Whispers from the Surface: The Great Game
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For half a century, the agents of the Powers played their Great Game in central Asia. Now London is their tournament-ground.
Locked with 
Woeful
Card drawn in 
Fallen London
Occurs with Standard Frequency
Raise 
Watchful:
Take a stroll around Tyrant's Gardens ( Watchful 0–30)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Favours: The Great Game
Locked with
Watchful 31
Success
A chat on a bridge
Watchful is increasing… (+11-30 CP (random), up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
Subtle is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
Steadfast is dropping… (-1 CP)
You've lost 1 x Favours: The Great Game
Get some work done at Clathermont's tattoo parlour ( Watchful 31–70)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Watchful 31, 3 x Favours: The Great Game
Locked with Watchful 71
Success
All done
- Watchful is increasing… (+46-75 CP (random), up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
- Subtle is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
- Steadfast is dropping… (-1 CP)
- You've lost 3 x Favours: The Great Game
Learn more at the carnival ( Watchful 71+)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Watchful 71, 5 x Favours: The Great Game
Locked with unmodified Watchful 200 + Watchful Gains
Success
Spies and spore-toffee
- Watchful is increasing… (+76-125 CP (random), up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
- Subtle is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
- Steadfast is dropping… (-1 CP)
- You've lost 5 x Favours: The Great Game
Gain 
Favours: The Great Game:
Assist in a stakeout
- Spoiler Locked with
7 x Favours: The Great Game
Success
Day after night after day
- You've gained 1 x Favours: The Great Game (up to 7)
Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)
Renown Reward:
Learn about the latest trends in spycraft
- Spoiler Unlocked with
3 x Favours: The Great Game, Renown: The Great Game 10
Locked with
1 x A Subscription to the Gazette and a Whetted Pair of Scissors
Success
A paper-thin disguise
You now have 1 x A Subscription to the Gazette and a Whetted Pair of Scissors- You've lost 3 x Favours: The Great Game
Raise 
Counting the Days:
Just borrowing a shovel
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Spending Secrets 4, 
Closest To - : The Great Game
Locked with
Counting the Days 14
Success
Moths?
Counting the Days is increasing… (+5 CP)
A Pocketful of Loose Change is increasing… (+2 CP)- Subtle is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
- Steadfast is dropping… (-1 CP)
Acquire a 
Profession:
Choose Watcher as your Profession
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Profession: None, 
The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game - A Veteran Spy, 5 x Favours: The Great Game
Locked with
Obscurity 2
Success
An unregarded pair of eyes
Success Instructions: You can renounce your current Profession at any time by writing a letter from your Lodgings.
You are now a Watcher.- You now have 1 x Revolting Disguise
- Subtle is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
- Steadfast is dropping… (-3 CP)
- You've lost 5 x Favours: The Great Game
- Every real-time week, wounds and other ills will decrease, and the public's memory of you will fade. (Activates the Living story Time, the Healer; this message is not displayed.)
Become 
Closest To:
Immerse yourself in the Game
- Spoiler Action Cost: 5
Unlocked with Closest To - is: None, Spending Secrets 4, 
Subtle 4, 
1 x Searing Enigma, 
3 x Presbyterate Passphrase, 
1 x Sworn Statement, 
3 x Dubious Testimony
Success
Mister Crope
You are closest to the Great Game. (Sets Closest To - to 80 - The Great Game)
You've lost 3 x Presbyterate Passphrase
You've lost 1 x Searing Enigma
You've lost 1 x Sworn Statement
You've lost 3 x Dubious Testimony- Subtle is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
- Steadfast is dropping… (-3 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Favours: The Great Game (up to 7)
Lose Closest To:
- Spoiler Action Cost: 5
Unlocked with Closest To - is: The Great Game, 
5 x An Identity Uncovered!, Spending Secrets 4
Success
Blasphemy
- You are no longer affiliated with any of the city's factions. (Removes all Closest To -)
You've lost 5 x An Identity Uncovered!
Forceful is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)- Subtle is dropping… (-3 CP)
- Your 'Favours: The Great Game' Quality has gone!
Solving a case (raise 
Detective's Progress):
Solving a case: ask the spies of London
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Favours: The Great Game, 
Engaged in a Case:
Success
A sheaf of documents
- You've lost 1 x Favours: The Great Game
You've gained 10 x Detective's Progress
You've gained 50 x Cryptic Clue- Subtle is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
- Steadfast is dropping… (-1 CP)
Seeking the Next Breakthrough on the Jack Case:
Jack's books
- Spoiler Action Cost: 5
Unlocked with
The Jack-of-Smiles Case 1-6
Success
Mister Jack, Monsieur Jack, Herr Jack
Seeking the Next Breakthrough on the Jack Case is increasing… (+3 CP)- Watchful is increasing… (+20 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
Fate:
Begin 'A Trade in Faces' – a substantial story (25 FATE)
- Spoiler Locked with
The Face Trade
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
An occurrence! Your 'The Face Trade' Quality is now 1!
Visit the Face-Tailor at his club
- Spoiler Unlocked with The Face Trade exactly 28
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
Suspicion is dropping… (-3 CP)
The Coilheart Games
Intercept a likely looking document
- Spoiler Unlocked with
The Coilheart Games is 2 (World Quality, now locked), Of Stripes, and Coils 100-299, 
Coilheart Visitors 10, 
Cabinet Noir, 1 x Favours: The Great Game
Locked with Intercepted Document, 
Lead: Intriguer's Orders
Success
Pocketed for later
- You've lost 1 x Favours: The Great Game
You've filched a document from the Koloman Republic's base of operations. (Sets 
Intercepted Document to 40)
