The Bitter Edge
Summary: Derek Brooks, manager of The Bitter Edge comedy club on Bleecker Street, in Greenwich Village, comes face to face with the ghost of a murdered detective. What Derek really wants is to enjoy some laughs at his club, but he's forced to investigate. Soon, he's mired in the dark mud of the dead detective's last case.
Lead stats: 65 Leads / 1 Docs / 0 Markers / 3 Images / 2 Days / 19.5k Words (307.00 avg.) / 102.0 KB
Author(s): Marthinus Conradie <ConradieMS@ufs.ac.za>
Game system: nyNoir
Game date: 09/03/1932
Difficulty: 2/5
Duration: 3 hours
Version: 1.2 (8/17/25)
Game status: Unplayable Draft
Published: Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Owner account: Marthinus
Created: Sun, Jul 06, 2025 at 06:36 AM
Modified: Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 07:31 AM
Published Files:
- bitterEnd_soloForScreen_letter.pdf (8.3 MB)
- bitterEnd_twocol_a4.pdf (8.1 MB)
- bitterEnd_twocol_letter.pdf (8.1 MB)
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.
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