There is really nothing else you can learn from an open game aside from the basic function of the game, something that almost everyone who is going to play this game already knows quite well. I don't understand the "learning game for noobs" when we never seem to have any. An open game is good to get your feet wet, but most of us are already soaking. If we can get 4-5 new players, then great, quick run through with an open game, then back to something fun, if not though, I just dont see the point.