“Der schmutzige Pausenhof” is a Murdoku case from the School 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
Ch
Ch
Sh
Ca
R2
Ch
T
T
Ch
Tr
R3
Ch
T
T
Ch
M
Tr
R4
Ch
Ch
M
Sh
R5
C
P+C
C
C
S
C
L
R6
C
C
C
C
S
C
L
R7
T
C
T
C
S
C
L
R8
Ch
C
Ch
Floor plan of “Der schmutzige Pausenhof”. 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.
Alex — a man with a bald head
He was beside a chair and he was not on a chair
Bella — a woman with blond hair
She was in the same row as a pig, in a different room
Carol — a woman with white hair and glasses
She was south of every shelf, in a different room
Dylan — a man with a bald head and glasses
He was north of every tree, in a different room
Elsa — a woman with brown hair
She was not on a mud puddle
Freya — a woman with white hair
She was in the same row as a table, in the same room and she was alone in the room
Greta — a woman with white hair and glasses
In her room there was another suspect beside a locker
The victim, Vito, 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: 5 possible tiles
Bella: 3 possible tiles
Carol: 4 possible tiles
Dylan: 4 possible tiles
Elsa: 44 possible tiles
Freya: 5 possible tiles
Greta: 10 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Bella: only row 5 possible – blocked for others.
Carol: only row 8 possible – blocked for others.
Dylan: only row 1 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.