“The Cabin in the Woods” is a Murdoku case from the Campground category: a board of 11×11, 10 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: 11×11, rated Medium, with 10 rooms. Every person — 11 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
C10
C11
R1
Te
St
Ca
Te
M
Te
R2
C
Te
M
C
Ca
St
Ca
Te
C
R3
C
Te
Ca
St
O
C
M
Te
R4
Te
M
Ca
Ca
Te
C
R5
To
Ta
Cs
G
R6
To
W
C
Cm
C
R7
Sh
S
S
C
R8
Sh
M
T
T
T
R9
T
M
T
M
Cr
C+Cr
L
T
B
R10
M
T
T
Cr
Ta
S
R11
T
B
T
Floor plan of “The Cabin in the Woods”. 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.
Anna — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was on a shower
Bella — a woman with brown hair
She was alone in the room and she was beside a tent
Cyrus — a man with a bald head, a beard and glasses
He was beside a mud puddle
Dalia — a woman with brown hair and glasses
She was south of every chair
Elsa — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was in the same column or row as a lamp and she was beside a tent
Floyd — a man with black hair and glasses
He was beside an oil slick
Greta — a woman with white hair and glasses
She was beside a door and she was in the Forest
Hugh — a man with brown hair and a beard
He was not beside a lamp and he was in the same column or row as a lamp
Iris — a woman with black hair
She was beside a grill
Jonas — a man with a bald head, a beard and glasses
He was beside a toilet
The victim, Vasiliy, 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:
Anna: 2 possible tiles
Bella: 19 possible tiles
Cyrus: 18 possible tiles
Dalia: 15 possible tiles
Elsa: 3 possible tiles
Floyd: 3 possible tiles
Greta: 2 possible tiles
Hugh: 13 possible tiles
Iris: 2 possible tiles
Jonas: 4 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Iris: only row 5 possible – blocked for others.
Jonas: only row 6 possible – blocked for others.
Elsa: only column 9 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.