The case
Difficulty2 of 46×6 · 5 suspectsThe Core That Did Not Log
Case file
The relief flight is six weeks out and the sea ice is closed, so the roster at Vestfjell Station is the whole world right now. was found after the wind dropped. Nobody could leave, and one of them shared a room with the body.
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 same area as
was in the 1st row
was not a core rack
was a sleeping bag
was in a corner of their area
was in the 1st column
was not a workbench
was in the 4th row
Found in the room with the murderer.
Deduction board
0 of 6 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 a sleeping bag
- was in the same area as
- was in the 1st column
- was in the 1st row
- was not a workbench
- was in the 4th row
- was in a corner of their area
- was not a core rack
Everyone stands in a different row and a different column. The victim was with the murderer, so whoever shares 's room did it.