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: 52 Leads / 12 Docs / 23 Markers / 16 Images / 1 Day / 18.5k Words (364 avg.) / 113.1 KB
Author(s): Annamária Kovács <annamaria.kovacs.budapest@gmail.com>
Game system: nyNoir
Series: The Collector
(part 1)
Game date: 01/14/1935
Additional credits: Edited by Debbie Levy, movie article made by Rob.
Difficulty: 2/5
Playtime: 3 hours
Cautions: Adult language and content.
Version: 4.8 (04/12/26)
Game status: Playable
Features: 
Reviews: 1
Published: Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 07:49 AM
Owner account: kovacs.annamaria
Created: Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 02:57 PM
Modified: Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Published Files:
- The Rookie_soloForScreen_letter.pdf (30.8 MB)
- The Rookie_twocol_a4.pdf (30.6 MB)
- The Rookie_twocol_letter.pdf (30.6 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 v6 directories, rules, and other additional files needed to play this case in pdf format
Alternatively, instead of using pdf directories you can use the online directory and map search tools.
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Reviews
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We played this live on youtube and had a great time with it. The writing was great, the tone captured noir perfectly. Lots of cool historical documents as well. Can't wait to play the next case in the series. -jesse