From publisher blurb:
On Hallowe’en two years ago, gangland baron Thomas “Big Boy” Clay was shot dead in his thirteenth-floor suite at the Intrigue Hotel on the outskirts of the City. Though dozens of guests were there, and two were wounded in the shooting, no one was ever charged with the murder. As Hallowe’en approaches, guests on the thirteenth floor have witnessed otherworldly activity, which has the new owner, Uriah Buchanan, very concerned.
Case Files are small adventure hooks for Hardboiled: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Macabre with only-the-necessary-bits for Gamemasters to make a scenario or full adventure to play. These micro-releases typically focus on one of the following: a key new Location, a new Adversary, a specific Scenario to navigate, or combinations of several of those elements.
Hardboiled is a roleplaying game of the 1930s–40s pulp detective action where you play regular folk who have decided to fight back against criminal elements running wild in your city. But there’s more to fighting for justice and safe streets than picking up your hat and gun to take on the kingpins and their thugs; you’ll need to beat your enemies at their own game because the rot reaches the corridors of power!