Eurydice's Needle

Eurydice's Needle is a noir/fantasy adventure created for the Knave 2e Adventure Game Jam. Intended for level 1 players, PCs explore a nightclub owned by a master blackmailer. Arriving in the wake of other scheming parties, players must piece things together while investigating the aftermath.

Inside Eurydice's Needle

• Use magical instruments to fight a wicked jazz trio.
• Decide which NPCs can be trusted, if any.
• Find a way into the blackmailer's safe.
• Figure out how the elevator works.
• Search dead bodies for coin. They don't need it.

Inspirations

• The crime writing of Chester Himes, Cornell Woolrich, Richard Stark, Jim Thompson, Arthur Conan-Doyle, James Ellroy, Michael Mann.
• The music of Ron Carter's Foursight Quartet, Wayne Shorter.
• Films such as Bad Times at the El Royale and Smokin' Aces.
• The work of Saul Bass and Reid Miles.

'Eurydice's Needle' is an independent production of Molecule Press and is not affiliated with Questing Beast LLC.

September 2024.

Revisions:

v1.1 (Oct 2) - changed resolution for map images
v1.2 (Oct 20) - fixed typos, added table of contents icons to each page