Charlie Kane is Running for Office (True Solo)

My first Charlie deck, used for True Solo in The Path to Carcosa campaign.

I went with and because I felt the 0-2 of both allowed for dealing with punching higher than my weight and might mitigate resource generation for my expensive allies.

Straight forward strategy: try to get your allies in play as soon as possible. Faustian Bargain, Easy Mark. Lone Wolf should help your economy, while Motivational Speech and Calling in Favors will let you play allies for free (and refresh an ally as well with the latter!)

Adaptable was an easy pick for me because I liked the idea of being able to switch into Fine Clothes to deal with Parley tests and then take it off the deck when I felt I had allies that would allow me use Charlie's ability to exhaust them for their icons.

The allies you definitely want in play should be pretty obvious:

• Bonnie Walsh: she is an Unexpected Courage every turn that can ready another one of your allies. She is amazing.
• Miss Doyle is just a jack of all trades, you cannot go wrong with her in a true solo build that is all about flexibility.
• Delilah O'Rourke can do 2 testless damage - and you don't even have to evade the enemy, just wait until they attack and exhaust and you can use that window to trigger. And she'll be ready again after Upkeep begins, ready to go again. Her +1 to and are also very appreciated for good ol' Charlie.
• Mr. "Rook" is your tutoring. He is just that good. Use it 3 times, get your weaknesses out of the way early, use him for soak.
• Grete Wagner gives you another +1 to and can even get clues for you. In true solo, where there's usually a single clue in a location, that's invaluable action compression.

And lastly, we still want a weapon to aid combat tests so we can leave our allies ready to do other tasks and we can be a bit more punchy: Machete is just obvious and Runic Axe can be whatever you need it to be. Get it to get you an extra clue or heal some horror for you, or get your enemy down two pips of health so that Delilah O'Rourke can finish it off for a few quid.

I am truly enjoying this deck, cannot wait to continue playing it.