New York Noir is a cooperative, narrative, tabletop detective game in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, set in 1930s–1950s New York City.

You're the detective. You solve the case.

New York Noir is meant to be played offline, device and distraction free. All of the materials are freely available.

Alternatively, you can play and author cases on this website using our online map and directory tools.

In the heart of New York City, the high and low of society mingle uneasily side-by-side. Murder... Robbery... Blackmail... Fraud... Every crime tells a story, and not every story has a happy ending.

Sometimes the best you can do is learn to live by a code of your own, and hope you make the right decision when you’re staring down the barrel of a gun.

• White Pages (180 p. wirebound) w/ 10,000+ residents
• Yellow Pages (145 p. wirebound) w/ 4,000+ businesses
• Map Atlas & Neighborhood Guide (80 p. wirebound, full color)
• Reverse Directory (245 p. wirebound)
• Fingerprint and Criminal History directories (100 p. x2)
• Case books, Rules, Navigation Guide, Research Guide, Document Envelopes

• Cases span multiple days; scheduled events trigger dramatic developments.
• Moral and psychological choices affect the narrative of the story you are playing.
• Rich epilogues explain how the story unfolds in the days and weeks after your case ends.
• Integrated and graduated hint system that supports varying player skill levels.
• page-sized documents that are discovered & unlocked during play.

New York Noir was designed from the ground-up to facilitate fan-made cases.

On this website you'll find guides and tutorials for writing your own cases. Our tools will do the layout and publishing, you can concentrate on the writing. Volunteer editors and playtesters will help you polish your case until it shines. Join our discord to talk with other authors.