“Hungry Olaf” is a Murdoku case from the Hotel & Restaurant 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 Hard, with 4 rooms. Every person — 8 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
R1
C
T
C
C
C
R2
P
T
T
R3
S
C
T
To
R4
T
T
P
T
R5
C
C
C
C
Tv
R6
T
T
T
T
T
S
R7
T
Tv
R8
S
S
S
Floor plan of “Hungry Olaf”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
Rooms
Dining Hall — 30 tiles: Chair, Table, Plant, Shelf, TV
Kitchen — 17 tiles: Table, TV, Shelf
Storage — 7 tiles: Shelf
Restroom — 10 tiles: Chair, Table, Toilet
Objects on the board
T Table (blocks the tile)
C Chair (can be stood on)
S Shelf (blocks the tile)
P Plant (blocks the tile)
Tv TV (blocks the tile)
To Toilet (can be stood on)
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 blond hair and glasses
He was not west of a toilet
Bella — a woman with black hair
She was not beside a wall
Carol — a woman with blond hair
She was beside a door
Dalia — a woman with white hair and glasses
She was on a chair and she was beside a table
Elsa — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was beside a table and she was in the Dining Hall
Freya — a woman with white hair
She was not beside a wall and she was beside a chair
Greta — a woman with white hair
She was alone with a female suspect and she was alone with a suspect who had blond hair and she was in the Restroom
The victim, Olaf, 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: 4 possible tiles
Bella: 12 possible tiles
Carol: 6 possible tiles
Dalia: 4 possible tiles
Elsa: 10 possible tiles
Freya: 7 possible tiles
Greta: 8 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Alex: only column 8 possible – blocked for others.
Greta is in Restroom alone with only matching company – everyone else (and the victim) must leave the Restroom.
Greta is in Restroom alone with exactly one matching person – only Carol qualifies, so Carol must go there.
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.