The case
Difficulty2 of 47×7 · 6 suspectsA Shot in the Gun Room
Case file
The storm took the bridge out at nine, so nobody left Ashcombe Manor that night. was found before the fire had gone grey. Everyone else was somewhere in the house — and exactly one of them was in the same room.
Why this one is tricky
Two mechanics at once — marked flagstones and a blackmailer to name — on a 7×7 manor. The gun room is the scene; the glyphs and the role are what make it tick.
Two rules close every case. One person per row, and one per column. The victim takes the last remaining legal square, and whoever shares that room did it.
A square with furniture drawn on it is taken. Bare floor is somewhere a suspect can stand. Rooms are patches of matching floor.
Start from the strongest clues. Stack two clues about the same person before you place anyone. Switch on Pencil when two or three seats remain — that is not a guess.
Underlined words in the clue list — alone, beside, north of — explain themselves if you tap them.
Suspects
Tap a portrait for details. Tap below to select, then tap a square.
was in the 7th column
was not a wing chair
was in a wing chair
was a club chair
was an armchair
was in a corner of their area
was in the Gun Room
Found in the room with the murderer.
Deduction board
0 of 7 placed.
Tools
Name the role
Who is the blackmailer?
What you are looking at
A square with furniture on it is taken. A square showing bare floor is somewhere a suspect can stand.
Rooms are the areas of matching floor, with a black line with a gold stroke tracing where one ends and the next begins.
● — whoever stands here must be alone in their area.
●● — whoever stands here must not be alone in their area.
★ — a square marked for the blackmailer.
Small letters along the bottom of a square are your own pencil marks — a note, never a placement.
Clues
Every clue is load-bearing — drop one and the case stops being solvable.
- was in a corner of their area
- was an armchair
- was a club chair
- was not a wing chair
- was in the Gun Room
- was in a wing chair
- was in the 7th column
Everyone stands in a different row and a different column. The victim was with the murderer, so whoever shares 's room did it.