Joe Diamond - Solo Return to Blood on the Altar

Spoiler Warning

Return to the Dunwich Legacy 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 Joe Diamond.

Upgrades:
Bandolier for Shortcut
Thought I'd still need the Inquiring Mind so I dropped Shortcut instead.

Return to Blood on the Altar:

Summary:
Thought my luck with Pathfinder ran out, but a first turn No Stone Unturned managed to dig it out to start - again the MVP.
Trying ridiculously hard to get the Khopesh of the Abyss seems to have paid off.

Game Begins: Put Ace of Swords in play

• Turn 1:
  No Stone Unturned (Hunch) draw Pathfinder
  Play Pathfinder
  Exhaust Pathfinder to Osborn's General Store (+2 resources)
  Play Dr. Milan Christopher

• Turn 2:
  Encounter: Servant of Many Mouths (spawn House in the Reeds)
  Exhaust Pathfinder to Bishop's Brook
  Investigate (5 vs 3 shroud) (: success; +1 resource)
  Play Hawk-Eye Folding Camera
  Investigate (5 vs 3 shroud) (: success; Move No Stone Unturned to Hunch deck) Hawk-Eye Folding Camera

• Turn 3:
  Encounter: Rotting Remains (3 vs 3) (-2: fail; 2 horror)
  Draw encounter below Bishop's Brook: Resurgent Evils cancel (Forewarned)
  Exhaust Pathfinder to Osborn's General Store
  Investigate (5 vs 3 shroud) (0: success; +1 resource) Hawk-Eye Folding Camera
  Draw encounter below Bishop's Brook: Whippoorwill
  Engage Whippoorwill
  Fight Whippoorwill (5 vs 2) (-3: success - kill Whippoorwill)

• Turn 4:
  Encounter: Unhallowed Country
  Play Bandolier
  Gain 1 resource
  Gain 1 resource
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to Village Commons
  Unhallowed Country: (3 vs 3) (-3: fail)

• Turn 5:
  Encounter: Whippoorwill
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to Congregational Church (draw Kidnapped!: commit Take the Initiative (6 vs 4) (-2: success)
  Play Khopesh of the Abyss
  Investigate (5 vs 1 shroud) (: success) Hawk-Eye Folding Camera
  Draw encounter below Congregational Church: Unhallowed Country
  Unhallowed Country: (4 vs 3) (-1: success - discard Unhallowed Country)
  Unhallowed Country: (4 vs 3) (-3: fail)
  Enemy: Whippoorwill to Congregational Church

• Turn 6:
  Encounter: Eager for Death (3 vs 2) commit Eureka! (4 vs 2) (-2: success; draw Vicious Blow
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to House in the Reeds
  Khopesh of the Abyss on Servant of Many Mouths (8 vs 3) (-3: success - kill Servant of the Lurker) Gain 1 clue from House in the Reeds
  Draw encounter below House in the Reeds: Key to the Chamber
  to Congregational Church
  Draw 1 card
  Unhallowed Country: (4 vs 3) (-4: fail)

• Turn 7: Advance Agenda
  Encounter: Whippoorwill
  Engage Whippoorwill
  Khopesh of the Abyss on Whippoorwill (7 vs 2) (: success - kill Whippoorwill)
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to Burned Ruins
  Working a Hunch (Hunch)
  Play Well Prepared (WP)
  Unhallowed Country: (4 vs 3) (-3: fail)
  Enemy: Whippoorwill to Burned Ruins

• Turn 8:
  Encounter: Sordid and Silent
  Engage Whippoorwill
  Khopesh of the Abyss on Whippoorwill (7 vs 2) (-1: success - kill Whippoorwill)
  Evidence! (Hunch)
  Investigate (5 vs 2 shroud) (: success; move Working a Hunch to Hunch deck; 1 damage)
  Draw encounter below House in the Reeds: The Hidden Chamber
  Attach Key to the Chamber to The Hidden Chamber
  Unhallowed Country: Well Prepared (6 vs 3) (+1: success - discard Unhallowed Country)
  Sordid and Silent: 1 horror

• Turn 9:
  Encounter: Servant of Many Mouths
  Exhaust Pathfinder: move to The Hidden Chamber
  Advance Act (spawn Silas Bishop)
  Khopesh of the Abyss on Silas Bishop (8 vs 3) (: success - 2 damage)
  Khopesh of the Abyss on Silas Bishop (8 vs 3) (-1: success - 2 damage)
  Khopesh of the Abyss on Silas Bishop (8 vs 3) (: success - kill Silas Bishop and add to Victory Display)

Scenario Ends ( R1 : 2VP + 2 bonus XP )
the investigators put Silas Bishop out of his misery
Sacrificed to Yog‑Sothoth: Professor Warren Rice

Interlude II: The Survivors
Dr. Henry Armitage survived The Dunwich Legacy
Dr. Francis Morgan survived The Dunwich Legacy
Zebulon Whateley survived The Dunwich Legacy
Earl Sawyer survived The Dunwich Legacy