Editing The Cheesemonger (Guide)

{{GuideFor|Pages = On the Trail of the Cheesemonger#The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game -#An Agent of the Cheesemonger}}{{Audience|EarlyMYK}}
This is the combined guide to {{IL|On the Trail of the Cheesemonger}} and {{IL|An Agent of the Cheesemonger}}. These storylines grant you {{IL|The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game -|Appearance=The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game}}, if you choose to complete them, or several opportunities to gain Favours if you choose not to.

=={{IL|On the Trail of the Cheesemonger}}==
This storyline is advanced entirely through opportunity cards. You can get the first level by talking to the Gossip in your Lodgings ([[The first move in a Game]]), but the opportunity cards require {{IL|A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets}} 3.

{|class="article-table"
!Card
!Action
!Challenge and cost
!Additional reward
|-
!colspan="4"|Level 0/1 - Each option also gives 1 CP {{IL|On the Trail of the Cheesemonger}}
|-
|[[An Evening of Drink and Intrigue]]
|[[That group nursing a bottle near the fireplace...]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}} 30|{{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1879|12 x}} }}
|
|-
|[[A Day at the Library]]
|[[A bookmark]]
|{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}} 30
|
|-
|[[Thief!]]
|[[After him!]]
|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} 30
|
|-
|[[A Little Eavesdropping]]
|[[Follow them]]
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 30
|
|-
!colspan="4"|Level 2 - Each option also gives 1 CP {{IL|On the Trail of the Cheesemonger}}
|-
|[[The Cheesemonger?]]
|[[Spies and couriers]]
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 30
|{{IL|Cryptic Clue|5 x}}
|-
|[[What do the urchins know?]]
|[[Perhaps dinner will do the trick]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}} 40|{{IL|Rat on a String|50 x}} }}
|{{IL|Cryptic Clue|4 x}}
|-
|[[Who knows the Cheesemonger?]]
|[[Ask about the Cheesemonger]]
|{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}} 30
|{{IL|Cryptic Clue|5 x}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Level 3 - Each option also gives a level of {{IL|On the Trail of the Cheesemonger}}
|-
|[[Out of a job]]
|[[Cutting a deal]]
|{{IL|Jade Fragment|200 x}}
|{{IL|Favours: The Great Game|Appearance=The Great Game|1 x}}
|-
|[[The spy with the hat]]
|[[Strolling at a discreet distance]]
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 40
|
|-
!colspan="4"|Level 4 - Choosing an option gives {{IL|An Agent of the Cheesemonger}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[The sign of the looped wire]]
|[[Just who are you?]]
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 40
|rowspan="2"|{{TableList|{{IL|Jade Fragment|200 x}}|{{IL|Favours: The Great Game|Appearance=The Great Game|1 x}}}}
|-
|[[A well-known piece in the Game]]
|{{IL|Renown: The Great Game}} 6
|}

=={{IL|An Agent of the Cheesemonger}}==
This storyline is done partly through opportunity cards and partly through storylets. The first sections are particularly good for gaining favours.

===Freelancing for the Cheesemonger===
These cards are unlocked with 40 in a main attribute. The initial group of cards requires 1-3 levels of {{IL|An Agent of the Cheesemonger}}; a advanced set of cards is available from levels 4-5. The actions on them all follow the same basic pattern.

* Spy: The work you're actually told to do. These are attribute challenges with Broad difficulty of either 40 or 48. Success pays {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|32 x}} and gives {{IL|An Agent of the Cheesemonger|appearance=Agent of the Cheesmonger|+1CP}}.
* Tipoff: Warn the target about the Cheesemonger. Gives a Favour from the associated faction. On the advanced cards from levels 4-5, costs {{IL|An Agent of the Cheesemonger|appearance=Agent of the Cheesemonger|-1CP}}.
* Resign. Appears only on the advanced cards at {{IL|An Agent of the Cheesemonger|appearance=Agent}} 4-5. Returns the story to {{IL|On the Trail of the Cheesemonger}} 4.

This section of the story is highly profitable, as Favours are very valuable, either for direct profit or for Renown. Tipoffs don't give menaces or cost resources, either, unlike normal faction card options. Keeping the story here is worth considering simply for easy access to Favours, which only grow in value as you unlock more uses for them.

