DESIGNED FOR FILM NOIR MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE WITHOUT BREAKING YOUR BUDGET! Go back to the Forties and draw on classic films for your inspiration. Portray Gumshoes, Femme Fatales, G-Men, and more with Mean Streets. Chase down missing persons and investigate murderers, drawing on the staples of film noir grittiness and cynicism. Mean Streets is a roleplaying game designed to be both easy to learn and fast-paced. The versatile genreDiversion i (1.1) 2d6 rules make it perfect for one-shot games, extended play, or as a framework for your own ideas. It features special rules for performing investigations, using contacts, and chasing or being chased by criminals. Plus you can combine it with our Active Exploits Diceless system for diceless film noir adventure. genreDiversion i games can also be combined to expand gaming options--mix and match custom rules and features from one game with another. In short, Mean Streets is fast, ready-to-use, and adaptable. You don't have to learn a complicated system, refer to scores of tables, or spend all day creating characters. The basic rules require very little study, and the advanced rules are not much more difficult to pick up. You can either create custom characters for the game or dive right in with any of the included templates. The game is designed to be light; it has a small footprint and extremely low price tag - it's not overloaded with tons of rules or an excess of information you just won't need. It's meant to get you running quickly so you can have a good time.