The Adventures of Roland Banks - Parallel PBG

Chosen directives: Red Tape, Due Diligence, Leave No Doubt. Signature book replacements used (Mysteries Remain and Dirge of Reason)

Tanky, investigate-y Roland. With Leave No Doubt, this Roland has the highest amount of health and sanity of any investigator, beating out even Stella at 9-8. Steadfast is pretty much always 3 icons.

The idea with this deck is that when enemies show up, you make an investigate event fast with Red Tape, getting +2 from Due Diligence for the test, to grab a clue at instant speed. With Alice around, that's a free damage. Then, you use your skills to fight or evade the enemy in question and move on. If no enemies are around, you have a free fast card play a turn and can investigate at your leisure.

Since you can only play 2 cards a turn, there are a good few skills in the deck. Assets are limited, as you want space for as many Insights and Tactics as possible to make use of the fast action every turn. Since you can only move twice a round, movement cards like Shortcut have been left out as they burn too many limited resources.

I've found it great fun and rather thematic to play this deck. It feels a lot more like a private investigator, rather than someone who kills everyone they see to "solve" the case. Hopefully you have as much fun with it!