“Gone Cold in the Woods” is a Murdoku case from the Campground category: a board of 7×7, 6 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: 7×7, rated Hard, with 4 rooms. Every person — 7 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
R1
Tr
T
C
T
R2
Tr
T
R3
Tr
Tr
Ca
R4
Tr
G
R5
T
C
R6
C
T
T
Ta
Ta
R7
T
G
C
C
Floor plan of “Gone Cold in the Woods”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.
Picnic Area (outdoors) — 13 tiles: Grill, Table, Chair
Objects on the board
T Tent (can be stood on)
C Chair (can be stood on)
Tr Tree (blocks the tile)
G Grill (blocks the tile)
Ta Table (blocks the tile)
Ca Campfire (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 blond hair
She was south-east of Carol
Bella — a woman with red hair and glasses
She was in the same row as a campfire, in a different room
Carol — a woman with red hair
She was beside a chair
Dalia — a woman with red hair
She was beside a table. Another suspect was further east than Dalia, beside the same table.
Elsa — a woman with brown hair
She was alone with a suspect who had red hair
Freya — a woman with black hair
She was beside a campfire
The victim, Vlad, 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: 39 possible tiles
Bella: 2 possible tiles
Carol: 10 possible tiles
Dalia: 5 possible tiles
Elsa: 39 possible tiles
Freya: 2 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Anna is south-east of Carol – impossible cells removed.
Dalia must stand beside the same object (a table) as another person – impossible cells removed.
Bella: only row 3 possible – blocked for others.
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.