The Past is a Crooked Game
Summary: This is a short tutorial case for New York Noir, told as a flashback from the 1930s to the early 1900s. It is meant to introduce new players to the world of New York Noir.
Lead stats: 37 Leads / 2 Docs / 4 Markers / 2 Images / 3 Days / 11.6k Words (321.00 avg.) / 69.3 KB
Author(s): Jesse Reichler <jessereichler@gmail.com>
Game system: nyNoir
Campaign: High & Low
(part 1)
Game date: 6/10/1915
Additional credits: Editing by Debbie Levy
Difficulty: 1/5
Duration: 2 hours
Cautions: Suitable for all audiences
Version: 2.93 (8/16/25)
Game status: Playable
Published: Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Owner account: admin
Created: Sat, Nov 09, 2024 at 06:36 AM
Modified: Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 05:04 PM
Published Files:
- ThePastIsACrookedGame_soloForScreen_letter.pdf (927.2 KB)
- ThePastIsACrookedGame_twocol_a4.pdf (800.6 KB)
- ThePastIsACrookedGame_twocol_letter.pdf (800.4 KB)
Additional Instructions
To play this case, you need to download two things:
- One of the above casebooks in your preferred format (grab the final _twocol_letter.pdf if you are going to print it, or _soloForScreen_letter.pdf if you are going to play it on a screen).
- The New York Noir v4 directories, rules, and other additional files needed to play this case in pdf format
Alternatively, instead of using pdf directories you can try the beta online directory and map search tools.
NOTE: If you play this case, please give me some feedback; join our discord or email me (jessereichler@gmail.com).