Joe Diamond - Solo Return to Undimensioned and Unseen

Spoiler Warning

Return to the Dunwich Legacy 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 Joe Diamond.

Upgrades:
Decided to go with 2x Studious.

Return to Undimensioned and Unseen:

Summary:
2x Studious helped ensure that I had a good starting hand, though the problem became resources.
Luckily managed to dig up Crack the Case which let me afford the necessary boosts to .
Almost lost the game at the very end - 1 sanity left and I forgot to account for the effect (1 horror), should have played safe and moved away with Pathfinder and tried again the following turn.

Game Begins: Put Ace of Swords in play

• Turn 1:
  No Stone Unturned (Hunch) (draw Crack the Case)
  Play Dr. Milan Christopher
  Investigate (5 vs 3 shroud) (: success; +1 resource; move No Stone Unturned to Hunch deck)
  Crack the Case (+3 resources)
  Random Location: Devil's Hop Yard
  Brood of Yog-Sothoth moves to Devil's Hop Yard
  Brood of Yog-Sothoth moves to Whateley Ruins

• Turn 2:
  Encounter: Ruin and Destruction surge The Creatures' Tracks (2 horror)
  Play Pathfinder
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to Blasted Heath
  Working a Hunch (Hunch)
  Advance Act (gain Esoteric Formula)
  Investigate commit Eureka! (6 vs 4 shroud) ( & -1: success; +1 resource; draw Crack the Case)
  Play Hawk-Eye Folding Camera
  Random Location: Cold Spring Glen
  Brood of Yog-Sothoth moves to Whateley Ruins
  Brood of Yog-Sothoth moves to Cold Spring Glen

• Turn 3:
  Encounter: Need for Knowledge (5 vs 1) (: success; move Working a Hunch to Hunch deck)
  Play Well Prepared (WP)
  Investigate WP (6 vs 4 shroud) (+1: success; +1 resource) Hawk-Eye Folding Camera
  Crack the Case (+4 resources)
  Play Khopesh of the Abyss
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to Devil's Hop Yard
  Random Location: Devil's Hop Yard
  Brood of Yog-Sothoth moves to Whateley Ruins
  Brood of Yog-Sothoth moves to Devil's Hop Yard (4 vs 3) (: fail) (1 horror)

• Turn 4:
  Encounter: Imperceptible Creature surge Sordid and Silent
  Devil's Hop Yard: 2 clues on Brood of Yog-Sothoth
  Esoteric Formula on Brood of Yog-Sothoth (8 vs 6) (-1: success - 1 damage)
  Esoteric Formula on Brood of Yog-Sothoth (8 vs 6) (0: success - kill Brood of Yog-Sothoth and add to Victory Display)
  Investigate (5 vs 1 shroud) (-3: success; +1 resource)
  Random Location: Whateley Ruins

• Turn 5:
  Encounter: Altered Beast (attach to Brood of Yog-Sothoth)
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to Whateley Ruins (1 horror)
  Scene of the Crime (Hunch) Hawk-Eye Folding Camera
  Whateley Ruins: 2 clues on Brood of Yog-Sothoth
  Esoteric Formula on Brood of Yog-Sothoth commit Take the Initiative (9 vs 5) (: success - 1 damage)
  Esoteric Formula on Brood of Yog-Sothoth WP (9 vs 5) (: success - kill Brood of Yog-Sothoth and add to Victory Display)

• Turn 6: Advance Agenda (spawn Brood of Yog-Sothoth on Blasted Heath)
  Encounter: Whippoorwill
  Engage Whippoorwill
  Khopesh of the Abyss on Whippoorwill (7 vs 2) (: success - kill Whippoorwill)
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to Cold Spring Glen
  Investigate (6 vs 3 shroud) (0: success; +1 resource)
  Working a Hunch (Hunch) Hawk-Eye Folding Camera
  Random Location: Dunwich Village
  Brood of Yog-Sothoth moves to Dunwich Village

