Stella delivers mail everywhere - Stop #2 Arkham

I knew this scenario would require a lot of enemy killing, so I spent the bulk of my xp on Timeworn Brand, hopefully it will pay off!

Opening Hand: Neither Rain nor Snow x2, Fire Axe, "Look what I found!", Perception
Kept: All except 1 Neither Rain nor Snow
Replacements: Winging It
Starting Location: My House

A weapon and lots of clueing power, that’s good cause I need to move fast this scenario

R1 (0D, 0H, 5$, 0C): 0/6 doom

-Encounter: None
- Play Fire Axe [-1$]
- Investigate 2 vs. 2 (): fail (well that’s an ominous start…)
- Stella Clark: Take an additional action this turn
- Investigate 2 vs. 2 (0): pass [+1C]
- Use My House: Draw Rabbit's Foot [+1$]
-Draw Take Heart [+1$]

I considered moving into Rivertown, but a resource and card for an action seemed worth it.

R2 (0D, 0H, 6$, 1C): 1/6 doom

-Encounter: On Wings of Darkness 4 vs. 4 (-1): fail [1D, 1H, move to Rivertown (Well now I’m glad I stayed put, got moved to Rivertown anyway!)
- Stella Clark: Take an additional action this turn
- Play Rabbit's Foot [-1$]
- Play Winging It [-1$]: Investigate 2 vs. 0 (0): pass [+1C]
- Use Act [-2C]: Peter Warren spawns at Miskatonic University
- Move to Graveyard, 3 vs. 3 (-2): fail [2H]
- Exhaust Rabbit's Foot: Draw Lucky!
-Draw Take Heart [+1$]

R3 (1D, 3H, 5$, 0C): 2/6 doom

-Encounter: Crypt Chill, commit Neither Rain nor Snow 6 vs. 4 ( is 0): pass (I didn’t really want to discard either of my assets, so I figured this was a good time for a Neither Rain nor Snow)
- Play Winging It from discard [-1$]: Investigate 2 vs. 0 (): fail, Winging It reshuffled (Oh sure, the ONLY token I can fail on)
- Exhaust Rabbit's Foot: Draw Atychiphobia [threatens] (Ya know, this happened last scenario too, this is turning out to be an awesome turn so far…not)
- Stella Clark: Take an additional action this turn
- Investigate, commit Perception, 4 vs. 1 (-1): pass [+1C, draw Resourceful]
- Investigate 2 vs. 1 ( is 0): pass [+1C, +1 Victory]
- Use Act [-2C]: Ruth Turner spawns at St. Mary's Hospital (was willing to take the chance of spawning someone on me, but fortunately nothing did)
-Draw Timeworn Brand [+1$] (Ooooh, my new toy!)

R4 (1D, 3H, 6$, 0C): 3/6 doom

-Encounter: Hunting Nightgaunt spawns and engages
- Play Timeworn Brand [-5$], Hunting Nightgaunt attacks [1D, 1H] (had to take the opportunity attack, the axe would’ve taken too long to kill it, draining my resources in the process and I will need to cutdown plenty more things before the scenario ends)
- Use Timeworn Brand: Fight Hunting Nightgaunt 5 vs. 3 (-2): pass [+2D]
- Use Timeworn Brand: Fight Hunting Nightgaunt 5 vs. 3 (0): pass [+2D, defeated]
-Draw Winging It [+1$]

R5 (2D, 4H, 2$, 0C): 4/6 doom

-Encounter: Locked Door attaches to Graveyard
- Move to Rivertown
- Move to Southside
- Play Winging It [-1$]: Investigate 2 vs. 1 (-1): pass [+1C]
-Draw Scrounge for Supplies [+1$]

R6 (2D, 4H, 2$, 1C): 5/6 doom

-Encounter: Mysterious Chanting [+2 doom on Ruth Turner] (this doesn’t matter for so very many reasons, she will either be dead or the agenda would be advancing anyway…ok fine just two reasons)
- Move to St. Mary's Hospital, Ruth Turner engages
- Evade Ruth Turner, commit Take Heart, 4 vs. 5 (-2): fail [1H, draw Drawing Thin, Resourceful +2$]
- Exhaust Rabbit's Foot: Draw .18 Derringer
- Stella Clark: Take an additional action this turn
- Use Timeworn Brand: Fight Ruth Turner 5 vs. 2 (0): pass [+2D]
- Use Timeworn Brand: Fight Ruth Turner 5 vs. 2 (-1): pass [+2D, defeated, +1 Victory]
-Draw Perception [+1$]

R7 (2D, 5H, 5$, 1C): 6/6 doom

-Agenda advances: The Masked Hunter spawns and engages (time for my new sword to do it’s work!)
-Encounter: Hunting Shadow [2D]
- Use Timeworn Brand: Fight The Masked Hunter, commit Resourceful 6 vs. 4 (0): pass [+2D, add Neither Rain nor Snow to hand]
- Exhaust Timeworn Brand: Fight The Masked Hunter, 6 vs. 4 (-2): pass [+4D, defeated, +2 Victory, draw Called by the Mists [threatens], Scrounge for Supplies, Live and Learn] (Have a nice day!)
- Use St. Mary's Hospital: Heal 3D
-Draw Old Keyring, discard Scrounge for Supplies x2, Take Heart [+1$]

