The Collector Case 1: The Rookie
Summary: When you arrive at the station you receive bad news. Your partner has been knocked out and is now in the hospital, unconscious. Was it a random mugging, or is his life still in danger? And is it connected to a mysterious person called the “Collector”?
Lead stats: 48 Leads / 12 Docs / 23 Markers / 17 Images / 1 Days / 18.4k Words (392.00 avg.) / 112.6 KB
Author(s): Annamária Kovács <annamaria.kovacs.budapest@gmail.com>
Game system: nyNoir
Campaign: The Collector
(part 1)
Game date: 01/14/1935
Additional credits: Edited by Debbie Levy.
Difficulty: 2/5
Duration: 3 hours
Cautions: Adult language and content.
Version: 5.1 (02/22/26)
Game status: Playable
Published: Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 05:59 AM
Owner account: kovacs.annamaria
Created: Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 02:57 PM
Modified: Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Published Files:
- The Rookie_soloForScreen_letter.pdf (34.8 MB)
- The Rookie_twocol_a4.pdf (34.6 MB)
- The Rookie_twocol_letter.pdf (34.7 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 v5 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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