The case
Difficulty1 of 45×5 · 4 suspectsThe Empty Jailhouse
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.
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 Livery Stable
was a ladderback chair
was in a rocking chair
was
was a ladderback 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
- was in a rocking chair
- was in the Livery Stable
- was a ladderback chair
- was a ladderback chair
Everyone stands in a different row and a different column. The victim was with the murderer, so whoever shares 's room did it.