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| Spoiler warning! This page may contain spoilers for Ambitions or other major storylines. |
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Ambition: Heart's Desire (Guide) |
Progress in looking for a notorious card game in which you can stake your soul and win your heart's desire.
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Contents
- 1 Unlocked with
- 2 Substories related to the main Ambition
- 3 Ambition: Heart's Desire
- 3.1 The Bishop of St Fiacre's
- 3.2 The Topsy King
- 3.3 Convincing the Other Players
- 3.4 A Marvellous Venue
- 3.5 A Marvellous Deck
- 3.6 Learning about the Previous Winners
- 3.7 Side Story: Gregory Beechwood
- 3.8 The Honour
- 3.9 Interlude: The Monkey & Virginia
- 3.10 Your Assigned Opponent
- 3.11 Interlude 2: The Monkey & Virginia
- 3.12 Interlude 3: Outcome of Other Match
- 3.13 The Manager of the Hotel
- 3.14 Interlude 4: Mr Pages Meddling
- 3.15 The Final Match
- 3.16 The Conjunction of Gifts
- 3.17 Aftermath
Unlocked with
Main Attribute: 
Watchful and 
Persuasive
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- Heart's Desire: Scrawled Notes on the Walls
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - The Bishop of St Fiacre's
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King
- Ambition: A Marvellous Deck
- Ambition: A Marvellous Venue
- Gregory Beechwood
Ambition: Heart's Desire[edit | edit source]
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 0
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 1
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 2 and Ambition: Heart's Desire! 2b
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 3 and Ambition: Heart's Desire! 3b
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 4
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 5
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 6
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 7
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 8
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 9
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 10
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 11
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! 12 (Continues in Ambition: Heart's Desire - The Bishop of St Fiacre's)
The Bishop of St Fiacre's[edit | edit source]
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - The Bishop of St Fiacre's 1
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - The Bishop of St Fiacre's 2
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - The Bishop of St Fiacre's 3
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - The Bishop of St Fiacre's 4 and Speak to the manager about... (Continues in Ambition: Heart's Desire! (The Flit) or Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King)
The Topsy King[edit | edit source]
- Ambition: Heart's Desire! (The Flit) and Heart's Desire - the Topsy King
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King 1
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King 2
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King 3 (and the Spy on the Raggedy Men 3 branch of A fine day in the Flit)
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King 4
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King 5
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King 6
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King 7
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King 8
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King 9
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Topsy King 10
- Heart's Desire - will she be back?
- Without 'Inciting a Simian Revenge?': Heart's Desire - simian approbation
With 'Inciting a Simian Revenge?': Heart's Desire – a long-delayed conversation - Heart's Desire – a simian revenge
- Heart's Desire - the Topsy King's Sister
- Heart's Desire - Desperate Intentions
- Heart's Desire - Double or Nothing
- Approach the Merry Gentleman
- Heart's Desire – The Man with the Brass Buttons
- Heart's Desire - the Price of Desire
- Heart's Desire - Back to the Bale
- Heart's Desire - Tapping the Baton OR Tristram Bagley's unfinished masterpiece
- Heart's Desire - A Night at the Opera
- Heart's Desire - The Morning After
- Heart's Desire - Back to the Manager (Continues in Ambition: Heart's Desire 13)
Convincing the Other Players[edit | edit source]
- Heart's Desire - Seeking the Manager's Beloved
- Heart's Desire - Gaining an Audience
- Heart's Desire - Meeting the King
- Heart's Desire - Walking in the Garden
- Heart's Desire - The End of Memory
- - 110. Ambition: Heart's Desire - the King's Heart
- - 105. Ambition: Heart's Desire - Completing the King
- - 160. Ambition: Heart's Desire - Virginia
