Rita's RttDL Solo Run #3: The Miskatonic Museum

Opening Hand: Lucky!, Last Chance, Newspaper, Lantern, Last Chance

The above is pretty much the perfect opening hand for our visit in the museum. I'll have Rita attempt to break and enter first, because that approach not only gives her an useful ally later in the scenario, but also allows her to pick clues from the entrance and the go to the halls without detours.

#1

• PLAY Newspaper
• PLAY Lantern
• Museum Halls (commit Last Chance, +1)
• advance Finding A Way Inside to Breaking and Entering
• Upkeep: draw Waylay, 2 resources.

#2

• Mythos: 1/5 doom, Visions of Futures Past (-4, discard 5 cards including Hoods & Haunted)
• INVESTIGATE with Lantern (, Newspaper, 2 clues)
• MOVE to Museum Halls
• Museum Halls
• Upkeep: draw Flashlight, 3 resources.

#3

• Mythos: 2/5 doom, Dark Bidding
• Museum Halls
• MOVE to Exhibit Hall (The Archives)
• MOVE to Museum Halls
• Upkeep: draw Peter Sylvestre, 4 resources.

#4

• Mythos: 3/5 doom, Infinite Doorway
• PLAY Peter Sylvestre
• MOVE to Exhibit Hall (discard Perception, Nature Exhibit, discard Flashlight & Waylay)
• INVESTIGATE with Lantern (commit Last Chance, -2, 1 clue)
• Upkeep: draw Track Shoes, 2 resources.

#5

• Mythos: 4/5 doom, Inexplicable Cold (0)
• MOVE to Museum Halls (discard "I'm outta here!")
• Museum Halls
• MOVE to Exhibit Hall (discard Lucky! , 1 horror to Peter Sylvestre, Hall of the Dead
• Peter Sylvestre
• Upkeep: draw Waylay, 3 resources.

Rita's Boardstate: 9 health, 5 sanity, 3 resources, 0 clues

In Play: Peter Sylvestre, Newspaper, Lantern)

In Hand: Lucky!, Track Shoes, Waylay

Infinite Doorway! It's one of the best encounter cards designed for the Return to Dunwich. It slowly chips away at your deck and sanity and if it weren't for Peter Sylvestre I would be considering resigning soon. As things stand now, Rita is making excellent progress and it would a shame to waste it.

#6

• Mythos: 5/5 doom, Restricted Access advances to Shadows Deepen, Haunting Recollections (1 horror to Peter Sylvestre, 1 horror)
• INVESTIGATE with Lantern (, Newspaper, 2 clues)
• PLAY Track Shoes
• RESOURCE
• Peter Sylvestre
• Enemy: Hunting Horror hunts and attacks (1 horror to Peter Sylvestre, 1 damage)
• Upkeep: draw "I'm done runnin'!", 2 resources.

#7

• Mythos: 2/7 doom, Twist of Fate (, 2 horror)
• EVADE (, exhaust Hunting Horror, move to Museum Halls, discard "Look what I found!")
• Museum Halls
• Museum Halls
• Peter Sylvestre
• Enemy: 0, Hunting Horror readies
• Upkeep: draw Resourceful, 3 resources.

#8

• Mythos: 3/7 doom, Twist of Fate (0, 1 damage)
• MOVE to Exhibit Hall (discard Lantern, 1 horror to Peter Sylvestre, Medieval Exhibit)
• INVESTIGATE with Lantern (commit Resourceful, , return "Look what I found!", 1 clue)
• RESOURCE
• Peter Sylvestre
• Enemy: Hunting Horror hunts to Museum Halls
• Upkeep: draw Peter Sylvestre, 5 resources.

#9

• Mythos: 4/7 doom, Stalked in the Dark (Hunting Horror attacks, 1 horror to Peter Sylvestre, 1 damage)
• EVADE (-1, exhaust Hunting Horror, move to Museum Halls, discard Plucky)
• Museum Halls
• MOVE to Exhibit Hall (discard "I'm outta here!", Restricted Hall)
• advance Breaking and Entering to Searching for the Tome (get Harold Walsted)
• Peter Sylvestre
• Enemy: Hunting Horror attacks (1 horror to Peter Sylvestre, 1 damage)
• Upkeep: draw Cornered, 6 resources.

#10

• Mythos: 5/7 doom, Secret Door
• "I'm done runnin'!"
• EVADE (-2, 1 damage to Hunting Horror)
• EVADE (-4, 1 damage to Hunting Horror)
• Lantern (defeat Hunting Horror)
• Peter Sylvestre
• Upkeep: draw Madame Labranche, 7 resources.

Rita's Boardstate: 5 health, 2 sanity, 7 resources, 0 clues

In Play: Peter Sylvestre, Harold Walsted, Newspaper, Lantern, Track Shoes

In Hand: Lucky!, Waylay, Peter Sylvestre, Cornered, Madame Labranche

Peter! Peter! Peter! I feel like cheering for the Big Man on Campus because he's clearly the MVP of this scenario. Notice that I haven't been using Madame Labranche much, despite having both her and Cornered. Perhaps their time to shine will come later. The Hunting Horror is quite small, but honestly Rita can reliably defeat it once. This is why I took care to evade it until this point and spent all clues to ensure that Newspaper is always useful. In any case, it's hopefully the last encounter card pull, because at this point it would be rather hard to retreat safely.

EDIT: It turns out there's a misplay in round #10. "I'm done runnin'!" in conjunction with Rita's ability can be used to deal two damage in one evasion, which means there was no need to wait until the next turn to investigate.

#11

• Mythos: 5/7 doom, A Baleful Welcome (move, fight)
• INVESTIGATE with Lantern (-4, Newspaper, 2 clues)
• R1.

Rita manages to complete her investigation whilst pulling a -4 token. It's not something you see of often, is it?

Campaign Log:

Extracurricular Activity: The students were rescued. Professor Warren Rice was kidnapped. 3 XP (Vassal of the Lurker, Orne Library, Dormitories).

The House Always Wins: Naomi has Rita’s back. Dr. Francis Morgan was kidnapped. Rita rescued Dr. Henry Armitage. 4 XP (Servant of the Lurker, Art Gallery, VIP Area, Back Alley).

The Miskatonic Museum: Rita destroyed the Necronomicon. 4 XP (Nature Exhibit, Hall of the Dead, Restricted Hall, Medieval Exhibit).