“The Last Campfire” is a Murdoku case from the Campground category: a board of 8×8, 7 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: 8×8, rated Medium, with 7 rooms. Every person — 8 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
R1
T
B
W
R2
To
T
Ca
W
R3
To
R4
Sh
T
Ch
T
R5
Sh
T
Tr
R6
T
C
C
Ch
Ch
R7
S
S
S
S
Ta
G
R8
S
T
C
C
Te
Te
Floor plan of “The Last Campfire”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
Parking Lot (outdoors) — 12 tiles: Tree, Car, Street
Restroom — 4 tiles: Toilet
Showers — 4 tiles: Shower
Objects on the board
T Tree (blocks the tile)
S Street (can be stood on)
C Car (can be stood on)
Ch Chair (can be stood on)
Sh Shower (can be stood on)
Te Tent (can be stood on)
To Toilet (can be stood on)
W Water lily (can be stood on)
B Bear (blocks the tile)
Ca Campfire (blocks the tile)
G Grill (blocks the tile)
Ta Table (blocks the tile)
Tr Trash can (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.
Alex — a man with brown hair, a beard and glasses
He was not beside a campfire
Bella — a woman with white hair and glasses
She was beside a tent
Carol — a woman with black hair and glasses
She was beside a door
Dalia — a woman with brown hair and glasses
She was not west of a trash can
Edison — a man with black hair, a beard and glasses
He was on a shower
Floyd — a man with blond hair, a beard and glasses
He was beside a car
Greta — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was beside a trash can
The victim, Vera, is a woman. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.
Clues About the Whole Scene
No room was empty.
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:
Alex: 51 possible tiles
Bella: 4 possible tiles
Carol: 4 possible tiles
Dalia: 7 possible tiles
Edison: 2 possible tiles
Floyd: 2 possible tiles
Greta: 2 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Floyd: only row 7 possible – blocked for others.
Bella: only row 8 possible – blocked for others.
Edison & Greta: only rows 4, 5 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.