- Ambition: Heart's Desire - the Prince's Prison
- - 200. Ambition: Heart's Desire - Mr Pages
- Ambition Heart's Desire – A Marvellous Conversation with Mr Pages
A Marvellous Venue[edit | edit source]
- Discuss the venue: Ask Mr. Pages
- Ambition: Meet with the Topsy King: Ask the Topsy King
- Ambition: Meet Virginia at Dante’s Grill: Ask Virginia
- Ambition: Meet with the Manager of the Royal Bethlehem: Ask the Manager of the Hotel
- Ambition: Meet with the Monkey: Ask the Monkey
- Ambition: Meet the Bishop of St Fiacre's: Ask the Bishop of St. Fiacre's Church
- Ambition: Choosing the Venue
A Marvellous Deck[edit | edit source]
- - 14. Ambition: Storridges Printing House
- - 20. Ambition – Enter Parabola
- - 20. Ambition: Prepare to Travel the Wanting Way
- The Writhing River
- The Other Base Camp
- The Musings of the Heart
- Down the Gullet
- The Root of Need
- - 80. The Yearning Custodian
- The River Runs Backwards
Learning about the Previous Winners[edit | edit source]
- Ambition: Preparing for the Honour
- Piece your clues together (to locate October)
- Ambition – Finding October
- Piece your clues together (to locate Gregory Beechwood)
- Ambition – A Visit to All Christs (starts a side story about Gregory Beechwood)
- Piece your clues together (to locate His Amused Lordship)
- Search for His Amused Lordship
- Heart's Desire: Speak to His Amused Lordship, option under the The Seekers of the Garden card
Side Story: Gregory Beechwood[edit | edit source]
- Ambition – The Beechwood Archive
- Gregory Beechwood (stage 310 of Ambition, after the Honour)
- Ambition – 'Moral Selection'
The Honour[edit | edit source]
- Heart's Desire: Attend the Honour (after going to Arbor's Temple district)
- Ambition – Opening Hands
- The Honour: the Late-Game
- Ambition – The Victors
Interlude: The Monkey & Virginia[edit | edit source]
Your Assigned Opponent[edit | edit source]
Interlude 2: The Monkey & Virginia[edit | edit source]
| Stage | The Topsy King (continued) | The Bishop (continued) |
|---|---|---|
| 410 | Ambition – The First Round | Ambition – The First Round |
| 420 | Ambition – Against the Topsy King | Ambition – Against the Bishop |
After, you have to wait 24 real-time hours for the outcome of the match between the Manager and whoever he was matched with. Then, this message (Waiting for the Next Bout) appears in your inbox.
Interlude 3: Outcome of Other Match[edit | edit source]
| Stage | Defeated Topsy King | Defeated the Bishop |
|---|---|---|
| 475 | Ambition – Learn the Outcome of the Latest Match (1) | Ambition – Learn the Outcome of the Latest Match |
The Manager of the Hotel[edit | edit source]
- Wait upon Mr Pages' decision
- Consider the Manager
- Ambition – Addressing Some Confusion
- Ambition – Preparing to Face the Manager of the Royal Bethlehem
- Heart's Desire: an Incursion of Red and Gold: A very unpleasant card that gives you Nightmares and lose a lot of Nevercold Brass; the solution to this is an action under the same card.
- Ambition – Arm Yourself Against the Garden of Nightmares
- Ambition – Face the Manager of the Royal Beth
- Ambition – The Garden of Nightmares
- Ambition – The Manager's Chance
- Ambition – Leaving the Garden of Nightmares
Interlude 4: Mr Pages Meddling[edit | edit source]
- Ambition – A Further Interruption
- Ambition: A Master's Wrath
- Ambition – Your Monkey is ready to play Mr Pages
- -639 Ambition – Gather Your Thoughts
- -660 Ambition – an Esteemed Visitor
- Ambition – Preparing for the Final Match
- Train with other players (you need 3)
- The requirements of each training is listed here
- Note that Mr Page's training also give out the unique A Dream of Truth-Strangling, so might be worth taking
Here would be a good moment, just before the final game, to visit the Boatman, to collect the final advice and unique item 
A Bestiary of the Hearts' Desires, if you want it.
- Gaze into Heart's Mirror is the most straightforward and does not consume Horsehead Amulet if you have any.
- Get your Wounds to 8, you can use Call in a favour from Virginia to help move you to A boat trip.
- While "dead", talk to the Boatman
- With all advices in hand, Assemble a Compendium of the Heart's Desires
The Final Match[edit | edit source]
- Ambition – in the Heart of the Bazaar
- Opening Plays: Power
- Developing Play: Love
- The Game Matures: Time
- The Endgame: Escape
- Ambition – Your Last Chance
- Beechwood's Chance
The Conjunction of Gifts[edit | edit source]
Winning path[edit | edit source]
- Mr Hearts' Congratulations
- - 805. Ambition – The Conjunction of Gifts
- - 1400. Ambition – Cora Bagley, Again
Losing path[edit | edit source]
Aftermath[edit | edit source]
- - 21400. You have finished seeking your heart's desire
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