“Game Night Gone Wrong” is a Murdoku case from the House & Home category: a board of 9×9, 8 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: 9×9, rated Easy, with 5 rooms. Every person — 9 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
R1
S
C
W
S
R2
C
T
C
Ca
Ca
Tr
R3
Ca
Tr
R4
Ca
R5
P
Ca
L
R6
Ca
C
C
R7
C
T
C
Ca
L
T
T
C
R8
Ca
Ca
T
T
C
R9
Ta
Ca
C
C
Floor plan of “Game Night Gone Wrong”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
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 black hair, a beard and glasses
He was in the Dining Room and he was beside a chair
Bella — a woman with brown hair
She was beside a chair
Carol — a woman with blond hair
She was in the Conservatory and she was beside a door
Dalia — a woman with black hair and glasses
She was beside a tree
Elsa — a woman with brown hair and glasses
She was on a chair and she was in column 3
Freya — a woman with black hair and glasses
She was beside a door and she was in column 5
Greta — a woman with blond hair
She was in a corner and she was in row 1
Hana — a woman with brown hair
She was beside a carpet
The victim, Viktor, 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:
Alex: 3 possible tiles
Bella: 19 possible tiles
Carol: a single tile — their own clue settles it
Dalia: 6 possible tiles
Elsa: 2 possible tiles
Freya: 2 possible tiles
Greta: 3 possible tiles
Hana: 5 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.