Harvey Walters Investigates

What the original plan was :

First, upgrade the hand assets (8 XP)

• Magnifying Glass -> Magnifying Glass •
• Magnifying Glass -> Ancient Stone •
• 2x Ancient Stone • -> Ancient Stone/Ancient Stone/Ancient Stone ••••
• Occult Lexicon -> Occult Lexicon •••

Farsight and important events (8 XP)

• Dream-Enhancing Serum -> Farsight ••••
• 2x Extensive Research -> Extensive Research •
• 2x Deep Knowledge -> Guidance •

Faster actions (8 XP)

• Fine Clothes -> Scientific Theory •••
• Bizarre Diagnosis x2 + Eureka! -> Segment of Onyx x3 •
• 2x Burning the Midnight Oil -> Unearth the Ancients ••

Better cash flow (8 XP)

• 2x Preposterous Sketches -> Preposterous Sketches ••
• 2x Cryptic Writings -> Cryptic Writings ••

Better skills (8 XP)

• 2x Deduction -> Deduction ••
• 2x Perception -> Perception ••

Better starting hand (9 XP)

• Eureka! -> The World • XXI •••
• 2x -> Studious •••

Full XP empirical hypothesis (10 XP)

• □□□□ Alternative Hypothesis
• □ Field Research
• □ Independent Variable
• □ Trial and Error
• □□□ Irrefutable Proof

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Going through The Circle Undone with Agnes, I really regret going for the Extensive Research (both lvl 0 and 1), the result was mediocre at best and Seeking Answers proved to be way more efficient.

The point of the going wasn't to keep the big hand all the time, but going to 8 cards at the start of the turn to get the two fast events. Unearth the Ancients proved to be perfect to make sure not to waste actions playing the items, notibly the segments of onyx.

Not being huge fans of The Circle Undone, we went through it quite fast, which made it more tolerable.