The case
Difficulty4 of 48×8 · 7 suspectsThe Second Generator
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.
Why this one is tricky
Five sealed hatches on the biggest glyph board. Who must stand on a hatch, and who is forbidden to, is the whole generator case.
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 sleeping bag
was on the same diagonal as
was on the same diagonal as
was on the same diagonal as
was on the same diagonal as
was not in a sleeping bag
was the Workshop
was not a sleeping bag
was in a corner of their area
was not a bunk
was in a corner of their area
was in the Store Hut
was on the same diagonal as
was in a corner of their area
was not a bunk
was not a sleeping bag
was not a supply crate
was northeast of
was not a bunk
was not in a bunk
was not a radio set
was in the Ice Tunnel
Found in the room with the murderer.
Deduction board
0 of 8 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.
● — whoever stands here must be alone in their area.
●● — whoever stands here must not be alone in their area.
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 northeast of
- was the Workshop
- was not a bunk
- was not in a bunk
- was not a sleeping bag
- was on the same diagonal as
- was in a corner of their area
- was not a bunk
- was in a corner of their area
- was not a sleeping bag
- was on the same diagonal as
- was not a bunk
- was on the same diagonal as
- was not a sleeping bag
- was on the same diagonal as
- was in a corner of their area
- was not in a sleeping bag
- was not a radio set
- was not a supply crate
- was in the Store Hut
- was in the Ice Tunnel
- was on the same diagonal as
Everyone stands in a different row and a different column. The victim was with the murderer, so whoever shares 's room did it.