{|class="article-table"
!Card
!Spy Challenge
!Favour type
|-
!colspan="3"|Unlocked at level 1–3
|-
|[[A Task from the Cheesemonger]]
|{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}} 40
|{{IL|Favours: Urchins|Appearance=Urchins|1 x}}
|-
|[[A Commission from the Cheesemonger]]
|{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}} 48
|{{IL|Favours: Rubbery Men|Appearance=Rubbery Men|0-1}}
|-
|[[A Job from the Cheesemonger]]
|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} 48
|{{IL|Favours: Tomb-Colonies|Appearance=Tomb-Colonies|1 x}}<ref>Also gives {{IL|Cryptic Clue|24 x}}</ref>
|-
|[[An Assignment from the Cheesemonger]]
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 48
|{{IL|Favours: The Church|Appearance=Church|1 x}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Unlocked at level 4–5
|-
|[[A Deed for the Cheesemonger]]
|{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}} 40
|{{IL|Favours: Society|Appearance=Society|1 x}}
|-
|[[A Mission from the Cheesemonger]]
|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} 48
|{{IL|Favours: The Docks|Appearance=Docks|1 x}}
|-
|[[An Errand for the Cheesemonger]]
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 48
|{{IL|Favours: Bohemians|Appearance=Bohemians|1 x}}
|-
|[[An Undertaking from the Cheesemonger]]
|{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}} 48<ref>Has alternate challenge-free spy action costing {{IL|Stolen Correspondence|16 x}}</ref>
|{{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|Appearance=Revolutionaries|1 x}}
|}
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===Work at the Cheesemonger's Shop===
'''Opportunity card'''
*6 - [[What's that Smell?]]

{{IL|Spite}}
*7 - [[In a Quiet Side Street in Spite]]
*8 - [[Robbing the Cartographer]]
*9 - [[Beating the Importer]]

'''Opportunity card'''
*10 - [[More Work from the Cheesemonger]]

{{IL|The Shuttered Palace}}
*11 - [[The Valet]]
There is an option in this storylet to resign. As before, this resets your progress in the story to {{IL|On the Trail of the Cheesemonger}} 4.

{{IL|Spite}}
*12 - [[Having Second Thoughts]]
*13 - [[Look into the Cheesemonger's Past]]

'''Opportunity cards'''
*14 - [[Just Passing the Shop]]
*15 - [[A Note from the Cheesemonger]]

{{IL|The Forgotten Quarter}}
*16 - [[After the Cipher]]
*17 - [[The Spy and the Cipher]]
There is one last opportunity here to resign from the Cheesemonger's service, returning all the way to {{IL|On the Trail of the Cheesemonger}} 4. This time it will cost {{IL|Favours: The Great Game|1 x}}. After this, the story cannot be reset.

===Conspiracy at the Cheesemonger's Home===
{{IL|Your Lodgings}}
*18 - [[An... Invitation?]]

{{IL|Veilgarden}}
*19 - [[Tea with the Cheesemonger]]
*20 - [[More Tea with the Cheesemonger]]

{{IL|Your Lodgings}}
*21 - [[The Cheesemonger's Plan]]

'''Enact Alice's plan''' - {{IL|Spite}}
*22 - [[Murder the Controller of the French Network]]
*23 - [[Murder the Controller of the Russian Network]]
*24 - [[Clean up the Rest of the Spies]]

'''Betray Alice''' - {{IL|Fallen London}}
*25 - [[Betray the Cheesemonger]]

'''Replace Alice''' - {{IL|Veilgarden}}
*26 - [[The fate of a Cheesemonger – Catherine]]
*27 - [[The fate of a Cheesemonger – Alice]]

===Epilogue===
* [[Cheesemonger no more]]

==A Fine Piece in the Game==
Congratulations: you are now {{IL|The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game -|Appearance=A Fine Piece in the Game}}! The quality is needed for several things:
*[[Because you watch from the shadows|One option]] for becoming {{IL|A Person of Some Importance}}
*One of two ways to get Profession: {{IL|Watcher}}
*Profession: {{IL|Midnighter}}
*{{IL|Complaisant Frost-Moth}} from {{IL|Cave of the Nadir}}
*A tattoo option
Plus, you get 2 free Fate when you finish the storyline and get this quality.

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−	{{GuideFor\|Pages = On the Trail of the Cheesemonger#The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game -#An Agent of the Cheesemonger}}{{Audience\|~~EarlyMYN~~}}	+	{{GuideFor\|Pages = On the Trail of the Cheesemonger#The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game -#An Agent of the Cheesemonger}}{{Audience\|EarlyMYK}}
	This is the combined guide to {{IL\|On the Trail of the Cheesemonger}} and {{IL\|An Agent of the Cheesemonger}}. These storylines grant you {{IL\|The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game -\|Appearance=The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game}}, if you choose to complete them, or several opportunities to gain Favours if you choose not to.		This is the combined guide to {{IL\|On the Trail of the Cheesemonger}} and {{IL\|An Agent of the Cheesemonger}}. These storylines grant you {{IL\|The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game -\|Appearance=The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game}}, if you choose to complete them, or several opportunities to gain Favours if you choose not to.