Use Baseball Bat with Hard Knocks to kill enemies. Never evade, unless you can't kill them.
When investigating, commit item assets at difficult locations shroud 3+ (wendys amulet, rabbits foot, flashlights) and recover them with scavenging at easy locations (shroud 1)
Gain ressources for hard Knocks with Burglary at shroud 1 or 2 locations. Use Scavenging with Burglary to recover items
Advanced Strategy
Use the skillcards (Guts, etc) as early as possible, to draw cards, so you get your combos going
Do not play Wendy's Amulet. Commit it to skill checks and recover with Scavenging.
You can play Scavenging twice, to recover more items.
Don't evade enemies, it's a waste of actions. Kill them when possible.
Try to get back items back from the discard pile as fast as possible, as Abandoned and Alone will make them unreachable.
Use Backstab when you don't have a weapon. Once you do, use it only on enemies with 3 or 5 HP.
You can commit items to other tests than investigating (like will, speed, etc) and recover them later with Burglary and Scavenging at shroud 1 locations
For wendys ability, try to discard only useless cards or items (like Emergency Cache, if you have enough ressources or Flashlight, if you've discovered all clues of the scenario).
You can investigate a location with no clues on it, to trigger Scavenging
Starting hand
Leo De Luca (more actions),
Hard Knocks (more killing),
Burglary (gain ressources for hard knocks),
Baseball Bat or Sneak Attack
Mulligan as many cards as possible, if you don't have Leo De Luca, as the extra action wins games by itself.
Scavenging only pays off once you've got of items in your hand or discard pile, so don't keep it in starting hand.
This deck relies on 3 combos to function:
Use Baseball Bat with Hard Knocks to kill enemies. Never evade, unless you can't kill them. When investigating, commit item assets at difficult locations shroud 3+ (wendys amulet, rabbits foot, flashlights) and recover them with scavenging at easy locations (shroud 1) Gain ressources for hard Knocks with Burglary at shroud 1 or 2 locations. Use Scavenging with Burglary to recover items Advanced Strategy
Use the skillcards (Guts, etc) as early as possible, to draw cards, so you get your combos going Do not play Wendy's Amulet. Commit it to skill checks and recover with Scavenging. You can play Scavenging twice, to recover more items. Don't evade enemies, it's a waste of actions. Kill them when possible. Try to get back items back from the discard pile as fast as possible, as Abandoned and Alone will make them unreachable. Use Backstab when you don't have a weapon. Once you do, use it only on enemies with 3 or 5 HP. You can commit items to other tests than investigating (like will, speed, etc) and recover them later with Burglary and Scavenging at shroud 1 locations For wendys ability, try to discard only useless cards or items (like Emergency Cache, if you have enough ressources or Flashlight, if you've discovered all clues of the scenario). You can investigate a location with no clues on it, to trigger Scavenging Starting hand
Leo De Luca (more actions), Hard Knocks (more killing), Burglary (gain ressources for hard knocks), Baseball Bat or Sneak Attack Mulligan as many cards as possible, if you don't have Leo De Luca, as the extra action wins games by itself.
Scavenging only pays off once you've got of items in your hand or discard pile, so don't keep it in starting hand.