• Turn 7:
  Encounter: The Creatures' Tracks (spawn Brood of Yog-Sothoth on Devil's Hop Yard
  Play Quick Study (QS)
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to Dunwich Village
  Dunwich Village: 1 clue on Brood of Yog-Sothoth
  Esoteric Formula on Brood of Yog-Sothoth QS (9 vs 6) (-2: success - 1 damage)
  Esoteric Formula on Brood of Yog-Sothoth WP (8 vs 6) ( & -1: success - kill Brood of Yog-Sothoth and add to Victory Display)
  Random Location: Ten-Acre Meadow
  Brood of Yog-Sothoth moves to Whateley Ruins

• Turn 8:
  Encounter: Need for Knowledge (6 vs 1) (: success; move Working a Hunch to Hunch deck)
  Investigate (6 vs 3 shroud) (-1: success; +1 resource)
  Preposterous Sketches (Hunch)
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to Ten-Acre Meadow
  Play Detective's Colt 1911s
  Random Location: Blasted Heath
  Brood of Yog-Sothoth moves to Devil's Hop Yard

• Turn 9:
  Encounter: Towering Beasts cancel (Forewarned)
  No Stone Unturned (Hunch) (draw Well Prepared)
  Play Well Prepared (WP)
  Investigate (6 vs 2 shroud) (+1: success; +1 resource)
  Random Location: Ten-Acre Meadow
  Brood of Yog-Sothoth moves to Whateley Ruins

• Turn 10:
  Encounter: Eager for Death commit Abbess Allegria Di Biase (6 vs 2) (-3: success)
  Investigate (6 vs 2 shroud) (-1: success; +1 resource)
  Working a Hunch (Hunch)
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to Whateley Ruins
  Shortcut to Ten-Acre Meadow
  Evade Brood of Yog-Sothoth WP commit Inquiring Mind (6 vs 2) (-4: success)
  Ten-Acre Meadow: 1 clue on Brood of Yog-Sothoth
  Powder of Ibn Ghazi: 2 clues on Brood of Yog-Sothoth
  Esoteric Formula on Brood of Yog-Sothoth (10 vs 6) (-1: success - 1 damage)
  Random Location: Blasted Heath
  Brood of Yog-Sothoth moves to Dunwich Village

• Turn 11:
  Encounter: Whippoorwill
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to Dunwich Village
  Esoteric Formula on Brood of Yog-Sothoth (10 vs 6) (-1: success - 1 damage)
  Esoteric Formula on Brood of Yog-Sothoth (10 vs 6) (-2: success - 1 damage)
  Esoteric Formula on Brood of Yog-Sothoth (10 vs 6) (-1: success - kill Brood of Yog-Sothoth and add to Victory Display)
  Enemy: move Whippoorwill to Dunwich Village

• Turn 12: Advance Agenda (spawn Brood of Yog-Sothoth)
  Test: QS commit Eureka!,Quick Study (6 vs 4) (-2: success; draw Steadfast)
  Encounter: Sordid and Silent (attach to Dunwich Village)
  Engage Whippoorwill
  Khopesh of the Abyss on Whippoorwill (7 vs 2) (: success - kill Whippoorwill) discard Unspeakable Oath (Bloodthirst)
  Evidence! (Hunch)
  Esoteric Formula on Brood of Yog-Sothoth 2xWP commit Steadfast (11 vs 8) (-1: success - 1 damage)
  Enemy: Brood of Yog-Sothoth (2 damage & 1 horror)
  Sordid and Silent (1 horror)

• Turn 13:
  Encounter: Towering Beasts cancel (Forewarned)
  Evade Brood of Yog-Sothoth 2xWP, Quick Study (7 vs 4) (: fail)
  Evade Brood of Yog-Sothoth (2 vs 4) (0: fail)
  Evade Brood of Yog-Sothoth (2 vs 4) (: fail)
  Enemy: Brood of Yog-Sothoth (2 damage & 1 horror)
  Sordid and Silent (1 horror)

• Turn 14:
  Encounter: Sordid and Silent
  Evade Brood of Yog-Sothoth 2xWP, Quick Study (7 vs 4) (: success)
  Powder of Ibn Ghazi: 2 clues on Brood of Yog-Sothoth
  Esoteric Formula on Brood of Yog-Sothoth (8 vs 8) ( & : success - kill Brood of Yog-Sothoth and add to Victory Display)

Scenario Ends ( R2 : 5VP )
no brood escaped into the wild.