The case
Difficulty2 of 46×6 · 5 suspectsThe Scale That Wouldn't Balance
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
Five people on a 6×6 Cutbank lot. Pure placement around the assay scale — no glyphs, no marshal role — until one of them is left with Clara in the scale room.
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 not a potbelly stove
was not a ladderback chair
was in the 4th row
was with and
was not in a rocking chair
was a potbelly stove
was
was in a corner of their area
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 with and
- was
- was in a corner of their area
- was not in a rocking chair
- was not a ladderback chair
- was not a potbelly stove
- was in the 4th row
- was a potbelly stove
Everyone stands in a different row and a different column. The victim was with the murderer, so whoever shares 's room did it.