Preston Fairmont - Solo Return to Curtain Call

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.

So begins my probably suicidal run on the Return to the Path of Carcosa...

Return to Curtain Call:

Summary:
Failed miserably with a Fire Axe/Dark Horse build, so switched around to this build instead (Meat Cleaver/Well Connected)
Worked well enough - was tempted to try and score another 2VP on the Royal Emissary, but Painful Reflection on the last turn put paid to that.
Aided by a not so brutal Act 2b, though one that dealt damage instead of horror would have been easier.

Game Begins:

• Turn 1:
  Get Family Inheritance (+4 resources)
  Play Leo De Luca
  Play Well Connected (WC)
  Play Drawing Thin (DT)

• Turn 2:
  Encounter: Spirit's Torment (attach to Theatre)
  Play Rabbit's Foot (RF)
  to Backstage (1 horror)
  to Rehearsal Room
  Investigate (1 vs 1 shroud) (0: success)

• Turn 3:
  Encounter: Spires of Carcosa
  Spires of Carcosa (1 vs 1 shroud) (: success)
  Spires of Carcosa (1 vs 1 shroud) (0: success)
  to Backstage
  Investigate DT (+1 card) (1 vs 5 shroud) (-1: fail) RF (+1 card)

• Turn 4:
  Encounter: Swarm of Rats
  Fight Swarm of Rats DT (+1 card) commit Take Heart (1 vs 3) (-3: fail; +2 cards, +2 resources (Family Inheritance) RF (+1 card) Live and Learn (3 vs 1) (+1: success - kill Swarm of Rats)
  Get Family Inheritance (+6 resources)
  Investigate WC (+1) commit Rise to the Occasion (5 vs 3 shroud) (0: success)
  to Prop Shop

• Turn 5:
  Encounter: Visions in Your Mind (Failure)
  Intel Report
  Advance Act (spawn The Man in the Pallid Mask in Backstage Doorway)
  to Backstage
  Get Family Inheritance (+4 resources)
  Play Meat Cleaver
  Visions in Your Mind (Failure): 1 direct damage, 1 direct horror

• Turn 6:
  Encounter: Poltergeist Think on Your Feet (move to Trap Room - spawn Swarm of Rats)
  Trial by Fire (set base to 5)
  Meat Cleaver on Swarm of Rats DT (+1 card) (6 vs 3) (-2: success - kill Swarm of Rats; heal 1 horror)
  Engage The Man in the Pallid Mask
  Meat Cleaver on The Man in the Pallid Mask (1 horror) commit Resourceful (7 vs 4) (-4) Lucky! (success - 2 damage; return Trial by Fire to hand)
  Meat Cleaver on The Man in the Pallid Mask (6 vs 4) (0: success - kill The Man in the Pallid Mask; heal 1 horror)
  Advance Act

• Turn 7: Advance Agenda (spawn Royal Emissary in Theatre)
  Encounter: Fanatic
  Meat Cleaver on [Fanatic] (/card/03098) 1 horror DT (+1 card) commit Take Heart (2 vs 5) (; +2 cards, +2 resources (Family Inheritance)) RF (+1 card)
  Live and Learn commit Resourceful (4 vs 3) (-1: success - kill Fanatic; heal 1 horror; return Lucky! to hand)
  discard Haunted
  Get Family Inheritance (+6 resources)
  Enemy: Royal Emissary to Backstage
  Royal Emissary: 1 horror

• Turn 8:
  Encounter: Maddening Delusions surge Twisted to His Will (1 vs 1) () Lucky! (success; horror spreads to Trap Room)
  Elusive to Theatre
  Agenda: DT (+1 card) (1 vs 4) (: fail, 1 horror) RF (+1 card)
  to Lobby
  Agenda: WC (+2) (3 vs 2) (-1: success)
  Engage The Man in the Pallid Mask
  Trial by Fire (set base to 5)
  Meat Cleaver on The Man in the Pallid Mask 1 horror (6 vs 4) (-3) Lucky! (success - 2 damage)
  Meat Cleaver on The Man in the Pallid Mask (6 vs 4) (+1: success - kill The Man in the Pallid Mask; heal 1 horror)
  Enemy: Royal Emissary to Theatre
  Royal Emissary: 1 horror

• Turn 9:
  Encounter: Fanatic (spawn Prop room)
  to Green Room
  Agenda: DT (+2 resources (Family Inheritance)) commit Rise to the Occasion (4 vs 4) (0: success)
  to Lobby
  Agenda: WC (+2) (3 vs 2) (: fail, 1 horror)
  to Lighting Box (1 vs 2) (-1: fail, 1 horror) Leo De Luca defeated
  Play Leo De Luca
  Intel Report (get clues from Lighting Box and Green Room)
  Enemy: Royal Emissary to Lobby
  Royal Emissary: 1 horror

• Turn 10:
  Encounter: Painful Reflection
  to Lobby
  Agenda (1 vs 2) (-2: fail, 1 horror)
  Resign

Scenario Ends ( R1 : 5VP )
you tried to warn the police
the Stranger is on to you
Conviction: 1
Chasing the Stranger: 2