ORIGINAL RAPID THOUGHT RULES
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Rapid Thought style tournament
 used by L. Scott Johnson at GenCon 2002.

3-player tables
9 players per tournament
45 minutes per round

Special rules:
40-70 card library. 
Banned cards: Minion Tap, Blood Doll, Tribute to the Master.

All other V:EKN rules are in effect.

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Rapid Thought(Revised)
 by Kevin. J. Mergen, vtesinlv@cox.net
 [last updated 7/2/09]

All V:EKN rules are in effect, see below.

I. TOURNAMENT SETUP
 a. 3-player tables *only*, minimum 6 players
 b. 45 minutes per round

II. SPECIAL RULES
 a. LIBRARY = 40-90 cards
 b.   CRYPT = 6 cards minimum
 c. BANNED CARDS
     Vampire: Una
      Minion: Blood Doll
              Minion Tap
              Tribute to the Master
              Vessel
              Villein
  1. Burn Option for Banned Crypt Cards
     -If any of the above crypt cards appear in a deck,
      then the player is not penalized; instead, remove
      the card from the game (do not redraw).
  2. Burn Option for Banned Library Cards
     -If any of the above library cards appear in a deck,
      then the player is not penalized; instead, the card
      is treated as if it has the "burn-option" symbol.
 d. WATCH LIST
    Vampire: Tupdog
     Minion: ALL pool-gaining votes
             Gran Madre di Dio, Italy
             Kindred Spirits
             Reckless Agitation
             Shared Nightmare
             Taunt the Caged Beast
             Voter Captivation
 
III. SEATING CHARTS

6-PLAYERS
R1: 1,2,3  4,5,6
R2: 5,3,2  6,1,4
R3: 3,4,1  2,6,5

9-PLAYERS
R1: 1,2,3  4,5,6  7,8,9
R2: 9,4,2  6,1,8  3,7,5
R3: 8,3,4  5,9,1  2,6,7

12-PLAYERS
R1:  1,2, 3  4,5, 6  7, 8,9  10,11,12
R2: 12,7, 2  9,4,11  6, 1,8   3,10, 5
R3:  2,6,10  5,9, 1  8,12,4  11, 3, 7

15-PLAYERS
R1:  1, 2,3   4, 5, 6  7,8, 9  10,11,12  13,14,15
R2: 15, 7,2  12, 4,14  9,1,11   6,13, 8   3,10, 5
R3: 11,15,4   8,12, 1  5,9,13   2, 6,10  14, 3, 7

18-PLAYERS
R1: 1,2,3  4,5,6  7,8,9  10,11,12  13,14,15  16,17,18
R2: 9,4,2  6,1,8  3,7,5  18,13,11  15,10,17  12,16,14
R3: 8,3,4  5,9,1  2,6,7  17,12,13  14,18,10  11,15,16

21-PLAYERS
R1: 1,2,3  4,5,6  7,8,9  10,11,12  13,14,15  16,17,18  19,20,21
R2: 9,4,2  6,1,8  3,7,5  21,16,11  18,13,20  15,10,17  12,19,14
R3: 8,3,4  5,9,1  2,6,7  11,16,19  14,18,10  17,21,13  20,12,16

24-PLAYERS
R1:  1,2, 3  4,5, 6  7, 8,9  10,11,12  13,14,15  16,17,18  19,20,21  22,23,24
R2: 12,7, 2  9,4,11  6, 1,8   3,10, 5  24,19,14  21,16,23  18,13,20  15,22,17
R3:  2,6,10  5,9, 1  8,12,4  11, 3, 7  14,18,22  17,21,13  20,24,16  23,15,19

27-PLAYERS
R1: 1,2,3  4,5,6  7,8,9  10,11,12  13,14,15  16,17,18  19,20,21  22,23,24  25,26,27
R2: 9,4,2  6,1,8  3,7,5  18,13,11  15,10,17  12,16,14  27,22,20  24,19,26  21,25,23
R3: 8,3,4  5,9,1  2,6,7  17,12,13  14,18,10  11,15,16  26,21,22  23,27,19  20,24,25

30-PLAYERS
R1:  1, 2,3   4, 5, 6  7,8, 9  10,11,12  13,14,15  16,17,18  19,20,21  22,23,24  25,26,27  28,29,30
R2: 15, 7,2  12, 4,14  9,1,11   6,13, 8   3,10, 5  30,22,17  27,19,29  24,16,26  21,28,23  18,25,20
R3: 11,15,4   8,12, 1  5,9,13   2, 6,10  14, 3, 7  26,30,19  23,27,16  20,24,28  17,21,25  29,18,22

(If larger seating charts are needed, I'll make 'em.)

IV. TOURNAMENT POINTS
                VPs    TPs
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               3/0/0  6/3/3
               2/1/0  6/4/2
            1.5/.5/0  5/4/3
   1/1/1 or .5/.5/.5  4/4/4