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Hi there,

since I'm new to that game I'm struggling around with the starter decks. Owning G+H (but not yet played) and using I+J in Lackey (only played J so far myself).
So now I'm wondering what the concepts of all those decks are?
It least for J I figured out the extensive usage of Ruth (and partly Judges) cards as combos to get them back from discard pile, searching them in deck and using them against opponent (so the Ruth part is the main combo IMHO).
But what about the I deck and far more interesting to me: What about the G and H decks? How do they work out?

Does anybody know and might tell?

Many thanks in advance!

Bye

Thanks.

But is there any place where I can find out more about these concepts (since I'm hardly able to practice - above all using my own cards)?

There is a sample game using the G/H decks here:

http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/downloads/sample_game_g_h.pdf

Went through my G and H decks again, but from pure studiying (could not play them yet) they seem to be very weak compared to the I and J decks. Or am I wrong here?

No, you are very correct. The best card in those decks, in my opinion, is Moses, he is BTN and is just awsome.

Actually I think I would disagree. I believe the G/H decks are better in most aspects than the I/J decks and that's part of the reason that the I/J decks were made: because the better cards of the G/H decks were more complex than the average new player could readily understand. However, Reth, I believe I saw somewhere that you said you play(ed) MTG so you probably understood it a bit quicker than the "average new player."

Thanks, guys!

No, you are very correct. The best card in those decks, in my opinion, is Moses, he is BTN and is just awsome.

What does "BTN" stands for? (Or is there a glossary for acronyms somewhere around here?)

Actually I think I would disagree. I believe the G/H decks are better in most aspects than the I/J decks and that's part of the reason that the I/J decks were made: because the better cards of the G/H decks were more complex than the average new player could readily understand.

So hopefully I sometime will find out about that!

However, Reth, I believe I saw somewhere that you said you play(ed) MTG so you probably understood it a bit quicker than the "average new player."

Right, maybe there's hope for me regarding this! 

Thanks again. Now I'm thinking about CBN/CBP (Card By Name?/Card By ...?) - what do they stand for?

No reason for apologies thanks again for your explanations!

Now I need to edit my G and H decks into Lackey in order to get some experiences.