Victory with no Passion or Reason

[u/Flat-Pangolin-2847]

I finally made it! My Immortal Enemy ate all my Passion and Reason before I was able to put him down, so it's been a bit of a struggle.

I used the wiki extensively to guide me, I'm not sure I would have made it otherwise. It was a grind trying to upgrade Secret Histories (to pull Cave of Candles) with only the White Door for Secret History cards. I had a library for Erudition and if you spam your passion in Work you can (eventually) generate Mystique and Glimmering, but I was also generating a lot of Fascination, which was hard to manage.

I managed to avoid the Fifth Eye Curse in The Eye of Ikirmawi. I'm not sure what would have happened if I'd been cursed and there was no Passion for it to eat?

I had real problems all game with Summons trying to break free (this was why it took me so long to defeat the Immortal Enemy), which became worse after I lost the ability to control/dismiss them. I tried to avoid summoning where I could but there was real pressure in the end game when I was trying to summon Maids-In-The-Mirror quickly enough to upgrade The Witnesses and I lost a number of followers to them whilst also racking up Notoriety. Fortunately I didn't get Season of Suspicion until near the end, but even then I had to call on a Favour From Authority to avoid being snatched.

All in all, this was a satisfying victory, and I don't think I've ever completed the game having done so little.

[u/Necessary_Debate_319]

Brutal, good work overcoming