Play-by-Play #7: Jenny's The Miskatonic Museum

Trauma: 1 Damage, 2 Horror

Opening Hand: Fine Clothes, The Red-Gloved Man, Perception, Lockpicks, Machete

#1: PLAY Lockpicks, Lockpicks (pitch Perception, draw Machete, clue), DRAW Overpower, upkeep (Leo De Luca).

#2: Visions of Futures Past, Lockpicks (clue), advance Finding A Way Inside, MOVE to Museum Halls, MOVE to Administration Office, upkeep (Unexpected Courage, 2 resources).

#3: Passage into the Veil (5 cards), RESOURCE, PLAY Leo De Luca, Lockpicks (clue), MOVE to Museum Halls, upkeep (Perception, 2 resources).

#4: Visions of Futures Past (5 cards including Mob Enforcer), PLAY Fine Clothes, Museum Halls, MOVE to Exhibit Hall (Medusa Exhibit), Lockpicks (clue), upkeep (Switchblade, 2 resources).

#5: Beyond the Veil, Slithering Behind You, EVADE (+3 , exhaust Hunting Horror), MOVE to Museum Halls, Museum Halls, MOVE to Exhibit Hall (Hall of the Dead), upkeep (Pantalone, 2 resources).

#6: advance Restricted Access (1 doom on Hunting Horror), Ephemeral Exhibits (pitch Pantalone & Perception, draw Lone Wolf), PLAY Lone Wolf, Lockpicks (2 supplies left, clue), INVESTIGATE (+3 , clue), RESOURCE, Hunting Horror moves to Museum Halls, upkeep (Physical Training, 2 resources).

#7: Cursed Luck, 1 resource, MOVE to Museum Halls, EVADE (+3 , pitch Unexpected Courage, discard Cursed Luck, exhaust Hunting Horror), Museum Halls, MOVE to Exhibit Hall (Athabaskan Exhibit), upkeep (Elusive, 2 resources).

#8: Locked Door (on Administration Office), 1 resource, MOVE to Museum Halls, EVADE (+3 , exhaust Hunting Horror), Museum Halls, MOVE to Exhibit Hall (Nature Exhibit, discard Elusive & Switchblade), upkeep (Leo De Luca, 2 resources).

#9: Cursed Luck, 1 resource, Lockpicks (+3 , pitch Leo De Luca, discard Cursed Luck, clue), PLAY Machete, RESOURCE, RESOURCE, Hunting Horror attacks (1 damage, 1 horror), upkeep (Fine Clothes, 2 resources).

#10: Locked Door (on Museum Halls), 1 resource, EVADE (+3 , exhaust Hunting Horror), MOVE to Museum Halls, Museum Halls, MOVE to Exhibit Hall (Egyptian Exhibit), Hunting Horror moves to Museum Halls, upkeep (Quick Thinking, 2 resources).

#11: Beyond the Veil, Obscuring Fog, Lockpicks (+3 , discard Obscuring Fog, clue), INVESTIGATE (+3 , clue), RESOURCE, MOVE to Museum Halls, Hunting Horror attacks (1 damage, 1 horror), upkeep (Ace in the Hole, 2 resources).

#12: advance Shadows Deepen (1 doom on Hunting Horror), Beyond the Veil, Visions of Futures Past (pitch Physical Training, 1 card), 1 resource, The Red-Gloved Man ( & ), Ace in the Hole, Museum Halls (attack of opportunity, 1 damage, 1 horror), MOVE to Exhibit Hall (Restricted Hall, attack of opportunity, 1 damage, 1 horror), advance Night at the Museum, FIGHT (pitch Quick Thinking, extra action, 2 damage to Hunting Horror), FIGHT (pitch Machete, defeat Hunting Horror), Lockpicks (1 supply left, clue), INVESTIGATE (+3 , clue), R1.

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Campaign Log:

The Gathering: R2. Jenny’s house is still standing!, 8XP (Ghoul Priest, Flesh-Eater, Attic, Cellar, 3 bonus XP)

The Midnight Masks: R1. Jenny interrogated the Masked Hunter, Peter Warren, "Wolf-Man" Drew and Ruth Turner! Herman Collins and Victoria Devereux got away! 8XP (The Masked Hunter, "Wolf-Man" Drew, Peter Warren, Ruth Turner, Graveyard, Northside, Miskatonic University)

The Devourver Below: R1. The ritual to summon Umôrdhoth was broken! 7XP (Victoria Devereux, Herman Collins, 5 bonus XP), Token, 2 Mental Trauma

Carnevale of Horrors: R1. The sun banished Cnidathqua into the depths! 3XP (Don Lagorio, Savio Corvi, Salvatore Neri)

The House Always Wins: R1. O'Bannion gang has a bone to pick with Jenny! Dr. Francis Morgan was kidnapped! 2XP (Clover Club Pit Boss, VIP Area), 1 Psychical Trauma

Extracurricular Activity: R3. Professor Warren Rice was kidnapped! The Experiment was defeated! Jenny rescued Dr. Henry Armitage! 4XP (The Experiment, Orne Library, Dormitories)

The Miskatonic Museum: R1. Jenny destroyed the Necronomicon! 5XP (Exhibit Hall, Exhibit Hall, Exhibit Hall, Exhibit Hall, Exhibit Hall)

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“Are you seeing what I’m seeing, Leo?”

”Yes… Or… Maybe? Them flashes, right?”

To Jenny these were more akin to visions. She saw herself kicking in the door and immediately dodging to the left as the stalking monstrosity swept down on her. Her bullets shattered the exhibit glass, but did nothing against the shadow silhouette. Then the scene shifted and it was Dr. Armitage who opened the doors with herself behind his back, dynamite and lighter in hand. Again the scene repeated and this time she was alone and bloodied. The Jenny in her vision hesitated and didn’t open the door to the Restricted Exhibit at all. Next, she saw herself confidently twirling her Bengalese machete and sporting an amazing haircut. Then, she died torn limb from limb. Next, she died as the shadowy tendrils suffocated her. After that, she died. And once more.

Jenny shut her eyes and thankfully the visions stopped. She then opened her eyes and exchanged glances with Leo. The two of them still needed to get their hands on the Necronomicon. Jenny slowly pushed the door open.

The book was already pulled out of the exhibit and neatly placed on top of an ordinary reading desk, with an electric lamp shining light on it. More than that, the Necronomicon was bookmarked and on the bookmark itself there was an elaborate letter N.

“Hello?”

Jenny called out and her voice echoed in the museum halls. Neither she nor her friend knew of no one who would be in the habit of signing himself or herself as “N”.

“Hello?”

Still no answer. No monster either. Good for them.