The case
Difficulty3 of 47×7 · 6 suspectsThe Scribe Who Did Not Sign
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.
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 in a wicker chair
was in the Storeroom
was on the same diagonal as
was a plinth
was a wicker chair
was
was with
was in the Antechamber
was in a corner of their area
was not in a camp chair
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 a wicker chair
- was
- was on the same diagonal as
- was with
- was in the Antechamber
- was in a corner of their area
- was a plinth
- was not in a wicker chair
- was in the Storeroom
- was not in a camp chair
Everyone stands in a different row and a different column. The victim was with the murderer, so whoever shares 's room did it.