butcher Gracis Nostinus Elena Gutierrez Catherine du Bois Lucinde Alastor Ilyana Ravidovich Marcus Vitel Diana Vick Katarine Kornfeld Edward Vignes Horatio Ballard Alan Sovereign Hrothulf LIBRARY [75 cards] MASTERS [15] Auspex Blood Doll Dominate Effective management Elysium: The Arboretum Fortitude KRCG News Radio Minion Tap x 2 Misdirection Powerbase: Washington, DC Presence Short-term Investment Uptown Hunting Ground Ventrue Headquarters DISCIPLINELESS [15] Conservative Agitation Elder Kindred Network Fifth tradition: Hospitality x 2 Fourth Tradition: The Accounting Kine Resources Contested x 2 Kindred Restructure Parity Shift Second Tradition: Domain x 3 Third Tradition: Progeny Wake with Evening's Freshness x 2 AUSPEX [5] Aura Reading Enhanced Senses Spirit's touch Telepathic Counter Telepathic Vote Counting DOMINATE [15] Bonding x 4 Deflection x 4 Govern the Unaligned x 4 Obedience Seduction x 2 FORTITUDE [12] Dawn Operation x 2 Freak Drive x 3 Restoration Rolling with the Punches Skin of Rock Skin of Steel x 3 Unflinching Persistence PRESENCE [13] Bewitching Oration x 2 Charming Lobby Dread Gaze Majesty x 5 Treachery Voter Captivation x 3 These decks played really well, even the Tremere - i made a gross error in not realising that Thingy Valois the Watcher only has inferior thaumaturgy, which basically destroyed my otherwise-sound position. We found that there were SUBTLE differences in the way these new Camarilla clan-based decks work compared with the old ones, but these added spice to the game rather than constituting a radical change. We all felt the change to Majesty and Second Tradition restored balance without nuking the clans who make heavy use of them. So overall very well done, Scott, great set and a tonic to the game.