“Der Kiosk am See” 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 5 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
C
C
Ca
St
Ca
R2
T
C
Tr
Tr
Ca
St
Ca
R3
B
B
St
St
R4
W
S
C
S
R5
W
W
B
S
C
C
Cs
R6
W
B
S
C
S
R7
C
S
C
S
R8
W
W
C
C
C
S
Floor plan of “Der Kiosk am See”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
Rooms
Restroom — 5 tiles: Toilet, Carpet
Jetty (outdoors) — 23 tiles: Boat, Water lily
Kiosk — 21 tiles: Shelf, Carpet, Cash register
Parking Lot (outdoors) — 10 tiles: Car, Street
Clearing (outdoors) — 5 tiles: Tree
Objects on the board
C Carpet (can be stood on)
S Shelf (blocks the tile)
W Water lily (can be stood on)
B Boat (can be stood on)
Ca Car (can be stood on)
St Street (can be stood on)
T Toilet (can be stood on)
Tr Tree (blocks the tile)
Cs Cash register (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 black hair and glasses
She was beside a water lily and she was not on a water lily
Bella — a woman with white hair
She was on a boat and she was not beside a water lily
Cyrus — a man with black hair, a beard and glasses
He was on a boat
Dalia — a woman with black hair and glasses
She was on a carpet and she was in the same column or row as a cash register
Edison — a man with black hair, a beard and glasses
He was west of every tree
Freya — a woman with brown hair and glasses
In her room there was a male suspect beside a water lily and In her room there was another suspect on a water lily
Grant — a man with brown hair and a beard
He was on a street and he was beside a wall
The victim, Vivian, is a woman. 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: 8 possible tiles
Bella: 3 possible tiles
Cyrus: 4 possible tiles
Dalia: 2 possible tiles
Edison: 16 possible tiles
Freya: 23 possible tiles
Grant: 3 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.