R8 (1D, 3H, 6$, 1C): 1/8 doom

-Encounter: False Lead 2 vs. 4 [1D] (0): fail [-1C onto St. Mary's Hospital, 1H]
- Exhaust Rabbit's Foot: Draw Winging It
- Stella Clark: Take an additional action this turn
- Discard Atychiphobia
- Play Winging It from discard [-1$]: Investigate, commit Perception, 4 vs. 1 (): fail [Winging It reshuffled], play "Look what I found!" [-2$, +2C] (Second time playing Winging It from discard, second time I get the auto-fail for the test, at least this time I still got the clues, but annoying!)
- Use Act [-2C]: "Wolf-Man" Drew spawns at Downtown
-Draw "Look what I found!" [+1$]

R9 (2D, 6H, 4$, 0C): 2/8 doom

-Encounter: Crypt Chill 3 vs. 4 [1D] (-1): fail [discard Fire Axe] (This time I don’t care and was planning to discard the axe anyway)
- Exhaust Rabbit's Foot: Draw Old Keyring
- Stella Clark: Take an additional action this turn
- Move to Miskatonic University, Peter Warren engages
- Use Timeworn Brand: Fight Peter Warren 5 vs. 2 ( is -3): pass [+2D]
- Use Timeworn Brand: Fight Peter Warren 5 vs. 2 (0): pass [+2D, defeated, +1 Victory]
- Play Old Keyring [-1$]
-Draw Drawing Thin, discard Winging It [+1$]

R10 (3D, 6H, 4$, 0C): 3/8 doom

-Encounter: Hunting Shadow [2D] (Good thing I healed earlier!)
- Use Old Keyring: Investigate 2 vs. 2 (-2): fail, play "Look what I found!" [-2$, +2C, +1 Victory]
- Exhaust Rabbit's Foot: Draw Lucky!
- Stella Clark: Take an additional action this turn
- Use Act [-2C]: Herman Collins spawns at Graveyard
- Discard Called by the Mists
-Draw Live and Learn, discard Drawing Thin [+1$]

R11 (5D, 6H, 3$, 0C): 4/8 doom

-Encounter: Acolyte spawns at Northside, +1 doom on Acolyte
- Move to Northside, Acolyte engages
- Fight Acolyte, 3 vs. 3 (-2): fail, Exhaust Rabbit's Foot: Draw Neither Rain nor Snow, Stella Clark: Take an additional action this turn, play Live and Learn, commit Resourceful 6 vs. 3 ( is -2, +1 doom on Acolyte) [+1D, defeated, return "Look what I found!" to hand from discard]
- Play Winging It from discard [-1$]: Investigate 2 vs. 2 (-1), Play Lucky! [-1$]: pass [+2C, +1 Victory, Winging It reshuffled]
- Gain a resource [+1$] (I’m regretting getting rid of my resource generators)
-Draw Madame Labranche [+1$]

R12 (5D, 6H, 3$, 2C): 5/8 doom

-Encounter: Obscuring Fog attaches to Northside
- Move to Downtown, "Wolf-Man" Drew engages
- Use Timeworn Brand: Fight "Wolf-Man" Drew 5 vs. 4 (-1): pass [+2D]
- Use Timeworn Brand: Fight "Wolf-Man" Drew 5 vs. 4 (0): pass [+2D, defeated, +1 Victory]
-Draw Rabbit's Foot [+1$]

R13 (5D, 6H, 4$, 2C): 6/8 doom

-Encounter: On Wings of Darkness, exhaust Drawing Thin [+2$] 4 vs. 6 ( is -2, +1 doom on Herman Collins): fail [1D, 1H, move to Rivertown] (I took a calculated risk here, with only next turn before I have to resign I am now setup to be able to get the last cultist in time, provided the encounter deck doesn’t kill me)
- Exhaust Rabbit's Foot: Draw Neither Rain nor Snow
- Stella Clark: Take an additional action this turn
- Move to Graveyard, Herman Collins engages, 3 vs. 3 ( is -1): fail [move to Rivertown] (Even better, drops me right back in the middle, thanks to the earlier cultist token pull this turn)
- Discard Madame Labranche, Rabbit's Foot, Live and Learn, "Look what I found!": Parley Herman Collins [added to Victory, +1 Victory]
- Use Act [-2C]: Victoria Devereux spawns at Northside
- Move to Miskatonic University
-Draw Madame Labranche [+1$]

R14 (6D, 7H, 7$, 0C): 7/8 doom (Ok let’s see if my risk paid off…)

-Encounter: Acolyte spawns at My House, +1 doom on Acolyte (Awesome! The Acolyte showing up late to the party has helped me interrogate his last friend)
- Move to Northside, Victoria Devereux engages
- [-5$]: Parley Victoria Devereux [added to Victory, +1 Victory]
-Advance Act: Resolution 1

Resolution 1:

-Cultists interrogated: The Masked Hunter, "Wolf-Man" Drew, Herman Collins, Peter Warren, Victoria Devereux, Ruth Turner
-Cultists who got away: None

10 experience (10 Victory)

Whew, right down to the wire, but somehow managed to get all 6 cultists, primarily thanks to Stella’s ridiculous action compression and Timeworn Brand pulling it’s weight, now it’s time to (hopefully) seal away the Ancient One!