The case
Difficulty2 of 47×7 · 6 suspectsNobody Heard the Shot
Case file
The stage was due at dawn and the wind was loud enough to hide anything. was found at Cutbank Station with the lamp still lit. Nine people were on the property, each one somewhere different — and one of them was not alone.
Why this one is tricky
Six people on a 7×7 lot. The wind hid the shot; the board is large enough that empty floor is as informative as a stove or a gun rack.
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 a rocking chair
was
was in the Feed Store
was not a ladderback chair
was in the 3rd column
was not in a ladderback chair
was in a corner of their area
was in the Livery Stable
was in the 5th column
was
Found in the room with the murderer.
Deduction board
0 of 7 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 the Livery Stable
- was in the 3rd column
- was a rocking chair
- was not in a ladderback chair
- was
- was in the 5th column
- was in the Feed Store
- was not a ladderback chair
- was in a corner of their area
- was
Everyone stands in a different row and a different column. The victim was with the murderer, so whoever shares 's room did it.