The Wrong Book
Summary: The Wrong Book is a 3-day case set in 1948 New York City, around the Times Square neighborhood. Jack Deverell is a private investigator hired to recover a valuable book stolen under mysterious circumstances.
Lead stats: 220 Leads / 7 Docs / 33 Markers / 9 Images / 3 Days / 28.8k Words (133 avg.) / 182.3 KB
Author(s): Jesse Reichler <jessereichler@gmail.com>
Game system: nyNoir
Campaign: High & Low
(part 6)
Game date: 3/1/1948
Additional credits: Editing by Debbie Levy
Difficulty: 4/5
Duration: 4 hours
Cautions: Occasional adult language
Version: 2.03 (6/2/25)
Game status: playable
Published: Wed, Jun 04, 2025 at 06:26 PM
Owner account: admin
Created: Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Modified: Sat, Jun 07, 2025 at 03:22 AM
Published Files:
- wrongBook_cover.jpg (275.2 KB)
- wrongBook_cover.pdf (2.7 MB)
- wrongBook_soloForScreen_a4.pdf (12.2 MB)
- wrongBook_soloForScreen_letter.pdf (12.2 MB)
- wrongBook_twocol_a4.pdf (11.5 MB)
- wrongBook_twocol_letter.pdf (11.5 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 v3 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).