Currently we at Legbiter Mansions are playing with 12 Happy Families
decks and others have been made for Andrew Sparkes' playgroup at Safeway
head Office. Here is the Gangrel antitribu HF deck which, having six
disciplines instead of the usual 4, generally bombs, but tonight stormed
to a sweep in a five-player at Louisa's house.

CRYPT [12 Vamps]

Caitlin
Luther
Samantha
Zachary
Shane Grimald
Genevieve
Sadie
Pieter
Monique
Blaise
Leon
Huang

LIBRARY [70 cards - usually we play threesomes at home]

MASTERS
Auspex
Twisted Forest
Blood Doll x 2
Pentex Loves You!
Fortitude
City gangrel Connections
Obfuscate
Dominate
Animalism
Haven Uncovered
Protean
Gangrel Conspiracy
Minion Tap

NON-DISCIPLINE CARDS
Ambush
Atonement
Saturday Night Special
Black Spiral Buddy
Computer hacking x 2
Wake With Evening's Freshness x 2
Bum's Rush
Arson
Gas Powered chainsaw
Laptop Computer
Shadow Court Satyr
Sengir Dagger
Leather jacket

DOMINATE
Conditioning
Redirection
Govern the Unaligned
Grave Robbing

PROTEAN
Homunculus
Claws of the Dead x 2
Shadow of the Beast
Bone Spur x 2
Wolf Claws x 2
Earth Control x 2
Rapid Change

ANIMALISM
Carrion Crows x 2
Murder of Crows
Cat's Guidance x 2
Army of Rats
Rat's Warning x 2
Guard Dogs x 2
Raven Spy

FORTITUDE
Skin of Rock x 3
Superior Mettle
Restoration x 2
Hidden Strength

AUSPEX
Spirit's Touch
Precognition
My Enemy's Enemy
Aura Reading

OBFUSCATE
Cloak the Gathering
Faceless Night
Swallowed by the Night
Lost in Crowds
Spying Mission

Now i know this looks like a pile of * and often it plays that way
too: it's also most definitely the weakest of the HF decks. But
sometimes, like tonight, it REALLY kicks against quite competitive
opposition. A key play is often Caitlin doing a bit of graverobbing. The
difficulty of course is the enormous diversity of !Gangrel disciplines
[there are actually two mini-bloodlines, the city and country gangrel],
and yet this is also the source of the deck's flexibility and fun-play
factor. i am always happy when i beat John Eagles but to do so with this
deck, tonight, was absolutely tip-top fun, MUCH better than having
afternoon sex with a gorgeous 21-year old blonde. Actually no, that was
a slight exaggeration, but it WAS a good game. Happy Families decks can
be evolved, too, and for that idea see one of the earliest !Gangrel
newsletters of all, maybe July 98.