“Overboard” 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 Easy, with 5 rooms. Every person — 7 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
R1
W
C
T
R2
W
T
Ta
C
R3
Tr
M
T
R4
T
Tr
Tr
M
Tr
R5
C
T
Ta
R6
T
M
T
C
W
B
R7
T
B
Floor plan of “Overboard”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.
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 grey hair and glasses
She was beside a water lily and she was not in a corner
Bernd — a man with grey hair
He was the only person on a mud puddle
Cyrus — a man with a bald head, a beard and glasses
He was in the Forest
Dylan — a man with red hair and glasses
He was on a water lily and he was beside a boat
Edison — a man with brown hair and glasses
He was on a chair and he was in the Campsite 2
Freya — a woman with red hair
She was on a chair
The victim, Victor, is a man. 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
14
Steps before anyone can be placed for certain
6
How to Start — Without Spoilers
Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:
Anna: 4 possible tiles
Bernd: 3 possible tiles
Cyrus: 4 possible tiles
Dylan: a single tile — their own clue settles it
Edison: 2 possible tiles
Freya: 4 possible tiles
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.