NOIR

INTRODUCTION
Tell your own stories of crime in the big city.

THE DECK
All players share a single common deck.
The deck contains six suites of cards:
Atmosphere cards, Locations, Help, Hindrances, Witnesses, & Clues.
There are 20 cards of each suite in the deck.

SETUP
Shuffle the deck.
Each player is dealt 6 cards.
The meanest player goes first

TURN SEQUENCE
Players take turns.
Each turn has 3 phases:
1. Mystery Phase
2. Suspense Phase
3. Investigation Phase

MYSTERY PHASE
The active player may put the top card of the discard into his hand, or
draw the top card of the deck and put that in his hand.
After taking a card, the player should have 7 cards in his hand.

SUSPENSE PHASE
The active player must discard a card face up to the discard pile.
Maximum hand size is 6 cards. Discard excess cards.

INVESTIGATION PHASE
If a player has a combo, he may show it to the other players and put it in his Clue pile.
A combo contains one card from each of the six suites. 
A Combo is also called a: Meld, Straight, Run, Storyline, Chapter, Outline, Draft.
After a playing a meld, a player draws a replacement hand of six cards.

OBJECT
The game ends when players have gone through the whole deck.
When the game ends, the player with the most cards in his Clue pile 
solves the case and wins.


WITNESS (SUSPECT) CARD LIST
Card Name:		Quote/Notes	
Land lady		“That no good bum swindler.”
Business Partner	“I’m sure I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Taxi driver 		“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Okay! Okay!”
Winsome secretary 	“And then he called his wife…”
Femme fatale 		“I’ll have a Gin & Tonic.”
The boyfriend		“Get out of my face s**t for brains” 
Night-club owner	“Get out of my club”
Snitch/Informer		“Whats in it for me?”
Mob Boss		“If you know whats good for yah…”
Bartender		“He’s a slippery one he is.”
Dock worker		“Who wants to know?”
The Doctor		“I think you’re mistaken.”
Floozy			“Then the Bastard hit me.”
Prostitute		“Hey big boy, why don’t you come up and see me sometime.”
Jailbird		“Why should I tell you?”
Bell boy		“Sure Mister.”
Client			“I think I know who did it.”
Deadbeat Grifter	“What’s it to you?” 
Innocent Bystander	“I think I saw a…”
Small time Hood		“It’ll cost yah.”


CLUES CARD LIST
Card Name:		Quote/Notes	
Blood Stains
Fingerprints
Dead body		Dead men tell no tales
Signed Receipts
Coroners Report
Public Records
Reporter male		“I’ll tell you what I know if you tell me what you know.”
Reporter female		“I’ll get to the bottom of this, with or without your help.”
Photographs
Crime Scene		Sin City
Cigarette Butts
Abandoned Car
Scrawled in Blood
Address Book
Telephone Number
Article of Clothing
Murder Weapon
Suicide Note
Wire Tap
Briefcase full of Money


ATMOSPHERE CARD LIST
Card Name:		Quote/Notes
Mystery
Suspense
Long Rainy Night
Dark Attitudes		
Shadows
Money			Vice, Corruption & Graft
Radio			
Harsh Lighting
Askew Camera Angles
Deep Dark Secret
Do it in Style		Fedora & Trench coat
Walk the Thin Line	Human Nature
Blues,Jazz,Big Band
Rat Bastards		Fat Cats
Maudlin Mood 		“You’re too good for this place.”
Bad Habits		-
Sex and Love		Improper Desires, Temptation
Crime			Murder, Fraud, Embezzlement 
Deceit			Lies
Mean Streets		Squalor


HINDERANCES CARD LIST
Card Name:		Quote/Notes
Stupid coppers		“This is our turf Dick.”
Bent coppers		“Don’t make me tell you again Chump.”
Thugs			“Hey Lefty, is this the guy?”
Police detective	“This is my case, understand.”
DA			“You’re interfering with a police investigation”
False Testimony
Drive-by Shooting	Tommy Guns
Big Bruiser Thug 	Take a Beating, Broken Finger
Double Cross		Backstabbing
Car Chase		Car Crash
Brawl
Shootout			
Witness Skipped Town
Red Herring
Frame Up		Set-up
Death Threats
Black Mail		Extortion
G-Men			“Were taking you in for questioning.”
Thrown in Jail
Trapped


HELP CARD LIST
Card Name:		Quote/Notes
Good coppers		Or Bent but Honorable. "Damn Rookies..."	
Gun			Revolver or .45 Automatic
Bankroll		Bribes	
Car			-
Tough			“Get that Pea-shooter out of my face.”
Persistent
Street Smarts
Hard-Boiled
Tough as Nails
Deduction
Guts
Stakeout
Trust no one
Watch your Back
Private Investigator
Experience
Hunch
Integrity
Owed a Favor		
Interrogation		Intimidation


LOCATION CARD LIST 
Card Name:		Notes
Swank Jazz Club		Big Band
Dark Alleys		Fire Escapes
City Hall		-	
Office			Smoke Filled Room
Police station		Prison
Tenements		Grimy
Back Alley Bar		Blues
All Night Diner		Eat at Joes	
Posh Penthouse		Uptown	
Warehouse		-	
Docks			Boats
Beach House		Mansion
Steel Mill		-	
Bridge			-
Restaurant		-	
Gas Station		-
Airfield		Prop plane
Gallery			Museum
Hospital		Dr Office, Morgue	
Train Station		Dark Railway Yard