“The Final Exhibit” is a Murdoku case from the Manor & Museum category: a board of 6×6, 5 suspects and one victim. Read the clues, work out where everybody was standing, and name the suspect who was left alone with the body.
The Board
The floor plan as the case hands it to you: 6×6, rated Medium, with 4 rooms. Every person — 6 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
R1
P
T
C
R2
B
B
S
B
R3
C
Ch
C
B
R4
R5
Ch
P
P
R6
C
Bo
Floor plan of “The Final Exhibit”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window.
Rooms
Cafe — 15 tiles: Plant, Carpet, Bed, Chair
Archive — 6 tiles: TV, Shelf
Special Exhibit — 10 tiles: Plant, Carpet, Box
Foyer — 5 tiles: Chair
Objects on the board
B Bed (can be stood on)
C Carpet (can be stood on)
P Plant (blocks the tile)
Ch Chair (can be stood on)
Bo Box (blocks the tile)
S Shelf (blocks the tile)
T TV (blocks the tile)
The Suspects and Their Clues
Each suspect comes with what the witnesses remember. Read them all before placing anyone — a clue about one person is very often what pins down another.
Anna — a woman with black hair and glasses
She was on a chair
Bella — a woman with blond hair
She was in column 4
Carol — a woman with black hair
She was beside a carpet
Dylan — a man with a bald head and a beard
He was beside a window
Edison — a man with a bald head
He was on a chair and he was in the Foyer
The victim, Vidal, is a man. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.
How Hard It Really Is
Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict
Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:
Anna: 2 possible tiles
Bella: 6 possible tiles
Carol: 7 possible tiles
Dylan: 2 possible tiles
Edison: a single tile — their own clue settles it
That is as far as this page goes. From here on it is yours — the in-game hint giver explains each next step if you get stuck, without giving the answer away.
This case has exactly one solution, and it can be reached by forward deduction alone — no guessing.