Just Get The Shot!

This is a pretty by the book Darrell Simmons deck that relies a bunch on pushing down the difficulty of tests pretty frequently. I love me some Difficulty 0 tests! Darrell collects evidence pretty steadily with the use of Darrell's Kodak, and combining that with staples like Lucky! and Live and Learn makes for some pretty sweet odds of pulling out a win more often than one might expect.

This fellow will be playing Path to Carcosa solo. RP-wise, I expect to have some fun being a paparazzi who was initially on assignment to get some juicy candid photos of the cast of the The Yellow Sign, but got himself dragged into the horrors to unfold.

On Card Selection

The available cards for this particular play through are limited to just the core set, the investigator sets, and the Path to Carcosa campaign set, according to the community play-along rules. So, that took quite a few decent Survivor cards off the table. But hey, that's okay!

He's pretty garbage at fighting if he doesn't happen to have a weapon, and even then, he's merely okay (but of course, can often get Lucky!). He's a fine cluer with loads of book skills and a fair number of Seeker cards that let him pick up multiple clues in one go. Since I'm playing solo, I'm more comfortable with evasion tests anyway, since I won't be leaving monsters for other investigators to deal with.

On the Weakness, and Cost

I drew The Tower • XVI randomly through this interface. The rules for the campaign play-along allows one to put all Basic Weaknesses in the pool. Not a terrible draw, since I don't think this weakness is as crippling as many people say. It basically comes down to "Spend four resources if you want to commit cards to tests," and I don't have anything else taking up the Tarot slot. Glad I opted for Emergency Cache during deck building -- I don't usually pick that one up, since I tend to design my decks on the cheap, but I wanted it so I could reasonably Dig Deep. My Connect the Dots is the only expensive Event in my deck, and the two .18 Derringers are the most expensive Assets. No big deal, but of course, Dig Deep can get pricey, especially towards the end.