The case
Difficulty1 of 45×5 · 4 suspectsLamplight in the Shaft
Case file
The season's last lamp was still burning when the crew came up from the Valley Dig. never came up at all. The tomb has one way in, the register says who went down, and one of them shared a chamber with the body.
Why this one is tricky
Four of the crew on a small tomb board. No glyph squares and no hidden role; the shaft case is who stood where while the last lamp was still burning.
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
was in a camp chair
was a survey table
was in a wicker chair
Found in the room with the murderer.
Deduction board
0 of 5 placed.
Tools
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.
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 camp chair
- was in a wicker chair
- was
- was a survey table
Everyone stands in a different row and a different column. The victim was with the murderer, so whoever shares 's room did it.