Preston Fairmont - Solo Return to A Phantom of Truth

Spoiler Warning

Return to the Path of Carcosa solo (Standard difficulty):
Disclaimer: semi-blind run - several decisions within the game as well as in deck-building is done with prior knowledge of the Campaign in mind.
Though this is my first run on Return and with Preston Fairmont.

Upgrades:
Hot Streak replaces Easy Mark which has been underwhelming.
Added another Quick Thinking
Sacrificed a Fight or Flight for Double or Nothing
Now Preston is starting to look more like a Rogue.

Return to A Phantom of Truth:

Summary:
Sigh... made a mistake with the locations connections and had to restart...
18 resources from Family Inheritance on turn 5 and 9!
That high itself is almost worth the XP cost for Hot Streak. Almost.
For once, did not go through the deck as I was busy fleeing for my life from The Organist.

Key
a Action(s)
c Card(s)
d Damage
h Horror
r Resource(s)
s Shroud
C Cornered
DT Drawing Thin
FamI Family Inheritance
RF Rabbit's Foot
WC Well Connected

Game Begins: +3r, start in Montparnasse

• Turn 1:
  Play Leo De Luca
  Play Drawing Thin (DT)
  Play Rabbit's Foot (RF)
  Investigate DT (+1c) (1 vs 4s) (-2: fail) RF (+1c)

• Turn 2:
  Encounter: Hunting Shadow 2d
  Investigate DT (+2r on FamI) commit Take Heart (-4: fail; +2c, +2r on FamI) RF (+1c) draw Curse of the Rougarou
  Monstrous Transformation Live and Learn (4 vs 2s) (-1: success)
  Get FamI (+8r)
  Play Peter Sylvestre
  Play Well Connected (WC)
  Curse of the Rougarou: 1h
  Peter Sylvestre: heal 1h

• Turn 3:
  Encounter: Torturous Chords WC (+1) (4 vs 5) (-2: fail - put Torturous Chords into play with 3 resources) RF (+1c)
  to Gardens of Luxembourg
  Investigate Streetwise (-2r) commit Resourceful (6 vs 2s) (-3: success; return Live and Learn to hand)
  Advance Act (spawn The Organist in Père Lachaise Cemetery)
  Play Drawing Thin (DT) costs 3 more; discard Torturous Chords
  to Gare d'Orsay
  Curse of the Rougarou: 1h
  Peter Sylvestre: heal 1h
  Enemy: The Organist to Notre-Dame

• Turn 4:
  Encounter: Preying Byakhee
  Monstrous Transformation on Preying Byakhee (5 vs 2) (-3: success - 2 damage)
  Fight Preying Byakhee (5 vs 2) (: success - kill Preying Byakhee
  to Opéra Garnier
  to Grand Guignol 2h
  Peter Sylvestre: heal 1h
  Enemy: The Organist to Gare d'Orsay

• Turn 5:
  Encounter: Deadly Fate DT (+2r on FamI) DT (+2r on FamI) (3 vs 7) (: fail - draw Screeching Byakhee) RF (+1c)
  Monstrous Transformation on Stealthy Byakhee commit 2x Quick Thinking, Ornate Bow (8 vs 5) (-1: success - kill Stealthy Byakhee; +2a)
  Hot Streak (+10r on FamI)
  Get FamI (+18r)
  Investigate WC (+3) Streetwise (-2r) (8 vs 3s) (: success)
  to Montmartre
  to Le Marais
  Spend 1 clue: add 1 doom to Agenda
  Enemy: The Organist to Montmartre

• Turn 6: Advance Agenda (move to Père Lachaise Cemetery, move The Organist to Grand Guignol)
  Encounter: Deadly Fate DT (+1c) DT (+1c) (3 vs 7) (: fail - draw Swift Byakhee) RF (+1c)
  Monstrous Transformation on Swift Byakhee (5 vs 2) (-1: success - 2 damage)
  Fight Swift Byakhee (5 vs 2) (-1: success - kill Swift Byakhee)
  Investigate WC (+3) (5 vs 2s) (: success)
  Investigate Streetwise (-2r) (5 vs 2s) (-2: success)
  Spend 1 clue: add 1 doom to Agenda
  Enemy: The Organist to Canal Saint-Martin

• Turn 7:
  Encounter: Twin Suns Money Talks (8r vs 4) (0: success)
  to Le Marais
  to Notre-Dame
  to Gardens of Luxembourg Play Cornered (C)
  Curse of the Rougarou: 1h
  Peter Sylvestre: heal 1h
  Enemy: The Organist to Notre-Dame

• Turn 8:
  Encounter: Twisted to His Will WC (+3) (6 vs 3) (: success)
  to Gare d'Orsay
  to Opéra Garnier
  Investigate DT (+2r on FamI) DT (+2r on FamI) (: fail) RF (+1c)
  Get FamI (+8r)
  Spend 1 clue: add 1 doom to Agenda
  Curse of the Rougarou: 1h
  Peter Sylvestre: heal 1h
  Enemy: The Organist to Gare d'Orsay

• Turn 9: Advance Agenda (move to Montmartre, move The Organist to Montparnasse, spawn Jordan Perry in Mortparnasse)
  Encounter: The Pale Mask Beckons spawn The Man in the Pallid Mask in Montparnasse
  Investigate DT (+2r on FamI) DT (+2r on FamI) (2 vs 6s) (-3: fail) RF (+1c)
  Live and Learn (4 vs 2s) (: success)
  Hot Streak (+10r on FamI)
  Get FamI (+18r)
  Remove Lodge "Debts" (-10r)
  Curse of the Rougarou: 1h
  Peter Sylvestre: heal 1h
  Enemy: The Organist to Opéra Garnier, Jordan Perry to Gare d'Orsay

• Turn 10:
  Encounter: Hunted by Byakhee (6 vs 6) (-1: fail - no Byakhee's discarded) RF (+1c)
  to Le Marais
  to Notre-Dame
  Investigate WC (+6) (8 vs 3s) (+1: success)
  Play Cornered (C)
  Spend 1 clue: add 1 doom to Agenda
  Curse of the Rougarou: 1h
  Peter Sylvestre: heal 1h
  Enemy: The Organist to Le Marais, Jordan Perry to Gardens of Luxembourg

• Turn 11:
  Encounter: Stealthy Byakhee
  Monstrous Transformation on Stealthy Byakhee WC (+5) (10 vs 5) (: success - kill Stealthy Byakhee)
  to Montparnasse
  The Man in the Pallid Mask: Money Talks (14r vs 4) (: success - defeat The Man in the Pallid Mask)
  to Gare d'Orsay
  Spend 1 clue: add 1 doom to Agenda
  Enemy: The Organist to Gardens of Luxembourg, Jordan Perry to Gare d'Orsay (1d,1h)

• Turn 12: Advance Agenda

Scenario Ends ( R1 : 3VP )
1 physical trauma
you tried to warn the police
the Stranger is on to you
you fled the dinner party
you destroyed the oathspeaker
the investigators were attacked as they escaped the Asylum
you heeded Daniel’s warning
you found Nigel’s home.
VIPs Interviewed: Jordan Perry, Ishimaru Haruko, Sebastien Moreau
Conviction: 4
Chasing the Stranger: 8
the sun banished Cnidathqua into the depths
the rougarou escaped, and you embraced the curse