Preston Fairmont - Solo Return to The Last King

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.

Upgrades:
Charon's Obol probably needed to have enough XP to afford all the toys.
Narrow Escape sacrificed for Cornered
Realized a Fight or Flight would have been very useful last game, so sacrificed Think on Your Feet and 1x Well Connected for them. Hope I don't regret this.

Return to The Last King:

Summary:
"Huh... Preston looks more like a survivor than a rogue..."
Fragile Thoughts on Turn 10 meant I couldn't afford to go for Ashleigh Carter in the Dining Room, though that was probably pushing it.
Probably needed Money Talks more than Fight or Flight, or even 1 more copy of Fine Clothes - drawing it late meant that the effort to Parley was much increased.
Drawing Thin is probably the only reason why this deck functions at all, with its superior draw/resource generation.

Game Begins:

• Turn 1:
  Get Family Inheritance (+4 resources)
  Play Rabbit's Foot
  Play Leo De Luca
  to Living Room

• Turn 2:
  Encounter: Party Guest (spawn at Ballroom)
  Play Drawing Thin (DT)
  Constance Dumaine: Parley DT (+2 resources on Family Inheritance) (1 vs 5) (-4: fail) RF (+1 card)
  Living Room: +1 card
  Get Family Inheritance (+6 resources)
  Play Cornered (C)

• Turn 3:
  Encounter: Delusory Evils add to hand
  Play Drawing Thin (DT)
  Constance Dumaine: Parley DT (+2 resources on Family Inheritance) DT (+2 resources on Family Inheritance) (1 vs 7) ( & -4: fail) RF (+1 card)
  Live and Learn commit Resourceful (4 vs 2) (-1: success; return Live and Learn to hand)
  Living Room: +1 card
  Get Family Inheritance (+8 resources)

• Turn 4: Advance Agenda (spawn Dianne Devine)
  Encounter: Marked by the Sign DT (+1 card) DT (+1 card) (1 vs 6) (-2: fail, 2 horror) RF (+1 card)
  Play Well Connected (WC)
  to Gallery
  Jordan Perry: Parley WC (+3) (4 vs 2) (-2: success)
  Jordan Perry: Parley C commit "Look what I found!" (5 vs 2) (: success) interviewed Jordan Perry
  Gallery: (1 vs 2) (-2: fail)

• Turn 5:
  Encounter: Bleeding Walls C (3 vs 1) (-1: success)
  to Courtyard (discard Marked by the Sign)
  Sebastien Moreau: Parley DT (+1 card) DT (+1 card) (1 vs 7) (0: fail) RF (+1 card)
  Live and Learn commit Rise to the Occasion (6 vs 3) ( & : fail (discard Delusory Evils))
  Sebastien Moreau: Parley WC (+3) (4 vs 3) (: fail)
  Play Meat Cleaver

• Turn 6:
  Encounter: Dance of the Yellow King surge The Pale Mask Beckons (spawn The Man in the Pallid Mask)
  Sebastien Moreau: Parley DT (+2 resources on Family Inheritance) DT (+2 resources on Family Inheritance) (1 vs 7) (-3: fail) RF (+1 card)
  Get Family Inheritance (+8 resources)
  Sebastien Moreau: Parley WC (+4) (5 vs 3) (-2: success)
  Play Flashlight

• Turn 7: Advance Agenda (Sickening Reality - Crazed Guest; +1 doom)
  Encounter: Maggot Swarm
  Meat Cleaver on Maggot Swarm 1 horror WC (+4) commit Resourceful (7 vs 3) (: success - kill Maggot Swarm, heal 1 horror, return Live and Learn to hand)
  Play Fine Clothes
  Sebastien Moreau: Parley DT (+1 card) DT (+1 card) (1 vs 5) (0: fail) RF (+1 card)
  Live and Learn (3 vs 1) (-1: success) interviewed Sebastien Moreau
  Intel Report (get clue from Gallery and Foyer)
  Enemy: Crazed Guest to Courtyard (1 damage)

• Turn 8:
  Encounter: Maggot Swarm
  Trial by Fire (set base to 5)
  Meat Cleaver on Crazed Guest 1 horror WC (+3) (8 vs 3) (-4: success - 2 damage)
  Meat Cleaver on Crazed Guest 1 horror (6 vs 3) (-2: success - 2 damage)
  Meat Cleaver on Crazed Guest (6 vs 3) ( & 0: success - kill Crazed Guest and add to Victory Display; heal 1 horror)
  Meat Cleaver on Maggot Swarm 1 horror (6 vs 3) (0: success - kill Maggot Swarm, heal 1 horror)

• Turn 9: Advance Agenda (spawn Jordan Perry)
  Encounter: Tough Crowd
  to Ballroom
  discard Haunted
  Remove Lodge "Debts"
  Enemy: Jordan Perry to Courtyard

• Turn 10:
  Encounter: Fragile Thoughts (discard Intel Report & Elusive)
  Ishimaru Haruko: Parley DT (+2 resources on Family Inheritance) DT (+2 resources on Family Inheritance) commit Take Heart (1 vs 4) (-2: fail, +2 resources on Family Inheritance, +2 cards) RF (+1 card)
  Ballroom: +2 resources on Family Inheritance
  Live and Learn (3 vs 0) (-1: success)
  Ishimaru Haruko: Parley (1 vs 0) ( & -2: success) interviewed Haruko Get Family Inheritance (+12 resources)
  Enemy: Jordan Perry to Ballroom (1 damage, 1 horror)

• Turn 11:
  Encounter: Bleeding Walls DT (+1 card) DT (+1 card) (shuffle deck: 1 horror) (1 vs 8) ( & : Spend 2 resources (success))
  Fight or Flight (+5)
  Evade Jordan Perry (6 vs 2) ( & -1: success)
  to Foyer
  The Man in the Pallid Mask: Investigate WC (+3) C (6 vs 4) (-2: success - defeat The Man in the Pallid Mask)
  Resign

Scenario Ends ( R1 : 0VP + 4 bonus XP )
you tried to warn the police
the Stranger is on to you
VIPs Interviewed: Jordan Perry, Ishimaru Haruko, Sebastien Moreau
Conviction: 1
Chasing the Stranger: 3

Interlude 1: Lunacy's Reward
you fled the dinner party